5062 Author Alipanah, Helen Author Yakovlev, Roman Author Falsafi, Hossein Author Witt, Thomas Author Saldaitis, Aidas text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-08 5062 1 1 100 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1 1175­5334 5808035 2B468045-816B-4F29-AE0D-BDC63C503265 Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884 Cossus ( Holcocerus ) nobilis Staudinger, 1884 , in: Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 1: 139. LT: Askhabad , Tekke [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan ]. Type material ( lectotype ) in MHUB . = Holcocerus marmoratus Austaut, 1897 , Naturaliste 19: 45. LT: Bairam-Ale [Bairam-Ali, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan ]. Type material ( holotype ) in BMNH . = Holcocerus strigatus Austaut, 1897 , Naturaliste 19: 45. LT: Bairam Ale , Perse [Bairam-Ali, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan ]. Type material ( holotype ) in BMNH . = Holcocerus difficilis A. Bang-Haas, 1906 , Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 19: 143. LT: Kuschk an der Russisch-Afghanischen Grenze [Kushka, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan ]. Type material ( holotype ) in MHUB . Material examined. No specimen was found to be examined in the present study. Distribution. Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , China (Xinjang), Iran , Afghanistan ( Christoph 1887a , 1888b, 1893; Staudinger & Rebel 1901 ; Dalla Torre 1923 ; Daniel 1969b ; Krivokhatskyi 1985 ; Falkovich 1986; Hua et al . 1990 ; Wieser et al . 2001 ; Yakovlev 2006a ). Distribution in Iran . NE Iran ( Dalla Torre 1923 ; Wieser et al . 2001 ). Habitat. Deserts. Remarks. This species was firstly reported for “ Persien ” by Dalla Torre (1923) with no locality information.