Cicindela (s. str.) herbacea turkestanicoides W. Horn, 1938

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Cicindela (s. str.) herbacea turkestanicoides W. Horn, 1938

Figs 3 , 42 , 66 , 89 , 100 .

Material. 6♀♀ — Mt. Soiuch [= Soyuqdað], near Ordubad, 3000 m, 21. VI.1929, A. Schelkvnikov ; 1♂ 1♀ — Nakhchivan [= Naxçývan], near Aza vill., Aras [= Arax / Araz] river valley, 14. V.1933, expedition of Armenian Zoological Museum (both IZAY) .

Notes. Until now this subspecies was known only from Turkey and Iran (Gebert at al. 2021) and is now recorded for the first time from Azerbaijan.

Figures

FIG. 3. Distribution of Cicindela (s. str.) spp. of C. campestris species-group: open green quadrats—C. campestris pontica; solid green quadrats—C. georgiensis georgiensis; red solid circles—C. desertorum desertorum; red open circles—C. talychensis talychensis; blue solid rhombus—C. herbacea turkestanicoides; orange solid triangles—C. asiatica asiatica; L in the symbols— according to the literature sources.

FIGS 37–45. Cicindela (s. str.) spp., labrum: 37—C. asiatica; 38—C. georgiensis; 39—C. campestris pontica; 40—C. desertorum; 41—C. talyshensis; 42—C herbacea turkestanicoides; 43—C. monticola monticola; 44—C. monticola tokatensis; 45—C. sahlbergii.

FIGS 62–70. Cicindela (s. str.) spp., left elytron: 62—C. campestris pontica; 63—C. georgiensis; 64—C. desertorum; 65—C. talyshensis; 66—C herbacea turkestanicoides; 67—C. asiatica; 68—C. monticola monticola; 69—C. monticola tokatensis; 70—C. sahlbergii; scale bars—3.0 mm.

FIGS 86–93. Cicindela (s. str.) spp., aedeagus, left lateral view: 86—C. monticola monticola; 87—C. sahlbergii; 88—C. asiatica; 89—C herbacea turkestanicoides; 90—C. campestris pontica; 91—C. georgiensis; 92—C. desertorum; 93—C. talyshensis.

FIGS 98–102. Cicindela (s. str.) spp., internal sack, left lateral view (without scales): 98—C. desertorum; 99—C. talyshensis; 100—C herbacea turkestanicoides; 101—C. monticola monticola; 102—C. sahlbergii.