Holcocerus gloriosa ( Erschoff, 1874 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 51

Holcocerus gloriosa ( Erschoff, 1874)

( Fig. 14A )

Hypopta gloriosa Erschoff, 1874 , in: Fedtschenko, Reise in Turkestan, Lep. 11 (2): 35.

LT: In monte Karak in parte orientali desertorum Kisil-Kum sito“ [Karak Mt., Kizil-Kum desert, Turkmenistan]. Type material (lectotype) in ZMMU .

Synonymy:

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

LT: Transcaspien , Imam-Baba [ Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, S Kazakhstan, Jordan, Israel, N Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman ( Christoph 1887a, 1888b, 1893; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Daniel 1961; Barou 1967; Falkovich 1986; Weisert 1997; Yakovlev 2006a , 2010).

Remarks. So far, two of the three subspecies of this species viz., H. gloriosa gloriosa ( Erschoff, 1874) and H. gloriosa mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921 , have been reported from Iran ( Yakovlev 2011a ). According to Wieser et al. (2001), H. gloriosa laudabilis Staudinger, 1899 was reported from NE Iran (Golestan Prov.: Golestan National Park [Alagol, Dasht]; North Khorasan Prov.: Golestan National Park [Almeh]), but the authors believe that this subspecies is only distributed in Arabian Peninsula and the nominal subspecies are found in the northern and central parts of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 14. A) Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff), male. B) H. holosericeus holosericeus Staudinger, male. C, D) Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, male. E) H. tancrei Püngeler, male. F) Holcocerus witti Yakovlev, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, male (paraype) (scale bar= 10.0 mm).