Blaps nitida 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 : 134-135

Blaps nitida Fischer von Waldheim, 1844

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Fischer von Waldheim 1844: 96; Seidlitz, 1893: 280; Skopin, 1961: 190 .

Material examined ( ZIN). 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Central Kazakhstan / Karaganda Region / 30 km west of Gulshad village [46°37’27.91”N, 73°57’55.11”E] / 17.ix.1964 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] .

Comments. SKOPIN (1973) discussed the taxonomic position of Blaps nitida Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 and the very variable B. lethifera Marsham, 1802 . The first taxon is listed as a subspecies of B. lethifera in the card index and the collection of ZIN, but as a valid species in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera ( LÖBL et al. 2008) . The status of B. nitida can be clarified after the study of type specimens. In the subsequent key, B. nitida and B. lethifera are given in the same key couplet. ARNOLDI and MEDVEDEV (1969) did not mention B. nitida for Central Kazakhstan.

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Russia (Western Siberia) ( LÖBL et al. 2008).

Regional distribution. Central and Southeast Kazakhstan ( SKOPIN 1961 ).

Figures

Fig. 23. B. nitida, habitus. A, B = m; C = f; A, C = dorsal view; B = ventral view