Blaps transversalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844

Chigray, Ivan & Ivanov, Alexander, 2020, A Review Of The Genus Blaps (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Of Central And South Kazakhstan With Description Of Two New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (2), pp. 111-162 : 147

Blaps transversalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844

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Fischer von Waldheim, 1844: 105; Seidlitz 1893: 285 (“Turkestan”); Skopin, 1960: 55 (larva); Skopin, 1961: 191 ; Skopin, 1968: 86 ; Arnoldi & Medvedev, 1969: 404; Ren et al. 2000; 27; Ren et al., 2016: 171.

Material examined (ZIN) . 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / canyon of Kopaly River / 19.v.1909 / leg. Nedovpuk [ov]’ [in Cyrillics] [44°1’11.62”N, 75° 5’54.61”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / env. of Jambyl / Ulanbel village / 02.v.1960 / leg. L. Serkova’ [in Cyrillics] [44°49’34.59”N, 71°8’17.27”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Jambyl / Khantau mountains / 25.vi.1969 / leg. K. Nurpeisov’ [in Cyrillics] [44°13’28.19”N, 73°55’28.64”E]; 1 f, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / Bishkek city / 15.v.1907 / leg. A. Jakobson’ [in Cyrillics] [42°53’10.32”N, 74°32’5.29”E] ; 1 m, ‘ Kyrgyzstan / Chu River / Boom canyon / 30.iv.1956 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [42°40’30.86”N, 75°53’35.95”E] .

Distribution. Kazakhstan ( ARNOLDI & MEDVEDEV 1969), China ( LÖBL et al. 2008), Kyrgyzstan ( SKOPIN 1961 , 1968).

Regional distribution. Between Talas and the Chu rivers ( SKOPIN 1961 ); eastern part of the Karatau Range, the Muyunkum Desert and valley area near the Chu River ( SKOPIN 1968 ).