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Abdurakhmanov G.M., Nabozhenko M.V. 2011. Keys and catalogue to darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae s. str.) of the Caucasus and south of European part of Russia. Moscow: KMK Scientific press. 361 p.
Abstract
Tenebrionidae (without Alleculinae) of the Caucasus and South of European part of Russia are considered in this work. 311 species and subspecies from 117 genera (41 tribes) are included in the catalogue. Keys for 300 species. 49 not inhabit or not found on the Caucasus and Southern Russia species are considered in the end of the catalogue are
given. Information about 400 invalid (synonymies or substituted) and unavailable names (nomen nudum) is given. For each species bibliography and synonymy, type material (if studied), notes (if it necessary), common distribution and regional distribution. Catalogue illustrated by 396 figures and 42 photos are given. New taxa (3): Microdera campestris karanogaica, subsp. n., Blaps kovali sp. n., Probaticus (Pelorinus) medvedevi, sp. n. New synonymy (26): Calyptopsis pulchella (Faldermann, 1837) = Calyptopsis antoniae Reitter, 1889, syn. n.; Calyptopsis pulchella
pulchella (Faldermann, 1837) = Calyptopsis pulchella apsheronica Bogatchev, 1948, syn. n.; Dailognatha caraboides (Eschscholtz, 1831) = Gnathosia depressicornis Faldermann in Fischer von Waldheim, 1823, syn. n.; Tentyria nomas (Pallas, 1781) = Tentyria kindermanni syn. n.; Tentyria nomas (Pallas, 1781) = Tentyria nomas coerulescens Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915, syn. n.; Tentyria nomas (Pallas, 1781) = Tentyria valentinae Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915, syn. n.; Tentyria striatopunctata Ménétriés, 1832 = Tentyria olgae Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915, syn. n.; Tentyria tessulata Tauscher, 1812 = Tentyria tessulata rugosipleuris Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915, syn. n.; Lasiostola pubescens (Pallas, 1781) = Lasiostola plustschevskyi Reitter, 1893, syn. n.; Pachyscelis musiva Faldermann in Ménétriés, 1832 = Brachyscelis mammillata Faldermann, 1837, syn. n.; Pimelia capito Krynicki, 1832 = Pimelia metopotapha Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832, syn. n.; Pimelia capito Krynicki, 1832 = Brachyscelis granifera Faldermann, 1837, syn. n.; Pimelia capito = Pimelia schoenherri Faldermann, 1837, syn. n.; Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802 = Blaps robusta Motschulsky, 1845, syn. n.; Blaps lethifera lethifera Marsham, 1802 = Blaps anthracina Faldermann, 1837, syn. n.; Blaps lethifera pterotapha Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832 = Blaps luctuosa Ménétriés, 1832, syn. n.; Blaps lethifera pterotapha Marsham, 1802 = Blaps obliterata Ménétriés, 1849, syn. n.; Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758) = B. planicollis Motschulsky, 1845 (nec. B. planicollis Laporte, 1840), syn. n.; B. scabriuscula subalpina Ménétriés, 1832 = B. montana Motschulsky, 1839, syn. n. ; Opatroides punctulatus parvulus (Faldermann, 1837) = Penthicus subcylindricus Ménétriés, 1848, syn. n.; Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1760) = Opatrum reitteri Schuster, 1915, syn. n.; Laena lederi Weise, 1878 = Laena bogatschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1984, syn. n.; Cylindrinotus acutangulus (Seidlitz, 1896) = Helops (Cylindronotus) bellator Reitter, 1902, syn. n.; Cylindrinotus femoratus (Faldermann, 1837) = Cylindrinotus funestus Faldermann, 1837, syn. n.; Hedyphanes laticollis Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832 = Hedyphanes desertus Motschulsky, 1845, syn. n.; Probaticus subrugosus (Duftschmid, 1812) = Hedyphanes fovoelatostriatus Motschulsky, 1845, syn. n. Reinstated synonymies (6): Tentyria tessulata Tauscher, 1812 = Tentyria incusa Ménétriés, 1832, syn. resurr.; Pachyscelis musiva (Faldermann in Ménétriés, 1832) = Brachyscelis leprosa Faldermann, 1837, syn. resurr.; Pimelia cursor Ménétriés, 1832 = Pimelia dubia Faldermann, 1837, syn. resurr.; Hedyphanes laticollis Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832 = Hedyphanes hegeteroides Faldermann, 1837, syn. resurr.; Hedyphanes tagenioides Ménétriés, 1832 = Hedyphanes dejeani Faldermann, 1837, syn. resurr.; Hedyphanes tagenioides Ménétriés, 1832 = Hedyphanes upioides Faldermann, 1837 syn. resurr. Reinstated species
and subspecies (5): Pachyscelis musiva gastridula Faldermann, 1837, subsp. resurr.; Pimelia persica Faldermann, 1837, spec. resurr.; Blaps araxicola Seidlitz, 1893, sp. resurr.; Blaps pudica Ballion, 1888, sp. resurr.; Opatroides punctulatus parvulus Faldermann, 1837, subsp. resurr. Rank of 3 taxa reinstated: Tentyria taurica Tauscher, 1812, stat. resurr. (from subspecies); Neatus picipes subaequalis Reitter, 1920, stat. resurr. (from species); Hedyphanes nycterinoides Faldermann, 1837, stat. resurr. (from subspecies). Rank of 1 species is lowered to subspecies: Corticeus fasciatus basalis Reitter, 1884, stat. n. One name is considered is nomena dubia: Blaps armeniaca Baudi, 1876, nomen dubia; 10 species are considered as species incertae sedis: Anatolica gibbosa punctipleuris Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915, subsp. insectae sedis; Calyptopsis armeniaca Baudi di Selve, 1874, sp. incertae sedis; Tentyria clavata Kraatz, 1865, sp. incertae sedis; Dissonomus ellipticus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1881), sp. incertae sedis; Penthicus granulatus Desbrochers des Loges, 1881, sp. incertae sedis; Laena caucasica Motschulsky, 1845, sp. incertae sedis; Cylindrinotus gibbosus (Seidlitz, 1896), species incertae sedis; Hedyphanes chalybaeus Faldermann, 1837, sp. incertae sedis; Hedyphanes helopioides Faldermann, 1837, sp. incertae sedis; Helops caucasicus Allard, 1877, sp. incertae sedis. 40 lectotypes are designated: Anatolica abbreviata Gebler, 1832; Calyptopsis morawitzi Faust, 1877; Calyptopsis emarginata Reitter, 1889; Calyptopsis nitescens Reitter, 1897; Gnathosia pulchella Faldermarm, 1837 (Calyptopsis); Calyptopsis antoniae Reitter, 1889; Gnathosia depressicornis (Faldermann, 1823) (Dailognatha); Tentyria nomas coerulescens Bogdanov-Katjkov, 1915; Tentyria striatopunctata Ménétriés, 1832; Tentyria incusa Ménétriés, 1832; Adesmia pulcherrima Faldermann in Fischer von Waldheim, 1835; Leptodes lederi Reitter, 1889; Leptodes zubkovi Semenov-Tjan-Shansky, 1909; Dichillus araxidis Reitter, 1889; Brachyscelis musiva gastridula Faldermann, 1837 (Pachyscelis); Pimelia musiva musiva Faldermann in Ménétriés, 1832 (Pachyscelis); Pimelia clavaria Faldermann in Ménétriés, 1832 (Pachyscelis); Brachyscelis leprosa Faldermann, 1837 (Pachyscelis); Pachyscelis mammillata Faldermann, 1837; Pimelia ventricosa Faldermann, 1837; Pimelia neglecta Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832; Pimelia schoenherri Faldermann, 1837; Pimelia metopotapha Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832; Brachyscelis granifera Faldermann, 1837 (Pimelia); Pimelia cursor Ménétriés, 1832; Pimelia dubia Faldermann, 1837; Pimelia persica Faldermann, 1837; Pimelia tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832; Pimelia setosa Faldermann in Ménétriés, 1832 (Trachyderma); Blaps deplanata Ménétriés, 1832; Blaps muricata Fischer de Waldheim in Ménétriés, 1832; Blaps robusta Motschulsky, 1845; Blaps anthracina Faldermann, 1837; Blaps pruinosa Eversmann in Faldermann, 1836; Blaps rorulenta Motschulsky, 1845; Blaps taeniolata Ménétriés, 1832; Microzoum collare Motschulsky, 1839 (Platynosum); Hedyphanes coerulescens Fischer von Waldheim, 1820; Hedyphanes impressicollis Faldermann, 1837; Hedyphanes quadraticollis Ménétriés, 1832.
... Caucasian taxa were revised by Reichardt [2], who listed five species and two subspecies from this territory. Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko [3] recorded four species and one subspecies for the Caucasus, synonymized one subspecies and published full bibliography for each taxon and a key to species. Later, Nabozhenko et al. [4] added one species to the Caucasian faunistic list. ...
... Opatrum sabulosum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 1) Full bibliography for Caucasian records see in Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko [3]. Notes. ...
... This is the most numerous and widespread species with four Mediterranean and one Caucasian subspecies. The nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed in the Caucasus and Ciscaucasia in steppe xerophytic habitats to height 2400 m in the North Caucasus (Dagestan) and 3000 m in Transcaucasia (Nakhichevan) [3]. Schuster [6] described O. reitteri from Tiflis. ...
Caucasian and Ciscaucasian representatives of the genus Opatrum Fabricius, 1775 are briefly reviewed. In total, four species and one subspecies occur in this area. Opatrum sabulosum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1758) is widely distributed on all studied territory of the Caucasus up to 3000 m in Transcaucasia; O. sabulosum amauropterum Reichardt, 1936 occurs only in the eastern part of the North Caucasus: Ingushetia, Chehnya and Dagestan; O. riparium W. Scriba, 1865 was collected in Volgo-grad Region (Don River coast) and Krasnodar; O. triste Steven, 1828 is known from Crimea and Taman Peninsila; O. gemi-natum Brullé, 1832 is distributed in Armenia and Nakhichevan. Lectotypes are designated for Opatrum tricarinatum Motschulsky, 1859 (junior synonym of O. sabulosum) and O. sabulosum amauropterum Reichardt, 1936. A key to species from the Caucasus is given.
... Later, Dzhambazishvili (2000), who studied Georgian darkling beetles for decades, provided the first check-list of 87 species of Tenebrionidae in Georgia, including P. ratzeburgi (Wissmann, 1848), the only representative of the genus in the country at that time. However, in a later works of Nikitski et al. (2008) and Abdurakhmanov et al. (2011), another species -P. depressus (Fabricius, 1790) is also indicated for Georgia. ...
... The specimen was identified as Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864) based on a petaloid genae forming two little horns (Abdurakhmanov et al. 2011;Fleischer 1900;Lillig et al. 2012) (Fig. 1). Hence, the species is the first record for Georgia and thus there are three species of Palorus distributed in Georgian territory. ...
... The species is thought to originate from Africa (Halstead 1967), and due to its lifestyle, has a cosmopolitan distribution today (Halstead 1967;Lillig et al. 2012;Nikitski et al. 2008). Previous records of P. subdepressus from the Caucasus were from Krasnodarki Kray (Russia) (Abdurakhmanov et al. 2011) and Azerbaijan (Lobl and Lobl 2020). Although expected, the first record of this Ilia State University, Tbilisi species from Georgia indicates that the species is probably more widespread in the South Caucasus than previously thought. ...
The darkling beetle Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864) is recorded from Georgia for the first time. Detailed information on the recording site, pictures of the voucher specimen, and identification criteria are given, along with a mini-review of the Palorus Mulsant, 1854 species ever recorded in Georgia.
... This species is widespread in the European part of Russia from Yaroslavl Region (Vlasov & Nikitsky, 2016) and Udmurtia (Dedyukhin, 2013) in the north and to the Russian Caucasus in the south (Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko, 2011). The range in Russia extends also from the west to the east from Kaliningrad Region (Alekseev, 2022) to the Urals (Kozminykh, 2015). ...
... This species is widely distributed in Russia from Baltic regions in the west and northwest (Medvedev, 1965;Alekseev, 2008) to the Primorsky krai in the east (Medvedev, 1992;Medvedev & Sundukov, 2009). The southern border of the range in Russia passes along the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and Crimea (Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko, 2011). The Western Siberia was omitted in the catalogue (Iwan et al., 2020), although records of this species in this region have been published earlier (Efimov, 2008;Sergeeva & Stolbov, 2020). ...
The composition and distribution of darkling beetles of the genus Uloma are briefly reviewed for the Russian fauna. In total, four species are known from Russia, one of which is distributed in the European part and the Russian Caucasus, one is transpalaearctic, two sympatric species are known only in Primorsky krai of the Russian Far East. The species Uloma bonzica is recorded for Russia for the first time. A key to species of Uloma from Russia, accompanied by quality illustrations, is given.
... Meanwhile, darkling beetles are one of the largest families of Coleoptera: there are more than 19,000 species in the world fauna, and more than 4500 known in the Palaearctic fauna [10]. They are one of the dominant groups in arid regions; in the intermontane depressions of Southern Siberia and Mongolia, they predominate numerically among ground-dwelling animals of the medium size class [11,12]. ...
The level of diversity and abundance of darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) is the main difference between the late Pleistocene and modern insect faunas of arid regions. In the Pleistocene assemblages they are extremely rare, whereas in the modern ones they predominate. It is assumed that the reason for their rarity in fossil entomological complexes is their lack of cold resistance. The supercooling points (SCP) and low lethal temperatures (LLT) of adults from five species of Altai darkling beetles that overwinter in the soil and larvae from one such species were measured in the laboratory. All beetles supercooled at negative temperatures but could not survive freezing, with the average SCP of the most cold-resistant species between −25.7 and −21.7 °C (Bioramix picipes, Anatolica dashidorzsi, and Penthicus altaicus). However, 50% of the individuals from different species in the experiment died after exposure during two days at temperatures ranging from −22 to −20 °C. The focal species are distributed in parts of Central Asia with an extreme continental climate, and the temperatures measured in the soil of these natural areas turned out to be lower than or close to the limit of cold resistance of the beetles. Overwintering of darkling beetles is therefore only possible in areas with deep snow: in hollows, under bushes, and under large cereals. Darkling beetles with poor cold resistance could not have existed in the colder climate of the late Pleistocene, which explains their absence from fossil fauna.
... The third species of the crenulatus species-group, D. transcaspicus is the most xerophylic and adapted to clayey-stony desert foothills of Kopetdag (northern part) with sparse herbaceous vegetation (Medvedev 1968). D. extensus is the most moisture-loving species among those mentioned above and it occurs in low mountain dry meadows in Western Transcaucasia (Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko 2011). Although the three species mentioned are allopatric, ecological differentiation likely played a more important role in their formation in the absence of geographical relief barriers. ...
A new tenebrionid species of the genus Dendarus Dejean, 1821, Dendarus (Pandarinus) nabozhenkoi sp. n. is described
from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. Dendarus nabozhenkoi sp. n. is most similar to Dendarus matthewsi
Nabozhenko, 2022 and Dendarus simplex Seidlitz, 1893 differing in the shape of the pronotum, the structure of the
male pro- and metatibiae, the reduced goldish hair brush on the sole surface of mesotarsomere 2 and the structure of the
aedeagus and spiculum gastrale.
... Penthicus dilectans Faldermann, 1836 Distribution: Shalaby et al. (1967) reported this species for Iraq under the name Lobothorax dilectans Fldermann, 1836. Also, it distributes in Transcaucasia, European Russia, and Central Asia (Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko, 2011;Iwan et al., 2020); Turkey (Nabozhenko et al., 2022). (Reitter, 1904) Distribution: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Pakistan, KSA, and Turkmenistan (Löbl and Smetana, 2008); Qatar (Soldati, 2009). ...
In the current review, an updated list of dark beetle species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) recorded in Iraq was given. The current paper is based on previous studies in the literature and contains all dark beetles referred to in Iraq, except for the species within the Pimelinae subfamily. The investigation of this review showed the presence of 89 species belonging to 34 genera within five subfamilies. This work included mentioning the basionyms and synonyms for genera and species with their global distribution, as well as, correcting the scientific names that were mentioned in the previous checklists.
... Two Middle Asian representatives of the genus were described by Medvedev (1979Medvedev ( , 1991. Caucasian species were revised by Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko (2011) with further important information on one Transcaucasian taxon (Nabozhenko et al., 2021). Nassezadeh et al. ...
A new species of darkling beetles of the genus Philhammus Fairmaire, 1871 is described from Amudarya bank, Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan: Ph. dilaramae Nabozhenko et N. Bekchanov, sp. n. This first representative of the genus in the country belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and most similar to Pre-Caspian Ph. zaitsevi G.S. Medvedev, 1979. The new species differs from the latter in the structure of genae, eyes and pronotum.
The darkling beetles of the genus Penthicus Faldermann, 1836 (Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Opatrini) from Iraq, Iran and Pakistan are revised. We used male and female genitalia for the first time for taxonomy of Penthicus. The subgenus Stonavus Reitter, 1904, subg. resurr. is resurrected from the synonymy with Penthicus and incudes three species-groups. Composition of all subgenera of Penthicus is given. Seven species don’t pass to any defined subgenus and require revision. The following new synonym is introduced: Penthicus iners (Ménétriés, 1832) = P. obesus (Kulzer, 1964), syn. nov. In total, one species of Penthicus is yet known from Iraq, 30 species from Iran and four species and one subspecies from Pakistan. The following 17 new species are described: in the nomynotypical subgenus: P. germanni sp. nov. (Iran) and P. mesopotamicus sp. nov. (Iran, Iraq); in Stonavus (all from Iran): P. achaemenus sp. nov., P. bam sp. nov., P. captiosus sp. nov., P. flatilatus sp. nov., P. farsistanus sp. nov. (Iran), P. grabantae sp. nov., P. iranensis sp. nov., P. kasatkini sp. nov., P. kermanicus sp. nov., P. khorasanicus sp. nov., P. pazukii sp. nov., P. shokhini sp. nov. (Iran), P. telnovi sp. nov., P. zarudnyi sp. nov.; in Myladion: P. pakistanicus sp. nov. (Pakistan). Penthicus turcomanicus (G.S. Medvedev, 1964) is recorded for Iran for the first time. Lectotypes are designated for Lobothorax oblongopunctatus Reitter, 1904, Lobodera freyi Schuster, 1937, Lobodera similis Schuster, 1937, Lobothorax horni Schuster, 1922, Lobothorax persicus Schuster, 1919, Heliophilus iners Ménétriés, 1832, Opatrum saginatum Ménétriés, 1832, Penthicus remotus Reitter, 1896 and Lobodera tzaidamica Bogatchev, 1951. A key to species from the studied territories is given.
A selection of twelve rarely collected Tenebrionidae species, including new country records, coming from the Turkish Oak Habitat Project (TOHP), a large-scale study of the fauna of old oaks in Türkiye, is highlighted. Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig, 1792), Philhammus aharonii (Reitter, 1910), Stenosis fulvipes (Reiche & Saulcy, 1857), and Tenebrio punctipennis Seidlitz, 1895, are reported from Türkiye for the first time. Occurrence in this country of Pentaphyllus reibnitzi Schawaller & Merkl, 2012, is confirmed. Other treated poorly known species are: Adelostoma subtile subtile Reitter, 1900, Corticeus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1790), Cryphaeus cornutus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823), Lyphia tetraphylla (Fairmaire, 1856), Metaclisa azurea (Waltl, 1838), Palorus ratzeburgii (Wissmann,1848) and Tenebrio syriacus Zoufal, 1892. Photos of the five species new or confirmed to Türkiye are presented.
A new species of darkling beetle of the tribe Helopini is described from the Eastern Caucasus (Russia): Nalassus magomedrasuli Nabozhenko sp. n. It was originally described as the Dagestan population of N. kalashiani Nabozhenko, 2001 based on the similar structure of the male aedeagus. The new species is similar to N. kalashiani in that it differs in the structure of the eyes, male antennae, the shape of the pronotum, the scutellar shield, the male abdomen and habitats. Nalassus magomedrasuli occurs in xerophytic limestone mountain phryganoid steppes in Dagestan, whereas N. kalashiani is distributed in wet alpine meadows in the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia (Russia). The female of N. kalashiani collected in the State Natural reserve "Erzi" (Ingushetia) is described for the first time.
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