Grammognatha euphratica armenica (Laporte, 1834)

Matalin, Andrey V. & Snegovaya, Nataly Yu., 2025, Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Azerbaijan, Zootaxa 5661 (3), pp. 301-329 : 302-303

Grammognatha euphratica armenica (Laporte, 1834)

Figs 1 , 6 , 46 .

Material. 2♂♂ — Trascaucasia , Mingachevir [= MingƏçevir], salin, 15. V .[19]46, A. Bogachev; 1♂ 1♀ — ibid, in the holes, 29. VI .[19]46; 2♂♂ 1♀ — Baku, Zykh Lake , 14. V .[19]28, A. Bogachev; 1♂ — Baku, Haži-Hasan [= Gadzhi-Gasan] Lake, 25. V .[19]27, A. Bogachev; 1♀ — ibid, 4. VI .[19]28 (all ZMUM); 1 ex. — ibid, 25. V .[19]27; 1 ex. — ibid, 3. V .[19]30; 16 ex. — ibid, 8–10. VI .[19]33; 3 ex. — ibid, 1. V .[19]26; 5 ex. — Baku, Zykh Lake , 14. V .[19]28, A. Bogachev; 1 ex. — ibid, 13. V .[19]30; 1 ex. — Baku, Yasamal , Kuma Lake, 17. VI .[19]38, A. Bogachev; 1 ex. — Samuch [= Samux], Sarjal, 15. VI .[19]36, A. Bogachev; 1 ex. —Eldar; 4 ex. — Eldar , Kazaman ; 1 ex. — Yevlakh, 20. VI .[19]38, A. Bogachev; 1 ex. — Yevlakh, on the road to Shusha [= Şuşa], saline, 3. VI .1912, M. Vinovskyi (all IZB) ; 1♂ 1♀ — Aresh [= Agdash] ( Caucasus ), A. Schelkovnikow ( IZAY) ; 1♂ — Transcaucasia, Elisabethpol [= Ganja], M. Vinovskyi ( ZIN) .

References. Saljan [= Salyan] ( Ménétriés 1832; Horn 1926); Lenkoran ( Chaudoir 1846; Franzen 2001); Elisavetpol [= Ganja] Prov., Steppa Mil [= Mil plain], V.1911, Woronow; Bankovski-Promysel [= BankƏ]; Ares [= Agdash] (all Lutshnik 1915); Absheron peninsula ( Nasirova 1978; Akhmedkhanova 2008; Karaeva 2009); Baku, Alyat ( Werner 1992).

Figures

FIG.1. Distributionof Grammognatha, CephalotaandCicindela(s. str.) ofhybrida-group spp.:red solidcircles—Grammognatha euphratica armenica; blue solid rhombus—Cephalota deserticola deserticola; light blue open rhombus—Cephalota elegans elegans; green quadrats—Cicindela monticola (open—C. m. monticola; solid—C. m. tokatensis); orange solid triangles— Cicindela sahlbergii sahlbergii; L in the symbols—according to the literature sources.

FIGS 6–13. Cicindelidae spp., head and pronotum (without scales): 6–12—head and ptonotum, right lateral view; 13—head, frontal view; 6—Grammognatha euphratica armenica; 7—Cicindela (s. str.) desertorum; 8—Cephalota (Taenidia) deserticola; 9—Myriochila (s. str.) melancholica; 10—Calomera fischeri; 11—Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta; 12—Cylindera (s. str.) germanica; 13—Cylindera (Eugrapha) sublacerata levithoracica; aa pr—anterior angle of pronotum.

FIGS 46–61. Cicindelidae spp., left elytron: 46—Grammognatha euphratica armenica; 47—Cephalota (Taenidia) deserticola; 48—Cephalota (Taenidia) elegans; 49—Calomera littoralis conjunctaepustulata; 50—Calomera littoralis winkleri; 51— Calomera fischeri; 52—Calomera sturmi; 53—Calomera caucasica; 54—Cylindera (s. str.) germanica; 55—Cylindera (Eugrapha) arenaria nudoscripta; 56—Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta; 57—Cylindera (Eugrapha) inscripta; 58—Cylindera (Eugrapha) litterifera; 59—Cylindera (Eugrapha) sublacerata levithoracica; 60—Myriochila (s. str.) melancholica; 61— Myriochila (s. str.) orientalis; scale bars—3.0 mm.