A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes Author Chigray, Svetlana N. 5097C803-AA1A-4856-95D7-F11DB747EB74 St. Petersburg State University, 16 line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178 Russia. s.chigray@mail.ru Author Nabozhenko, Maxim V. A339C181-A65D-4F68-AA3E-01D07DFF25AD Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str., 45, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000 Russia. & Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str., 43 a, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000 Russia. & Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution of the Russian Academy of sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. nalassus@mail.ru Author Chigray, Ivan A. 4CDA2EFB-5C20-4E11-870E-BDFD7DBB78F7 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034 Russia. chigray93@bk.ru Author Abakumov, Evgeny V. 6E455A28-CEB1-419D-933D-98C9E9C2FED4 St. Petersburg State University, 16 line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178 Russia. e.abakumov@spb.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-04-05 809 1 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.809.1719 journal article 56065 10.5852/ejt.2022.809.1719 f76de735-01e3-454c-a7f1-bbafd26686f5 2118-9773 6419425 A754493E-5466-4479-B515-AABEDDE09D93 Earophanta pilosissima (Reitter, 1895) Earophanta loudoni Semenov, 1903a: 11 (original description). Material examined Holotype of Earophanta loudoni TURKMENISTAN • ♂ ; goldish circle; “Уч- Аджи 6.III.01 бар. Г. Лоудон” [ Uch-Adzhi – now Bagtyýarlyk in Mary Prov. ]; “ Platyope Loudoni m, Typ un. (♂?) XI.02 A. Semenow det.”; “coll. Semenov-Tian-Shansky”; “Holotype”; 6 Mar. 1901 ; Baron G. Loudon leg.; ZIN . Additional material AFGHANISTAN • 4 specs ; Maymana Prov. , Andkhoy ; alt. 350–400 m ; 17 Mar. 1964 ; O. Jakeš leg.; ZIN . TURKMENISTAN • 1 spec. ; Berkarar [Ravnina railway station]; 8 Mar. 1908 ; Baron G. Loudon leg.; ZIN • 11 specs ; Repetek ; 6–14 Mar. 1958 ; inter-barchan depression with black saxaul; G.S. Medvedev leg.; ZIN • 3 specs ; Karakum channel , Nichki ; 25 Apr. 1968 ; G.S. Medvedev leg.; ZIN • 3 specs ; Repetek ; 19 Feb. 1973 ; V.G. Kaplin leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; Karakum channel , Chaloy ; 10 Apr. 1983 ; E.A. Khachikov leg.; CMN . Distribution Turkmenistan , Afghanistan . Notes Earophanta loudoni was described from a single specimen and was synonymised by Medvedev (2005) . The specimens from Turkmenistan , which were standing in the collection of ZIN as E. loudoni , differ from the specimens from Afghanistan (determined by Z. Kaszab as E. pilosissima ) by much more pubescent elytra and visibly smaller smooth tubercles on the elytra. A larger series of specimens is necessary to establish the status of these populations.