A taxonomic review of the genus Euboeus Boieldieu, 1865 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) of the Caucasus, Iran and Turkmenistan Author Nabozhenko, Maxim V. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-01 5159 4 451 486 journal article 88477 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.1 cffc486a-265f-4d35-a289-a4a54845c77d 1175-5326 6785909 CA6AF6AD-9E4A-4BE3-8B52-6D8E5EA3641F Euboeus ( Pelorinus ) chorasanicus (G. Medvedev, 1976 ) ( Figs 19 , 20 ) Probaticus ( Pelorinus ) chorasanicus Medvedev, 1976: 893 ; Euboeus ( Pelorinus ) chorasanicus : Nabozhenko, 2019 b : 1033 , fig. 21. Type material. Holotype , ♂ ( ZIN ): “В. Персiя Имам-Гуляръ—Кучанъ 16.III.98 Зарудный” (Cyrillic, old Russian) [E Persia , Imam-Gulyar—Quchan, leg. Zarudny ], “ Holotypus Probathicus ( Pelorinus ) chorasanicus G. Medvedev, 1977 ” ( Fig. 16D ) . Paratype , ♀ ( ZIN ): “ Хорасан М. Кучан—Имам Гуляр 16.III.98 Н. Зарудный” (Cyrillic, Russian) [ Khorasan , Kuchan—Imam-Gulyar, leg. N. Zarudny ] ( Fig. 15D ). Red labels with “ Holotypus ” and “ Paratypus ” were pinned by a laboratory assistant ( A.K. Chistaykova ) with erroneous year and the name of the genus . Material. 1♂ , 1♀ ( SMNS ): Iran , North Khorasan Prov. , Asadij ( 20 km SE Bojnurd ), 1700 m , 4.04.2001 (leg. G. Sama ) ; 1♂ ( ZIN ): Iran , North Khorassan Prov. , Bojnurd area , Gerivan , 37°17ʹN , 57°13ʹE , 1800 m , 12.v.2009 (leg. A. Klimenko ) ; 1♀ ( ZIN ): the same label, but 8.vi.2009 ; 1♀ ( NMPC ): NE Iran , Razavi Khorasan Province , Kuh-e- Binalud , 20 km NE Nishapur , 13–15.vi.1977 , 2500 m , Loc. No 366, (leg. Exped. Nat. Mus. Praha ) . Distribution. Iran ( North Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan provinces). This species is terrestrial and inhabits xerophytic areas. Variability. The female from Binalud Mt. differs by the weakly shiny body and dull elytra.