Drasteria saisani saisani (Staudinger, 1882)

(Figs. 121–123, 128, 129 (imago), 240, 241 (male genitalia))

Staudinger, Rebel, 1901: 244 [Tarbagatai, Ili]; John, 1910: 616 [Zaisan, Ili]; Warren 1913:391 [Tarbagatai, Ili]; Kuznetzov, 1960: 87 [Igdedzhik, Shikhan-Dere, Chandyr road, Stony valleyAskhabad, Syunt]; Sukhareva, 1972: 62 [Ayakguzhumdy, Zhamansai, Ayakagytma]; Nekrasov et al., 1988: 51 [Arslanbob, Przhevalsk]; Milko, 1996: 258 [Regions close to Fergana (including southern slopes of Chatkalsky and Fergansky Mts. and northern slopes of Alai and Turkestansky Mts.), Issyk- Kul depression (including northern slopes of Terskey Ala-Too Mts., southern slopes of Kungey Ala-Too Mts. and Tyup river valley)]; Weisert, 1997: 73 [Provinz Chardzhou, Hodschapil, 1200m; Provinz Chardzhou, Dareidere-Schlucht, 900m; Provinz Chardzhou, Suit Kugitangtau, Gaynar-baba-See]; Klyuchko, 1998: 18 [Chernomorsky Nature Reserve; Yayla Ay- Petri]; Klyuchko, Kreuzberg, 1998: 26 [Nuratinsky Nature Reserve]; Lehmann et al., 1998: 526 [33.37’N, 79.21‘O, Sarytogai, Tal des Flusses Sharyn, ca 20 km vor der Mündung in den Ili, 666m; 42.10’N. 77.19‘O, S Ufer des Issyk Kul-Sees, ca 10 km W Tasor; 41.45’N. 74.10’O. Sarykamysch Gebirge, Tal des Kjokjomeren bei Amok; Tschatkal range, Sary-Tschelek Lake; Ferghanski range, Tash-Kumyr; Transalai mts. or., Nura]; Poltavsky et al., 1998: 108 [Kara-Kala, Syunt]; Ivinskis, Miatleuski, 1999: 204 [Ai-Dere, Parchay, Kov-Ata]; Lehmann, Bergmann, 2005: 20 [Issyk Kul depression, Susamyrtoo, Dzhumgaltoo, Sarykamish Mts., Tshatkalsky Mts., Fergansky Mts., Transalai Mts.]; Poltavsky et al., 2010: 93 [Botkul]; Kononenko, 2010: 90 [Kazakhstan]; Gorbunov, 2011: 56 [sourthern steppes and deserts of West Kazakhstan; Mugodzhary); pl. 8, fig. 4 (Aktologai; Gorbunov et al., 2011: 76 [Ustyurt Nature Reserve, Bostankum sands, 40 km NE Zhanaozen, 43°39’ N, 53°08’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Tynymbay Shoky Mt., 25 km E Senek, 43°20’ N, 53°43’ E; Northern slope of Ustyurt Nature reserve, 43°24’ N, 54°33’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Kertaktay, 43°17’ N, 54°27’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Kokesem dwell, 43° 10’ N, 54°53’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Kendyrli-sor 15 km W of Kendyrli, 42°59’ N, 54°32’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Kendyrli dwell, 42°57’ N, 54°41’ E; Ustyurt Nature Reserve, Zhaman-Kendyrli dwell, 10 km NW Kendyrli, 42°59’ N, 54°38’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Onere dwell, 42°36’ N, 54°08’ E]; Korb, 2013: 28 [Chulak gorge in Dzhungarian Alatau Mts., Ili River Valley, Altyn Emel Nature Reserve, N 43 54.255 E 77 47.980, 681 m]; Shovkoon, Trofimova, 2016: 607 [Aktobe Prov., Mugodzhary Mts., N 48°26’; E 58°24’; Aktobe Prov., Bolshie Barsuki sands, N 46°58’; E 59°13’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°52’; E 58°02’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°50’; E 57°47’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°45’; E 57°31’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°44’; E 57°30’; Aktobe Prov., near Bozoe vill., sands, N 46°17’; E 58°56’; Mangystau Prov., N 46°10’; E 55°21’; Mangistau Prov., Tuyb-Karagan penin. Caspian sea, N 44°30’; E 51°01’; Mangistau Prov., Tuyb-Karagan penin., N 44°14’; E 50°47’; Mangistau Prov., Mangistau Mts., N 44°02’; E 52°34’; Mangistau Prov., Ustyurt Plateau, N 43°57’; E 53°45’; Mangistau Prov., Ustyurt Plateau, N 43°55’; E 53°34’].

Habitat (Figs. 297, 301, 303, 306, 308, 309, 319, 320). Lowlands and mountain foothills, deserts and semideserts, steppes. Elevation: 200–1800 m.

Distribution. South Kazakhstan (Saisan and environs, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungar and Boro-Khoro, Ili and Charyn river valleys), northern part of Sinjan-Uigur autonomous region of China, foothills of North and West Tian- Shan, Ferghana valley, deserts of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and North Iran.

Material examined (in total: 187 specimens). Kazakhstan. 1 ♀, Saisan, Hbhr (holotype) (ZMHU) ; 1 ♀, 30.06.[?], Syugat on Charyn, leg. unknown, ex coll. O. John (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 12.08.1975, Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve, Aksu river valley, leg. Ishkov (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 16.08.1995, Prov. Almaty, 22 km N of Masak, 560 m, 78º27’E, 43º46’N, leg. Gy Fábián and Z. Varga (OPB) ; 1 ♂, 7– 10.05.1997, Guriev distr., Iman-Kara, leg. A. Danchenko, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 8– 10.05.1997, Guriev district, Kulsary-Aktubinsk road, Iman-Kara mts., h= 150 m, leg. V. Sytchiov, slide 7302 L.Ronkay, slide N 11816 G. Hacker, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Aktyubinsk Prov., Shagyryi plateau, Bulei, 46 ° 44’34.1” N, 57 ° 30’14.3” E, leg. T.A. Trofimova & D.F. Shovkoon (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 5.05.2010, Karatau Mt. Range, Besaryk River, 39 km N ofTalap, h= 440 m, 43 ° 49’ N, 67 ° 41’E,leg. P.Gorbunov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 18.09.2010, Ustyurt Plateau, 19 km N of Beineu, h= 120 m, 45 ° 30’ N, 55 ° 15’ E, leg. P. Gorbunov (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 30.04.2011, Dzhungarian Alatau Mts., Chulak mountain gorge, 823 m, 43°56’27.1”N, 77°48’16.3”E, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) ; 2 ♀, 26.04.2012, West Kazakhstan, Kumzhargan sands at Zhagabulak vill., 47 km SW of Emba town, 48º33’N, 57º37’ E, leg. P. Gorbunov (OPB) ; 4 ♂, 2– 3.05.2018, Akkergeshen, 47°18’9”N 54°23’22”E, leg. A. Samus (SKK) ; 8 ♂, 4 ♀, 6.05.2018, Mangystau Prov., 55 km NNE Zhanaozen, Sauskan sands, 43º48’07”N, 53º13’18”E, leg. A. Samus (SKK) . Kyrgyzstan. 1 ♂, 06.1884, Osh, leg. unknown, ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP); 12 ♂, 8 ♀, 9.07.2014, Suusamyrtoo Mts., Kekemeren river valley, 41°59.211’N, 74°09.396’E, 1700 m, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) ; 5 ♂, 10.07.2014, Moldo-Too Mts., Koro-Goo Pass environs, 41°31.303’N, 74°45.824’E, 1700 m, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) ; 2 ♂, 8.08.2014, Kirghizsky Mts., Bishkek environs, Ala-Too village, 42°47’26.35”N, 74°41’46.12”E, 1000 m, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 13.07.2015, Fergansky Mts., 5,5 km S of Imeni Chkalova (S shore of Toktogul reservoir), 41°43.223’N, 72°57.165’E, 1768 m, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) ; 2 ♀, 12.07.2015, Kyrghyz Mts., Bishkek env., near Ala-Too, 1200 m, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) . Tajikistan. 1 ♂, 24.06.1965, near Iskander-Darya, h=1700 м, leg. М. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20.04.1966, Gandzhino, leg. Danilevsky (ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 12– 13.06.2012, Prov. Khalton, distr. Kuliab, near Vose, mts. Khodzhamumin, 1200 m, leg. E. Rutjan (OPB) ; 1 ♂, 14– 29.07.2011, 71 km N of Khorog, Shipad Kishlak, leg. A. Zubov (CKO) ; 1 ♀, 2- 3.05.2012, Farkhor dis- trict, 37°17’34.55”N, 69°14’59.35”E, Parkhar loc. (35 km of the road Farkhor—Pyandzh), leg. A.Solopov (SKK) .

Turkmenistan. 2 ♀, 07.1884, Askhabat, leg. Kom [arov], ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP) ; 5 ♂, 3 ♀, 10.06– 24.08.1894, Transcaspien, Sumbar, leg. O. Herz, ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 21.08.[1894], Sumbar, leg. O. Herz, ex coll. N. Filipyev (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Askh [abad], [leg. Christoph], ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 4.06–1.08.[?], Trans-Caspi G. [ Gebiet], leg. E. König, ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 17–20.07.[?], Kopet-Dagh, leg. unknown, ex coll. N. Filipyev (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 19.04– 24.06.1952, Kara-Kala, Plant Institute garden, leg. V. Kuznetsov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 21.04.1952, Kara- Kala, Sumbar valley, leg. V. Kuznetsov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 16.06.1952, 10 km N Kara-Kala, leg. V. Kuznetsov (ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 24.06.1952, 10.05.1953, 6 km NW Kara-Kala, Igdedzhik, leg. V. Kuznetsov (ZISP); 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 24.08.1952, Kara-Kala, Chandyr road, leg. V. Kusnetzov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 7.05– 2.06.1953, West Kopet-Dagh, Kara-Kala distr., Syunt, leg. V. Kuznetsov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 26.04.1953, Kopet-Dagh, 12 km SW Kizil-Arvat, leg. Odinzova (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 4.07.1953, Dzhanakhir, leg. Maslennikova (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 6.07.1953, Dzhanakhir, leg. Maslennikova (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 20.07.1953, Askhabad, Firusa valley, leg. Potopolsky (ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, 17– 18.05.1954, Iolotan, leg. Mukham- edov (ZISP) ; 15 ♂, 18 ♀, 18.06– 18.09.1954, Kopet-Dhag Mts, Valles Boboso, leg. W. Potopolskij (ZISP) ; 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 19.07.1954, Askhabad, Boboza valley, leg. Potopolsky (ZMMU) ; 2 ♀, 18.08.1954, Kopet-Dag Mts., Pass Boboso, leg. W. Potopolskij (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 5.04.1955, Askhabad circ, Tschuli, leg. W. Potopolskij (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 24.04.1957, Uzboi, near the lake Top’ - Yatan, valley, leg. Schteinberg (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 21.07.1961, Germob, leg. V. Potopolsky (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 21.06.1982, Central Kopet-Dagh, Germab, h= 780 m, leg. M. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 4 ♂, 2 ♀, 2.05– 11.06.1986, West Kopet-Dagh, Aidere, h=850 м, leg. M. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.09.1986, 22 km SE Askhabat, Keltechinar river, leg. M. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 28– 29.03.1990, Kara-Kala, leg. M. Danilevsky, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 16– 23.08.1992, Kopet-Dagh Mts, 6 km S of Ipay-Kala, 1600 m, 57º07´E, 38º17´N, leg. M. Hreblay, Gy. László and G. Ronkay (HNHM) . Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, 2–15.05.197[?], Chatkal Mts., Kumyshkan, leg. A. Nekrasov, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (ZISP) ; 3 ♀, 19– 20.04.1965, Kyzylkum desert, Ayakagytma, leg. Pastukhov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 16.04.1966, 40 km E Dzhingildy, Ayakguzhumdy, leg. I. Sukhareva (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 9– 10.05.1969, 20.08. 1970, 140 km NW Shafrikan, Zhamansai, leg. M. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 4– 18.09.1969, 7– 8.04.1970, 40 km E Dzhingildy, Ayakguzhumdy, leg. M. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 26.04.1975, Kyzylkum, Kuldzhuktau Mts., leg. Falkovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 19.05.1966, Nuratau Mts., leg. Pastukhov (ZISP) .