Cossulus intractatus ( Staudinger, 1887 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 35-36

Cossulus intractatus ( Staudinger, 1887)

( Fig. 10E )

Cossus intractatus Staudinger, 1887 , Stett. Ent. Ztg. 48: 89.

LT: Provinz Samarkand [ Uzbekistan]. Type material (syntypes) in MHUB .

Synonymy:

= Holcocerus sericeus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 , in: Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 541.

LT: Obi-Garm , Karategin [Darvaz, Petri Magni Mts., Obi-Garm, Tadzhikistan]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP .

Material examined. HMIM: North Khorâsân Prov.: 3 ♂♂, Golestân National Park, Âlmeh , 1600 m, 19.–20.vii.1985, leg. Pâzuki ; Razavi Khorâsân Prov.: 1 ♀, Mashhad, Torogh, summer of 1972, no collector given .

MWM: 1 ♀, Iran, Baloutchestan (Sistân and Baluchestân), Saravan, 12.iv.1950, leg. Salavatian.

Distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ( Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Seitz 1912; Yakovlev 2006b ).

Distribution in Iran. NE and SE Iran ( Fig. 29B ).

Remarks. This species is a new record for the fauna of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A) Barchaniella mus (Grum-Grshimailo) female. B) B. sacara (Grum-Grshimailo), female. C) Cossulus argentatus Staudinger, male. D) C. herzi (Alphéraky), male (lectotype). E) C. intractatus (Staudinger), male. F) C. irani (Daniel), male («cotype») (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 29. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Cossulus herzi (Alpheraky). B) Cossulus intractatus (Staudinger). C) Cossulus irani (Daniel). D) Cossulus kopetdaghensis Yakovlev & Alipanah, sp. n. E) Cossulus lignosus (Brandt). F) Cossulus mollis (Christoph).