Alloeomimus kurdus Hoberlandt, 1953

Carapezza (1997) correctly pointed out that Alloeomimus unifasciatus (Reuter, 1879) has a Western Mediterranean distribution, whereas records of this species from Syria and Turkmenistan most probably refer to some other species. Alloeomimus kurdus was considered endemic to northern Iraq (Linnavuori, 1993), and was recently reported from Iran (Linnavuori, 2007). All specimens from the collection of the Zoological Institute previously determined as A. unifasciatus from Iran and Central Asia actually belong to A. kurdus . The species is therefore new for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and it seems highly probable that records of A. unifasciatus from Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Syria also refer to A. kurdus .

Material examined: TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabad [Askhabat], 37.95 ° N 58.383 ° E, 11 Jun 1928, Gussakovskiy, 1Ψ (AMNH _PBI 00255214). Bayramali, 37.61666 ° N 62.15 ° E, 14 Jul 1900 – 17 Jul 1900, V. Oshanin, 1Ψ (AMNH _PBI 00255213). Dzhebel, 39.61666 ° N 54.23333 ° E, 10 Jul 1934, V. Popov, 1ɗ (AMNH _PBI 00255216). Kurukhaudan, Kopetdag, 37.96666 ° N 57.96666 ° E, 10 Jun 1987, V.I. Pechen, Pistacea vera ( Anacardiaceae), 1Ψ (AMNH _PBI 00255225). Saragt [former Serakhs], 36.51666 ° N 61.2 ° E, 22 Sep 1931, Ushinskiy, 1Ψ (AMNH _PBI 00255215). UZBEKISTAN: Termez [Buchara mer. = former Bukhara Chanate], 37.21666 ° N 67.26666 ° E, 27 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1ɗ (AMNH _PBI 00255220); 24 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1ɗ (AMNH _PBI 00255217); 26 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 2ɗ (AMNH _PBI 0 0 255218, AMNH _PBI 00255219).