Blaps granulata obliterata Ménétriés, 1849

Chigray, Ivan & Ivanov, Alexander, 2020, A Review Of The Genus Blaps (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Of Central And South Kazakhstan With Description Of Two New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (2), pp. 111-162 : 128-129

Blaps granulata obliterata Ménétriés, 1849

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Ménétriés, 1849: 236 (“Turcomanie”); Skopin, 1966: 337 ; Skopin, 1968: 85 .

Material examined. 1 f, ‘Turkestan // Blaps caudata / Turkestan / ii.20’ ( NMP); 1 m, ‘ Syr Daria / Bang-Haas’ ( NMP); 1 m, ‘ Western Balkhash Lake region / 120 km W Baital village / 15.ix.1964 / leg. N. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] ( ZIN) ; 1 f, ‘ Kyrgyz Range / Shamsi pass / viii.1958 / leg. Pivovarov’ [in Cyrillics] ( ZIN) .

Distribution. Kazakhstan ( LÖBL et al. 2008).

Regional distribution. Muyunkum Desert, to the west and south of Balkhash Lake (Baital), the lower course of the Ili River ( SKOPIN 1966 , 1968).

Blaps granulata turcomana Fischer von Waldheim, 1843

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Fischer von Waldheim, 1844: 88; Gebler, 1844: 103 (“ Blaps caudata Gebler, 1844 ”); Skopin, 1960: 50 (“ B. caudata ”) (larva); Skopin, 1961: 189 (“ B. caudata ”); Skopin, 1966: 337 (“ B. caudata ”); Skopin, 1968: 85 (“ B. caudata ”); Ren et al. 2016: 121.

Material examined ( ZIN). 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Bayserke village / 1907 / leg. V. Nedzeltsky’ [in Cyrillics] [43°29’28.18”N, 77°3’48.68”E]; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Alma-Ata / 25.iv.1950 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°12’12.60”N, 76°50’37.26”E]; 5 mm, 3 ff, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Anrahai Mountains / canyon of Kopaly River / 14.v.1909 / leg. Nedovpukov’ [in Cyrillics] [44°1’11.62”N, 75°5’54.61”E]; 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Semirechye / Kurdayskiy pass / h = 1100 m / 16.v.1907 / leg. A. Jakobson’ [in Cyrillics] [43°16’23.25”N, 74°49’37.78”E]; 4 mm, 3 ff, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Verniy (Alma-Ata) / 25.vii.1909 / leg. Nedovpuk [ov]’ [in Cyrillics] [43°12’12.60”N, 76°50’37.26”E]; 3 mm, 5 ff, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Jambyl region / Korday village / 07.vii.1906 / leg. N. Radkevich’ [in Cyrillics] [43°2’14.36”N, 74°42’50.64”E]; 4 mm, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Alma-Ata city suburbs / 19.vi.1909 / leg. Nedovpuk [ov]’ [in Cyrillics] [43°12’12.60”N, 76°50’37.26”E]; 2mm, 3 ff, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Anrahai Mountains / Almalysai River / 10–14.v.1909 / leg. Nedovpukov’ [in Cyrillics] [44°0’6.33”N, 75°48’49.63”E]; 2 mm, 1 f, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / Jalal-Abad Region / Kara-Kul city / 27.vi.1913 / leg. Chernivin’ [in Cyrillics] [41°37’47.53”N, 72°40’14.68”E]; 1 m, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / Naryn Region / Kokomeren River / 18–19.v.1914 / leg. Mikhalevskaya’ [in Cyrillics] .

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Nei Mongol and Xinjiang provinces) ( LÖBL et al. 2008, REN et al. 2016).

Regional distribution. The distribution overlaps with that of the nominotypical subspecies ( SKOPIN 1968 ).

Figures

Fig. 17. B. granulata obliterata, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view

Fig. 18. B. granulata turcomana, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view