New and interesting findings of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from Tajikistan

By

Byk, Adam
Matusiak, Andrzej
Taszakowski, Artur
Szczepański, Wojciech
Walczak, Marcin
Bunalski, Marek, 1960-
Karpiński, Lech

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1003

Pages

57--82

Subjects

Euonthophagus koshantschikoffi , Geotrupidae , Glaphyridae , Hybosoridae , new records , Rhyssemodes transcaspicus , Scarabaeidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1003.55457

 

Abstract

We report on new findings of nearly 50 species that represent four families of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, which were collected during an expedition to western Tajikistan that was carried out in June and July 2014.Rhyssemodes transcaspicusRakovič, 1982 is recorded from the country for the first time. Moreover, we describe and illustrate the differences in the external morphology betweenEuonthophagus gibbosus(Scriba, 1790) andE. koshantschikoffi(Reitter, 1891), the latter of which has a doubtful systematic position. In the collected material of approximately 1,000 specimens, more than 90% of the species and 95% of the individuals belong to the family Scarabaeidae. The other species represent the families Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, and Hybosoridae.