A revision of the species of Pronomaea E of the Western Palaearctic region, including Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Pronomaeini) Author Assing, Volker text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2007 2007-12-21 57 2 367 396 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1710 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.57.2.367-396 0005-805X 5364164 Pronomaea flavirostris SEMENOV ,, 2003 ( Fig. 51 , Map 5 ) Pronomaea flavirostris SEMENOV, 2003: 201 f. Comment: The original description is based on three type specimens from "Rayon Moskowskij" near Kuljab , Tajikistan . The type material was not examined, but the detailed illustration of the aedeagus provided by SEMENOV (2003) leaves no doubt that it is conspecific with the material listed below . Material examined: Tajikistan : 1 ex. , Kuliab , Aksu valley , 1898, leg. Hauser ( FMNH ) ; 1 ex. , Hissar mts. , 1898, leg. Hauser (cAss) ; 4 exs. , Dushanbe , Romit valley , 18.VII.1984 , leg. Wrase (cVog, cAss) ; 7 exs. , Seravshan mts. , S Panjakent , Rudaky , 1500 m , 11.VII.1990 , leg. Schülke & Wrase ( DEI , cSch, cAss) ; 3 exs. , Pamir Alai , Hissar mts. , N Dushanbe , Adshuk cleft near Varzob , 1200 m , 1.-3. VII.1990 , leg. Schülke & Wrase ( DEI , cAss) ; 9 exs. [partly teneral], Pamir Alai , Dushanbe , Rommit valley , 2000 m , 18.VII.1984 , leg. Behne ( DEI , cAss) ; 3 exs. , Hissar mts. , 1898, leg. Hauser ( NHMW , cAss) ; 1 ex. , Karateghin mts. , Saripul ["Sary-Pul", 38°25 'N , 70°08 'E ], 1482 m , 1898, leg. Hauser ( NHMW ) ; 1 ex. , Gorno Badakhshanskiy Autonomous Oblast , Rushanskiy mts. , near geologists´ camp, 2200 m , 21.V.1982 , leg. Mikhailov (cSch). Afghanistan : 1 ex. , Tangui Gharou ["Tang-Gharou"; 34°33 'N , 69°30 'E ], 6.VIII.1959 , leg. Lindberg ( NHMW ) ; 1 ex. , Qadès, "Grotte", 1350 m , 30.VI.1959 , leg. Lindberg (cAss). Map 5 : Distributions of Pronomaea flavirostris SEMENOV (filled circles) and P. procerula ASSING (open circles), based on examined and literature records. Diagnosis: External characters similar to that of P. picea , except for the slightly less convex pronotum (crosssection). Reliably identified only based on the sexual characters. ♂ : aedeagus larger ( 0.45-0.48 mm long); median lobe at base of ventral process without projection and not bulging ( Fig. 51 ). ♀ : spermatheca of similar shape as that of P. anatolicaanatolica and P. khnzoriani ; for an illustration see figure 16 in SEMENOVSEMENOV (2003). Comparative notes: The species is reliably separated from other Western Palaearctic and Middle Asian congeners only based on the morphology of the aedeagus. Distribution and bionomics: The species was previously known only from Tajikistan (SEMENOVSEMENOV 2003). It is here reported from Afghanistan for the first time ( Map 5 ). The species has been collected at altitudes of up to 2200 m during the period from May through August; teneral adults were observed in July. According to SEMENOVSEMENOV (2003), the type specimens were collected on a stream bank .