Barchaniella sacara ( Grum-Grshimailo, 1902 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 34-35

Barchaniella sacara ( Grum-Grshimailo, 1902)

( Fig. 10B )

Holcocerus sacarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1902 , Annuaire. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. 7: 199.

LT: In provincia Transcaspica, in valle fl. Sumbar [near Kara-Kala, Sumbar river, Turkmenistan]. Type material (syntypes) in ZISP, probably lost .

Synonymy:

= Hypopta sumbannus Rothschild, 1912 , in: Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (1): 452.

LT: Transcaspien [Sumbar river, Turkmenistan]. Type material (syntypes) in BMNH .

= Hypopta tekkensis Rothschild, 1912 , in: Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (1): 452.

LT: Transcaspien [Sumbar river, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

= Holcocerus brunneogrisea Daniel, 1949 , Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 35–39: 238.

LT: Thian Shan. Type material (holotype) in ZSM .

Material examined. HMIM: Ardebil Prov.: 1 ♀, Heyrân Rd. , N 38˚23΄20.9˝, E 48˚36΄44.1˝, 1015 m, 21.vi.2007, leg. Zahiri, Mozaffariân.

Distribution. S. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan ( Krivokhatskyi 1985; Yakovlev 2006a ).

Distribution in Iran. Ardebil Province ( Fig. 28E ).

Habitat. Deserts.

Remarks. This species is newly reported from Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A) Barchaniella mus (Grum-Grshimailo) female. B) B. sacara (Grum-Grshimailo), female. C) Cossulus argentatus Staudinger, male. D) C. herzi (Alphéraky), male (lectotype). E) C. intractatus (Staudinger), male. F) C. irani (Daniel), male («cotype») (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 28. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Stygiodes colchica colchica (Herrich-Schäffer). B) Semagystia agilis (Christoph). C) Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph). D) Barchaniella mus (Grum-Grshimailo). E) Barchaniella sacara (Grum- Grshimailo). F) Cossulus argentatus Staudinger.