Earophanta planidorsis ( Reitter, 1889 )

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Earophanta planidorsis ( Reitter, 1889)

Fig. 7B

Earophanta autumnalis Semenov, 1903a: 9 (original description).

Material examined

Lectotype of Platyope planidorsis designated here

TURKMENISTAN • 1 spec.; “Sary-jasy 30.9.87 ”; “ Turkmenien Leder, Reitter ”; “Typus Platyope planidorsis Rtt. Coll. Reitter ”; “ Platyope planidorsis ”; 30 Sep. 1887; leg. H. Leder; HNHM.

Paralectotype TURKMENISTAN • 1 spec.; “ Turcmenia Sary-jasi ”; “Cotypus Platyope planidorsis Rtt. Coll. Reitter ”; HNHM .

Holotype of Earophanta autumnalis

TURKMENISTAN • ♂; “Iолотань (Мервъ) X 99 K.O. Ангеръ” [Ýolöten, Merv ruins]; “ Earophanta

planidorsis A. Bogačev det.”, “ Platyope autumnalis m. Typ un. (♂?) XI.02 A. Semenow det.”;

“ Platyope sp. prope tomentosa sam. Sem. (надкрыльЯ съ 4–5 рЯдами желто- бурых волосковъ) det. A. Jakowlew” [translation from old Russian in parentheses: elytra with 4–5 rows of yellow-brown setae];

Oct. 1899; K.O. Anger leg.; ZIN.

Additional material

AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂; Maymana; 17 Mar. 1964; O. Jakes leg.; ZIN .

TURKMENISTAN • 2 ♂♂; Zaunguz Karakum, Aqsaqal; A. Zatoka leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; 53 km of Bayramali; 10 Apr. 1984; А. Sabirova leg.; ZIN .

Distribution

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan.

Figures

Fig. 7. Species of the genus Earophantha Semenov, 1903, habitus, details of structure. A. E. collaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1844), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. B. E. planidorsis (Reitter, 1889), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. C. E. serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view (ZIN). D. Ditto, ventral view. E. E. beludzhistana Bogatchev, 1957, ♂, holotype (ZIN), dorsal view (ZIN). F. Ditto, right protibia, not to scale.