A Review of the Genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Tentyriini) from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia


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Abstract

A taxonomic review of the tenebrionid-beetle genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia is given. In total, five species are listed: C. clypeata Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan, Iran), C. deplanata Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan), C. incerta Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan, Iran), C. punctiventris Baudi di Selve, 1874 (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), and C. faustisp. n. (Turkmenistan). A new synonymy is established: Calyptopsis punctiventris Baudi di Selve, 1874 = Calyptopsis laevipennis Reitter, 1897, syn. n. Lectotype of Calyptopsis deplanata is designated. A key to the species of the genus Calyptopsis from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia is given.

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S. N. Chigray

Faculty of Biology, Department of Applied Ecology

Author for correspondence.
Email: s.chigray@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199178

M. V. Nabozhenko

Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Daghestan Scientific Centre; Dagestan State University

Email: s.chigray@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367000; Makhachkala, 367000

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