Masaris tianshanicus Panfilov, 1968

Masaris tianshanicus Panfilov, 1968: 38, fig. 2, ♀

(type locality: “ТЯнь-Шань: южное побережье оЗ. Иссык-Куль, Малый Джаргылчак (около Актырека), сухие холмы со степной растительностью, на цветках Thymus ” [Kyrgyzstan, Tian Shan, south coast of Issyk-Kul Lake, Malyy Dzhargylchak (near Aktyrek), dry hills with steppe vegetation, on flowers of Thymus]), holotype, ♀, ZMMU (examined).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, labeled “ ИссЫК-КУЛЬ / М. Джаргылчак / Д. ПанфиЛОв [Issyk-Kul Lake, Malyy Dzhargylchak, D. Panfilov] / 26 VI 54 // Holotypus ♀ 1968 / Masaris / tianshanicus Panf. [red label] // Zool. Mus. / Moscow [red font]” [ZMMU] . PARATYPES: KYRGYZSTAN: Issyk-Kul Lake, Malyy Dzhargylchak, 24.VI.1954, 2 ♀, leg. D. Panfilov [ZMMU] ; ibid., 26.VI.1954, 1 ♀, leg. D. Panfilov [ZMMU] .

Distribution. Kyrgyzstan.

Trophic relationships. According to Panfilov (1968), the type series was collected at flowers of Thymus sp. ( Lamiaceae). Probably broadly oligolectic (sensu Müller & Kuhlmann 2008) on Lamiaceae .

Remarks. The taxonomic independence of this species from M. longicornis is doubtful.Males of M. tianshanicus should be collected and compared with those of M. longicornis . Until this is done, M. tianshanicus is provisionally continued to be treated as a separate species closely related to M. longicornis (Fateryga 2025) .