Acupalpus (Acupalpus) maculatus (SCHAUM, 1960)

Material examined Tadzhikistan Res." Tigrovaja Balka ", 3.-8.VIII.2000, V. Perepechaenko (2♀♀ - cWR) ; 150 km S Dushanbe, Tigrovaya Balka Res ., 200 m, 1.- 8.VI.2000, O.V. Pak (3♀♀ - cWR) .

The species is widely distributed from the Canary Islands in the west across the Mediterranean Region, West, Central and East Europe, Transcaucasia, Middle East, Middle Asia to North West India in the east. In Middle Asia the species was hitherto recorded from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (JAEGER & KATAEV 2003: 398). Here it is recorded for Tadzhikistan for the first time.