Prosodes (Meropersina) vermiculosa Reitter, 1909

Nabоz, Maхim, Merkl, Оttó & Kоvalev, Aleхey, 2018, A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4379 (4), pp. 451-483 : 468

Prosodes (Meropersina) vermiculosa Reitter, 1909

( Figs 10A –H)

Prosodes (Meropersina) vermiculosa Reitter, 1909: 131 .

Prosodes (Meropersina) vermiculosa: Kühnelt (1957: 76) ; Löbl et al. (2008: 234).

Type material. Lectotype (HNHM), ♂, with labels: “Sultanabad Bodemeyer”, “ vermiculosa m. ♂ Type”, “Typus Prosodes vermiculosa Rtt. Coll. Reitter”. Paralectotypes (NHMW), 2♂♂, with labels: “Strauss, Persien”, “ vermiculosa , det. Reitter 09”. The description is based on an undefined number of specimens (more than one). A male of them in the HNHM with a relatively precise type locality is designated as lectotype.

Distribution. Iran: Lorestan Province.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A–H, Prosodes vermiculosa: A, lectotype, male (HNHM), dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, male protibia; D, male protarsus; E, aedeagus, dorsal view; F, same, lateral view; G, labels of lectotype; H, sculpture of male elytra. I, sculpture of paratype of Prosodes fabiani, female (HNHM).Not toscale.