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The species
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was described from Baku and long time was interpreted as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFD9FFB89CBAAF42CE769403" box="[186,352,1795,1821]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="286">Blaps lethifera</emphasis>
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(see full bibliography in Abdurakhamnov &amp; Nabozhenko (2011)). Transcaucasian populations named “
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” differ from the European populations only by weakly emarginated lateral margins of the pronotum at the base. This character is very variable, and specimens with emarginated or weakly emarginated or non-emarginated lateral pronotum margins can be found even in one Transcaucasian micropopulation. This unreliable characters entire spectrum of variability can be observed in specimens from the east Caspian coast to western
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. The extensive variability of this species has been beautifully illustrated in the work of
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. Another illustrative example is two very unusual specimens from the Don River delta area. These specimens were collected after deep excavation by an excavator in sandy alluvial soils near the banks of Don River in the burrows of
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Güldenstädt, 1770
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. The first two authors interpreted them as an isolated, distant micropopulation of
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Chigray
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2015
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. However, COI analysis showed that this Don micropopulation is genetically highly similar with specimens assigned to
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), despite significant morphological differences. Considering the information mentioned above, we propose the following new synonymy:
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Marsham, 1802
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</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF064484FFDEFFBF9C97AFD6CA9094E6" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6367379" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6367379" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6367379/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" startId="20.[151,250,1943,1967]" targetBox="[162,1430,186,1912]" targetPageId="20">
<paragraph id="8BC6140CFFDEFFBF9C97AFD6CA9094E6" blockId="20.[151,1437,1943,2040]" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9C97AFD6CE3294B1" bold="true" box="[151,292,1943,1967]" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">FIGURE 23.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9D2FAFD9CEB694B1" box="[303,416,1944,1968]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9D2FAFD9CE7F94AE" box="[303,361,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">Blaps</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
, habitus. A = non-rugose male of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9F15AFD9CC8C94B1" authorityName="Adams" authorityYear="1817" box="[789,922,1944,1967]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verrucosa">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9F15AFD9CC8C94B1" box="[789,922,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Baku, Azerbaijan, (the type locality of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9986AFD9CE0E94CA" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scabriuscula">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9986AFD9CE0E94CA" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. scabriuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) ZM MSU; B = rugose male of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9E5CAFFDCDCA94CD" authorityName="Adams" authorityYear="1817" box="[604,732,1980,2003]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verrucosa">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9E5CAFFDCDCA94CD" box="[604,732,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Georgia (Kazbegi), ZIN; C = lectotype labels of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9901AFFDCA9794CA" authorityName="Menetries" authorityYear="1832" box="[1281,1409,1980,2004]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subalpina">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9901AFFDCA0E94CD" box="[1281,1304,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B.</emphasis>
subalpina
</taxonomicName>
, D = lectotype of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9D2AAFA1CEBD94E6" authorityName="Menetries" authorityYear="1832" box="[298,427,2016,2040]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subalpina">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9D2AAFA1CEBD94E6" box="[298,427,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. subalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male (ZIN); E = lectotype labels of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9F22AFA1CCBA94E6" authorityName="Menetries" authorityYear="1832" box="[802,940,2016,2040]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pterotapha">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9F22AFA1CCBA94E6" box="[802,940,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. pterotapha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; F = lectotype of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDEFFBF9861AFA1CBFD94E6" authorityName="Menetries" authorityYear="1832" box="[1121,1259,2016,2040]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pterotapha">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDEFFBF9861AFA1CBFD94E6" box="[1121,1259,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="287">B. pterotapha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female (ZIN).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C3634787FFDFFFBE9CC7A92ECC6B92CF" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC6140CFFDFFFBE9CC7A92ECC6B92CF" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,718]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">
In addition, we examined the specimen, which was listed as
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9F83A92ECA8A9297" authority="Fischer von Waldheim, 1844" authorityName="Fischer von Waldheim" authorityYear="1844" box="[899,1436,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pterosticha">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9F83A92ECB5F9297" box="[899,1097,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Blaps pterosticha</emphasis>
Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingRegion id="49BDDAEEFFDFFFBE9CD4A9D2CE8092B3" box="[212,406,403,429]" country="Russia" name="Orenburg" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Orenburg Region</collectingRegion>
of
<collectingCountry id="F36E549CFFDFFFBE9DB9A9D2CD1292B3" box="[441,516,403,429]" name="Russia" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Russia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE869FDFFDFFFBE9E12A9D2CC0392B3" author="Shapovalov, A. M. &amp; Grigoriev, V. E. &amp; Nemkov, V. A. &amp; Rusakov, A. V. &amp; Kazakov, E. P." box="[530,789,403,429]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" pagination="39 - 48" refId="ref15084" refString="Shapovalov, A. M., Grigoriev, V. E., Nemkov, V. A., Rusakov, A. V. &amp; Kazakov, E. P. (2011) Interesting finds of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Orenburg Region. Trudy Orenburgskogo otdeleniya Russkogo entomologicheskogo obshchestva, 1, 39 - 48. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="2011">
Shapovalov
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9E9EA9D2CDC392B3" box="[670,725,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFE869FDFFDFFFBE9F20A9D2CCFE92B3" author="Kozminykh, V. O." box="[800,1000,402,429]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" pagination="16 - 42" refId="ref14016" refString="Kozminykh, V. O. (2015) Faunistic data on tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Orenburg Region. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 1 (13), 16 - 42. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="2015">Kozminykh 2015</bibRefCitation>
). The specimen is a typical
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9918A9D2CA8392B3" authorityName="Marsham" authorityYear="1802" box="[1304,1429,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lethifera">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9918A9D2CA8392B3" box="[1304,1429,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">B. lethifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9CB7A9F6CE4592CF" authorityName="Fischer von Waldheim" authorityYear="1844" box="[183,339,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pterosticha">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9CB7A9F6CE4592CF" box="[183,339,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">B. pterosticha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
must be excluded from the Russian faunistic list.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3634787FFDFFFBE9CC7A99ACD2E91D0" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BC6140CFFDFFFBE9CC7A99ACD2E91D0" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,718]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9CC7A99ACD2292EB" authority="Solier, 1848" authorityName="Solier" authorityYear="1848" box="[199,564,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinuatocollis">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9CC7A99ACEB692EB" box="[199,416,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Blaps sinuatocollis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE869FDFFDFFFBE9DAAA99ACD2292EB" author="Solier, A. J. J." box="[426,564,475,501]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" pagination="149 - 370" refId="ref15399" refString="Solier, A. J. J. (1848) Essai sur les collapterides. 14 e Tribu. Blapsites. In: Baudi di Selve: Studi Entomologici. Pubblicati per cura di Flaminio Baudi e di Eugenio Truqui. Tomo 1. Torino: Stamperia Degli Artisti Tipografi, pp. 149 - 370, pls. iv - xv." type="book chapter" year="1848">Solier, 1848</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(recorded as nominotypical subspecies from Southern
<collectingCountry id="F36E549CFFDFFFBE98B1A99ACBEA92EB" box="[1201,1276,475,501]" name="Russia" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Russia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE869FDFFDFFFBE990DA99ACE479107" author="Nabozhenko, M. V. &amp; Chigray, I. A." pageId="21" pageNumber="288" pagination="1815" refId="ref14579" refString="Nabozhenko, M. V. &amp; Chigray, I. A. (2020) Tribe Blaptini Leach, 1815. In: Iwan, D. &amp; Lobl, I. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Leiden, Brill, pp. 268 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004434998 _ 004" type="book chapter" year="2020">Nabozhenko &amp; Chigray 2020</bibRefCitation>
)) was described as the variation B of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9F06A9BECCC79107" box="[774,977,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reflexicollis">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9F06A9BECCC79107" box="[774,977,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Blaps reflexicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(now a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE990CA9BECA9A9107" authorityName="Marsham" authorityYear="1802" box="[1292,1420,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lethifera">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE990CA9BECA9A9107" box="[1292,1420,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">B. lethifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<typeStatus id="54C2AAAEFFDFFFBE9C97AA62CFCF9123" box="[151,217,547,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">Types</typeStatus>
of both taxa are lost (personal communication with Antoine Mantilleri (MNHN)). In our opinion, this name is infrasubspecific and must be excluded from zoological nomenclature because Soliers description unambiguously reveals that the name was proposed for an infrasubspecific entity (article 45.6.4 of ICZN). Solier indicated that var. B (
<taxonomicName id="4C796F8FFFDFFFBE9CBAAACECE5F91B7" authorityName="Solier" authorityYear="1848" box="[186,329,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Blaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinuatocollis">
<emphasis id="B90DC81EFFDFFFBE9CBAAACECE5F91B7" box="[186,329,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="288">sinuatocollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) is just
<specimenCount id="9D7FDF85FFDFFFBE9DA3AACECD1F91B7" box="[419,521,655,681]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
deviating from the typical form, and if its characters were stable, then it could be a species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE869FDFFDFFFBE9D0AAAF2CE8791D3" author="Solier, A. J. J." box="[266,401,691,717]" pageId="21" pageNumber="288" pagination="149 - 370" refId="ref15399" refString="Solier, A. J. J. (1848) Essai sur les collapterides. 14 e Tribu. Blapsites. In: Baudi di Selve: Studi Entomologici. Pubblicati per cura di Flaminio Baudi e di Eugenio Truqui. Tomo 1. Torino: Stamperia Degli Artisti Tipografi, pp. 149 - 370, pls. iv - xv." type="book chapter" year="1848">Solier 1848</bibRefCitation>
, pp. 315, 316).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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