Cyphosoma turcomanicum (Kraatz, 1883)

Trojan, Ilja & Ahmed, Zubair, 2017, First record of Cyphosoma turcomanicum (Kraatz, 1883) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Pakistan, Revista gaditana de Entomología 1, pp. 35-38 : 37

Cyphosoma turcomanicum (Kraatz, 1883) :

Material studied: PAKISTAN, Balochistan Prov., Nushki [env.], 18.VI.2014, 1 ♂, Z. Ahmed leg., ITVC ( Fig. 1 ); 15.VI.2016, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, Z. Ahmed leg., I. Trojan det., ITVC (♀ – Fig. 2) and ZAKC (♂); all three specimens from Nushki env. collected individually on branchlets of Tamarix sp. near the water reservoir (29º33'11.37''N, 66º00'20.36''E) in the evening.

Additional material (not sexed / sin sexar): AFGHANISTAN: Afganist., Kuschke [probably Kushka vill., Balkh Prov., N Afghanistan: 36°47′48″N 66°34′1″E], 1 spec.; IRAN: 9.VI. 2000, Sistan va Baluchestan Prov., Bampur env., 685 m., (27°24´N, 60°25´E), Iran 2000 Czech Biological Expedition, J. Hájek & M. Mikát leg., 1 spec.; N-Iran – Golestan Prov., Lake Ala Gol, Halophylic [halophilic], 37°22´N, 54°35´E, 17 m., 15.-17.V.2001, E. Heiss, 1 spec.; TURKMENIA: Transcaspien, Tedshen [oasis Tedshen, SE Turkmenia, near Merv], 12 spec.; Transcaspien, Oase Tedshen, 8.1903., coll. [=lgt.] Hauser, 2 spec.; Turkest., Ashabad [Ashgabat], 2 spec.; Transcaspia, Kisil Arwat [Kyzyl-Arwat, now Serdar city, SW Turkmenia], F. Hauser [lgt.], 1898, 1 spec.; Копетдаг [Kopetdag (= Kopet Dag)], 12 км [km] SW [of] КиЗыл- Арв. [Kizyl-Arv. (=Kyzyl-Arvat, now Serdar city], Крыжановскнй [Kryzhanovskiy lgt.], 13.VI.[1]953, 1 spec. in NMPC; Мешхед- и- Мессериан [Meshkhed-i-Messerian (= probably Meshed-Messerian Plain)], Зап. ТуркмениЯ [Zap. Turkmeniya (=western Turkmenistan)], Волкович [Volkovich lgt.], 6.VII.[1]973, 1 spec. in NMPC; Дол. р. Вахш [Dol. r. Vakhsh (=Vakhsh River Valley)], 6 км [km] W [of] Куйбышевска [Kuibyshevska], Кириченко [Kirichenko lgt.], 15.VII.[1]943, 1 spec. and 27.VII.[1]943, 1 spec. in NMPC.; UZBEKISTAN: Buchara [Bukhara, SW Uzbekistan], Laczo J. [lgt.], 1 spec. (all these specimens deposited in NMPC and determined or revised by V. Kubáň, 2006).

Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan ( Bellamy 2008, Kubáň 2006, 2016). Pakistan (reported by Kubáň (2016) without precise data).

Figures

Fig. 1. Cyphosoma turcomanicum, male, Nushki env., 18.VI.2014, Z. Ahmed leg. (photo Vlastimil Mihal, Přerov, Czech Republic).Fig. 2. Cyphosoma turcomanicum, female, Nushki env., 15.VI.2016, Z. Ahmed leg. (photo Vlastimil Mihal, Přerov, Czech Republic).Fig. 3. Cyphosoma turcomanicum, male aedeagus, (photo Lukáš Sekerka, National Museum, Prague).