Rugilus (Rugilus) prolongatus (SOLSKY 1874)

Material examined: Tajikistan: 8 exs. [partly slightly teneral], Varzob district, Varzob, Campus 'Chaika', 38°46'N, 68°49'E, 1110, 7.-8.VII.2012, leg. Barševskis (cSha, cAss).

Comment: This species is rather widespread in Middle Asia and has been recorded from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (SMETANA 2004). ROUGEMONT (1988) distinguished two subspecies, with R. prolongatus khalash ROUGEMONT 1988 distributed in Pakistan, but this hypothesis requires confirmation.