Microgecko helenae NIKOLSKY

Ananjeva, Natalia B., Milto, Konstantin D., Barabanov, Andrei V. & Golynsky, Evgeny A., 2020, An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia, Zootaxa 4722 (2), pp. 101-128 : 115

Microgecko helenae NIKOLSKY (“1905” 1907: 261)

Lectotype (designated by Szczerbak & Golubev 1986):

ZISP 10242.1 , adult female, “Alchorschir in Arabistano” [ Alkhorshid , Khuzestan Province, Iran, 31.54 N 49.86 E]. Leg.: N. A. Zarudny, 30.XII.1903 .

Paralectotypes:

ZISP 10242.2 - 5 , 4 specimens, “Alchorschir in Arabistano” [ Alkhorshid , Khuzestan Province, Iran, 31.54 N 49.86 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 30.XII.1903 .

ZISP 10243 , 1 specimen, “ Isfagan in Kuchistano occid.” [Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran, 32.66 N 51.68 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 2.XII.1903 .

ZISP 10244 , 1 specimen, “Bidezar in Arabistano” [ Bid Zard , Khuzestan Province, Iran, 31.68 N 49.58 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 27.III.1904 .

ZISP 10346 , 1 specimen, “Aguljaschker in Arabistano” [ Ab-e Lashkar , Khuzestan Province, Iran, 31.58 N 49.707 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 28.III.1904 .

Present name: Microgecko helenae Nikolsky (“1905” 1907) fide Szczerbak & Golubev (1986) and Anderson (1999).

Remarks: This species served as the type of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky , “1905” 1907 by monotypy. Lectotype (ZISP 10242.1) could not be located in the ZISP collection.