Microdera globulicollis Ménétriés, 1849

(Figs 9, 10)

Microdera globulicollis Ménétriés, 1849: 230; Jachontov et al., 1962: 85; Davletshina, 1967: 525; Davletshina et al., 1979: 106.

= Microdera margelanica Kraatz in Heyden, 1882: 81;

= Microdera extabesa Skopin, 1961b: 393; Kaszab, 1966: 288; Skopin, 1968: 107, syn. nov.

Type material examined. Type material for M. globulicollis and M. margelanica see in Nabozhenko & Kalashian (2022).

Microdera extabesa (Fig. 9A, B): Holotype, ♂ (ZIN): “ Yu. Kizil-Kum, Ayak-Agitma 6.08.1936 N. Skopin leg.” ( Russian Cyrillic; now: Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region, 40°39ʹN, 64°29ʹE), “ ♂ ” (square), “Holotypus Microdera extabesa N. Skopin, 1960 ”.

Paratypes. 11 specimens (ZIN): “Golodnaya step Mussa-Kuduk 25.06.1959 leg. A. Andreeva Coll. N. Skopin ” (Russian Cyrillic), “Paratypus Microdera extabesa N. Skopin, 1960 ” ; 1♂ (ZIN): “Termez 22.09.1938 N. Skopin leg.” (Russian Cyrillic), “ Paratypus Microdera extabesa N. Skopin, 1960 ” ; 5 specimens (ZIN): “Yu Kyzyl-Kum, Ayak-Agitma, 6.08.1936 N. Skopin leg.” (Cyrillic Russian label), “ Paratypus Microdera extabesa N. Skopin, 1960 ” .

Material examined. 4 specimens (ZIN): Navoiy Region, Kyzylkum desert, Ayakguzhumdy, 21.iii.1961, 13.v.1961 (B.M. Mamaev) ; 1 specimen (ZIN): Kuldzhuktau, Ayakguzhumdy, 2.iv.1966 (G.S. Medvedev) ; 1 specimen (ZIN): Navoiy Region, 15 km SSW Tamdy (= Tamdybulak), 2.iv.1966 (G.S. Medvedev) ; 2 specimens (ZIN): Navoiy Region, Aznek, 70 km W Tamdy (= Tamdybulak), 1.v.1965 (L.V. Arnoldi) ; 2 specimens (ZIN): Navoiy Region, Kyzylkum, Auminzatau, 10.5.1966 (G.S. Medvedev) ; 2 specimens (ZIN): Navoiy Region, Kyzylkum, sands 45 km NW Dzhing. [Dzhingildy], 13.06.1965 (L.V. Arnoldi) ; 2 specimens, 40 km W Bukhara, Kyzylkum, 15.v.1966 (G.S. Medvedev) ; 2 specimens (ZIN): SO Kyzylkum, on clayey soil, 11.vi.1960 (P. Ler); 1 specimen (ZIN): Bukhara Region, Karaulbazar, 10.iv.1927 (V.V. Yakhontov) ; 15 specimens (ZIN): Tashkent Region, Bekabad, 17.v.1966 (N.G. Skopin) ; 1 ♂ (ZIN): Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Region, 7 km E Aktash, 37°31ʹ57ʺN / 66°44ʹ09ʺE, h= 450m, 13.04.2024 (M.V. and S.V. Nabozhenko, N.Kh. and Kh.U. Bekchanov, D.A. Yavkachev) .

Notes. We examined all type series of M. extabesa and didn’t find any differences with M. globulicollis . Skopin mentioned some differences in the shape of “thorax” in M. extabesa and M. globulicollis and more rounded postero-lateral corners of pronotum in M. extabesa . We did not find these differences. The holotype of M. extabesa completely corresponds to the lectotype of M. globulicollis from Turkmenistan. So the following new synonymy is established: Microdera globulicollis Ménétriés, 1849 = Microdera extabesa Skopin, 1961: 393, syn. nov.

We don’t know, which species mentioned Pirnazarov (1973) under the name “ Microdera globulicollis ” for Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan).

Distribution. Turkmenistan (Mashhad-i Misrian, foothills of Kopetdag, south Turkmenistan, Badkhyz, Kugitangtau), Uzbekistan (Kyzylkum desert, Kattakum desert, Golodnaya (Hungry) steppe, Fergana valley), Kazakhstan (Eastern Kyzylkum, Josaly, Yanykurgan, Turkestan) (ZIN collection).