Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt, 1770) . Nova Comm. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petropoli, 14(1):441.

TYPE LOCALITY: "habitat in campis apricis desertis Tanaicensibus". Listed in Honacki et al. (1982) as " U.S. S. R., Rostov Obi., steppes at lower Don River."

DISTRIBUTION: Steppes and deserts of SE Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia; SW Asia (excl. Arabia); N China and S Mongolia.

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: alpherakii Birula, 1910; euxina Pocock, 1936; koshewnikowi Satunin, 1910; negans Miller, 1910; ornata Pocock, 1936; peregusna Güldenstädt, 1770; sarmatica Pallas, 1771; syriaca Pocock, 1936; tedschenika Satunin, 1910;