Blaps granulata granulata Gebler, 1825

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 : 124-127

Blaps granulata granulata Gebler, 1825

( Figs 14 , 27B )

Gebler, 1825: 47; Seidlitz, 1893: 287; Skopin, 1961: 189 : Skopin, 1966: 336 ; Skopin, 1968: 85 ; Arnoldi & Medvedev, 1969: 403; Ren et al., 2016: 119.

Material examined (ZIN). 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / bottom land of Bolshaya Almatinka River / h = 1000 m / 02.vi.1949 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics]; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Ketmen Range / Podgornoye suburbs / 05.vii.1960 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [44°16’1.02”N, 79°28’18.53”E] ; 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / South-Western Balkhash Lake region / Chu-Iliyskiye gory / 28.vii.1965 / leg. V. Kombulin’ [in Cyrillics] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Moyunkum Sands / Kos- Kuduk station / 12.x.1949 / leg. A. Gyarynin’ [in Cyrillics] [44°4’56.14”N, 77°25’14.85”E]; 2 mm, ‘Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Kurtogay natural boundary / 21.vii.1959 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°15’52.20”N, 78°58’25.09”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Sands along Khorgos River / 17.iv.1965 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Alma-Ata / Zailiyskiy Alatau Range / 16.v.1964 / leg. G. Kosolapova’ [in Cyrillics] [43°9’43.70”N, 76°53’16.83”E]; 2 mm, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Tekeli suburbs / 22.v.1967 / leg. V. Linskiy’ [in Cyrillics] [44°51’47.06”N, 78°45’45.56”E]; 2 mm, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Dzungarian Alatau / Koktuma village / 26.vi.1962 / leg. G.S. Medvedev’ [in Cyrillics] [45°51’17.07”N, 81°38’20.27”E]; 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Karatal River / 16.vi.1964 / leg. N. Gorbunov’ [in Cyrillics] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma- Ata Region / lower reaches of Lepsy River / 16.vi.1965 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Alma-Ata / 03.vi.1957 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°9’43.70”N, 76°53’16.83”E]; 2 mm, ‘Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Kokishbay village / 16.ix.1948 / leg. D. Aleksandrov’ [in Cyrillics] [45°2’19.10”N, 75°26’55.43”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Akkol village / 13.vii.1969 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [45°0’42.54”N, 75°39’31.32”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Dzungarian Alatau / 30 km south-west of Sarkand city / 15.vi.1968 / leg. T. Bugaev’ [in Cyrillics] [45°18’41.75”N, 79°33’25.99”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma- Ata Region / Araltobe suburbs / 14.09.1966 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [45°2’10.45”N, 75°27’11.49”E] ; 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / 40 km south of Khorgos village / 14.iv.1965 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°52’13.06”N, 80°14’24.21”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Jambyl Region / 120 km west of Burubayltal village / 15.ix.1964 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [45°15’52.41”N, 72°29’3.35”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Bakanas village / 09.vi.1953 / leg. A. Savicheva’ [in Cyrillics] [44°48’29.94”N, 76°16’19.24”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Sartaga [env. of Narynkol village] / 24.iv.1964 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [42°43’12.29”N, 80° 9’57.62”E]; 7 mm, 3 ff, ‘Eastern Kazakhstan / Saykan Range / Kendyrlik (Saryterek) village / 02.vii.1910 / leg. A. Jakobson’ [in Cyrillics] [47°29’52.50”N, 85°10’36.35”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Uzbekistan / Malyy Chimgan Mount / 23.vi.1936 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [41°32’45.11”N, 70°2’8.62”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyz Ridge / Shamsi ravine / viii.1958 / leg. Pivovarov’ [in Cyrillics] [42°39’17”N, 75°23’20”E] .

Comments. Specimens labelled as “ Blaps granulata mixta ” and “ Blaps granulata psammophila ” are deposited in ZIN and NMP collections (prepared by Skopin for description, but remained undescribed). The specimens have no distinct differences from the nominotypical subspecies and interpreted here as Blaps granulata granulata .

Additional material. “ Blaps granulata mixta ” (unpublished name) ( Figs 15A–C ). Material examined ( ZIN). 3 mm, 3 ff, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Jabyrtau mountains / 26.vi.1966 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [42°56’49”N, 79°59’15”E]; 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Narynkol village / 30.v.1961 / leg. V. Chekalin’ [in Cyrillics] [42°43’12.29”N, 80° 9’57.62”E]; 1 m, ‘Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Terskey Alatau Range / Koksay River / 08.vi.1957 / leg. L. Marinenko’ [in Cyrillics]; 1 f, ‘Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / Ketmen Range / 20.iii.1960 / leg. V. Zadorin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°20’35.53”N, 80°40’42.01”E]; 1 m, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / North from Issyk-Kul lake / Chong-Örüktü village / 2.v.1956 / leg. N. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] .

“ Blaps granulata psammophila ” (unpublished name) ( Figs 16A–C ). Material examined. 1 m, ‘Thian-S. Musart’ ( NMP) ; 1 f ( NMP), ‘ Chan-Tengri. Mont. merid.’ ( NMP) ; 1 f, ‘ Turkestan , Reitter leg.’ ( NMP) ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Panfilov [Zharkent city] / 12.05.1960 / leg. N. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] ( ZIN) ; 1 m, ‘ caudata Gebl. Turcom. ’ ( NMP) ; 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Panfilov [Zharkent city] / 12.05.1960 / leg. N. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] ( ZIN) .

Distribution. Central and Southeast Kazakhstan and adjacent areas of Kyrgyzstan ( SKOPIN 1960 , 1961; ARNOLDI & MEDVEDEV 1969), China (Gansu and Xinjiang provinces) ( LÖBL et al. 2008, Ren et al. 2016).

Regional distribution. Eastern part of Kyrgyz Range, the mountainous part of Talas River area, eastern part of Trans-Ili Alatau Range ( SKOPIN 1968 ).

Figures

Fig. 14. B. granulata granulata, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view

Fig. 27. Apical piece of aedeagus (parameres). A = B. granulipennis; B = B. granulata granulata; C = B. pterosticha; D = B. evanida; E = B. faustii; F = B. turcomanorum

Fig. 15. B. granulata mixta, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view

Fig. 16. B. granulata psammophila, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view