Earophanta pilosissima (Reitter, 1895)

Chigray, Svetlana N., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Chigray, Ivan A. & Abakumov, Evgeny V., 2022, A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes, European Journal of Taxonomy 809, pp. 1-71 : 55

Earophanta pilosissima (Reitter, 1895)

Earophanta loudoni Semenov, 1903a: 11 (original description).

Material examined

Holotype of Earophanta loudoni

TURKMENISTAN • ♂; goldish circle; “Уч- Аджи 6.III.01 бар. Г. Лоудон” [Uch-Adzhi – now Bagtyýarlyk in Mary Prov.]; “ Platyope Loudoni m, Typ un. (♂?) XI.02 A. Semenow det.”; “coll. Semenov-Tian-Shansky”; “Holotype”; 6 Mar. 1901; Baron G. Loudon leg.; ZIN.

Additional material

AFGHANISTAN • 4 specs; Maymana Prov. , Andkhoy; alt. 350–400 m; 17 Mar. 1964; O. Jakeš leg.; ZIN .

TURKMENISTAN • 1 spec.; Berkarar [Ravnina railway station]; 8 Mar. 1908; Baron G. Loudon leg.; ZIN • 11 specs; Repetek ; 6–14 Mar. 1958; inter-barchan depression with black saxaul; G.S. Medvedev leg.; ZIN • 3 specs; Karakum channel , Nichki; 25 Apr. 1968; G.S. Medvedev leg.; ZIN • 3 specs; Repetek ; 19 Feb. 1973; V.G. Kaplin leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Karakum channel , Chaloy; 10 Apr. 1983; E.A. Khachikov leg.; CMN .

Distribution

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan.

Notes

Earophanta loudoni was described from a single specimen and was synonymised by Medvedev (2005). The specimens from Turkmenistan, which were standing in the collection of ZIN as E. loudoni , differ from the specimens from Afghanistan (determined by Z. Kaszab as E. pilosissima ) by much more pubescent elytra and visibly smaller smooth tubercles on the elytra. A larger series of specimens is necessary to establish the status of these populations.