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9Humanity space International almanac VOL. 6, No 1, 2017: 33-37
Several taxonomic notes on new descriptions of Turkish Dorcadion (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
M.L. Danilevsky
A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky prospect 33, Moscow 119071 Russia
e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Key words: new synonyms, new status, taxonomy, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Dorcadion, Turkey.
Abstract: Status of 6 species names is downgraded to subspecies rank: D. lohsei taskentense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n., D. wagneri karayaziense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n., D. theophilei kostandagense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n., D. sodale soganliense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n. D. jacovleviellum hinisense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, stat. n. and D. jacovleviellum vartoense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, stat. n. D. theophilei ssp. costiferum Pic, 1898 [Kizildag, 39°51'36"N, 38°25'40"E, about 165 km south-westwards Trabzon] is accepted as a valid name. A new synonym is proposed: Dorcadion theophilei Pic, 1898 = D. kadleci Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, syn. n. One name was published with wrong spelling: D. jakovleviellum (correct: jacovleviellum). Several unavailable names were published as misprints: Dorcadion tekmenense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 89, 102 (must be tekmanense); Dorcadion rufoapicepenne, Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 91 (must be rufoapicipenne); "D. jakovliellum Plav." (Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 92) -must be jacovleviellum; Dorcadion dimitiatum, Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 85, 88 and Dorcadion dimitiantum, Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 85, 105 [must be dimidiatum]. Geographical coordinates for all type localities are here supposed.
Eight new species were recently described by Bernhauer & Peks (2016) from Türkei.
In general I believe, related Dorcadion populations closely situated geographically are better to be described as subspecies, than as species.
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) taskentense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from the locality in 13 km south-westwards Ta§kent, 1600m (similar to D. lohsei Braun).
So, D. lohsei lohsei Braun, 1976c [Karaman, Sertavul pass, 36°54'58"N, 33°16'1"E] and D. lohsei taskentense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n. [about 36°52'48"N, 32°22'17"E] could be accepted.
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) tekmanense [: 89, 102 -tekmenense - was a misprint - unavailable name] Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from the locality in 36 km northwards Hinis: Haciömer south-eastwards Erzurum, 1800m [about 39°36'7"N, 41°45'22"E] (similar to D. deyrollei Ganglb.).
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) karayaziense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from the locality in 15 km eastwards Karayazi Kôyçegizgeç, ca 130 km south-eastwards Erzurum, 2300 m, (just as D. wagneri wagneri Küst., but much bigger). So, D. wagneri wagneri Küster, 1846 ["Araratgebirge"] and D. wagneri karayaziense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n. [about 39°40'42"N, 42°13'11"E] could be accepted. Dorcadion wagneri Küst. was recorded for Erzurum environs by Плавильщиков (1958).
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) kadleci Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 (with narrow setae elytral lines) was described from southwards Trabzon, Ziganapaß [40°40'13"N, 39°25'6"E], 1900 -2200 m. It must be exactly the type locality of D. theophilei Pic, 1898 ["Trebizonde"], which was also described with narrow setae elytral lines and well represented in many collections. So, D. theophilei Pic, 1898 = D. kadleci Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, syn. n. Bernhauer & Peks (2016) used specimens of D. theophilei var. costiferum Pic, 1898 from Kizildag [39°51'36"N, 38°25'40"E about 165 km south-westwards Trabzon] with wide setae elytral lines, as the nominal form of D. theophilei Pic. So, following the opinion by Bernhauer & Peks (2016), who identified specimens from Kizildag as another taxon - D. theophilei ssp. costiferum Pic, 1898 must be accepted as well as D. theophilei theophilei Pic, 1898. The availability of the name D. theophilei var. costiferum Pic, 1898 is not evident, because it was described "de la même origine" as D. theophilei. But type area of D. theophilei published as "Trebizonde" could be regarded as a province record with many different localities inside.
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) kostandagense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from southwards Kostandag geç, eastwards Gümü§hane, 1800 m (similar to D. theophilei Pic and
D. rufoapicipenne Br. [rufoapicepenne was a misprint - unavailable name]). D. kostandagense [Kostan Dagi pass - 40°30'33"N, 39°46'8"E] seems to be intermediate between D. theophilei Pic and D. rufoapicipenne Breuning, 1946 [Bayburt] because of the presence in the type population specimens undistinguished from D. theophilei and specimens with smooth shining elytra as in D. rufoapicipenne. But D. rufoapicipenne has totally different relatively smooth pronotum and narrow body and is better to be regarded as another species. So, only D. theophilei kostandagense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n. must be accepted (in about only 35km from Zigana pass - locality of D. theophilei theophilei Pic.).
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) soganliense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 (similar to D. sodale Hampe) was described from northwestwards Soganli Paß, south-westwards Rize, 2100 m (type locality) with many paratypes from different localities:
1) Zigana Paß, southwards Trabzon, 1900 - 2200 m
2) northwards Salmanka? ge?, north-westwards Bayburt, 1900 m
3) 12 km southwards Tortum, ca 50 km nö. Erzurum
4) Yalni?am, 2600m and Bülbülen ge?, sw. Ardahan
5) Yalnizcam Paß, Umg. Bilbilan, sw. Ardahan, 2000-2600 m (same locality)
6) Kopdag, westwards Erzurum, 2500 m,
7) eastwards Erzurum, 18 km sö. Abzw. Tekman, 2500 m,
According to Bernhauer & Peks (2016) typical D. sodale (originally described without locality data) is known from near Narman (40°20'43"N, 41°52'15"E) and Palandöken (about 39°50'20"N, 41°17'53"E) - both not far from Erzurum. Both localities are situated inside the area of newly described D. soganliense. More over one locality of D. soganliense (12 km southwards Tortum - about 40°11'9"N, 41°32'10"E) was recorded by Bernhauer & Peks (2016) just in between Narman and Palandöken. D. sodale (according to the original description) has several narrow pubescent elytral lines with glabrous cuticula in between, while elytra of D. soganliense are about totally pubescent. I know such specimens from near Bayburt (40°15'11"N, 40°13'23"E). But typical D. sodale is represented in my materials from same localities as were mentioned by Bernhauer & Peks (2016) for D. soganliense
(Yalnizcam pass - 41°4'36"N, 42°12'54"E and Zigana pass -40°40'13"N, 39°25'6"E). D. sodale trapesunticum Breuning, 1946 (not mentioned by Bernhauer & Peks, 2016) was described from near type locality of D. soganliense. So, localities of D. soganliense are mosaically distributed inside the area of D. sodale. So, both forms (pubescent and glabrous) belong to one species and often relative populations of different forms are situated very close to each other. Only population from Soganli pass (40°31'41"N, 40°13'55"E) must be accepted as D. sodale soganliense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 stat. n. Other populations of "D. soganliense' recorded by Bernhauer & Peks (2016 - but not figured), need further investigations and could be described as new subspecies. The type locality of D. sodale must be probably designated by neotype.
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) hinisense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from the locality situated in 36 km northwards Hinis, 100 km northwards Erzurum, 1800 m ["Hinis" - 39°21'28"N, 41°42'10"E] (similar to D. jacovleviellum Plav.). Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) vartoense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016 was described from the locality situated in 9 km north-eastwards Varto Sefge?, southwards Erzurum, 2000 m (type locality - about 9°10'30"N, 41°27'B) and from northwards Mu§, 3 km o. Aktuzla o. Hinis, 1700 m (similar to D. jacovleviellum Plav. ["D. jakovliellum" was a misprint, D. jakovleviellum - was a wrong spelling, both names are not available]).
D. jacovleviellum Plavilstshikov, 1951 was described from near Erzurum.
So, three names must be accepted from near Erzurum:
D. jacovleviellum jacovleviellum Plavilstshikov, 1951, D. jacovleviellum hinisense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, stat. n. and D. jacovleviellum vartoense Bernhauer & Peks, 2016, stat. n.
Dorcadion "dimitiatum", Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 85, 88 and Dorcadion "dimitiantum", Bernhauer & Peks, 2016: 85, 105 [must be dimidiatum] were also misprints - not available names.
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Received: 14.12.2016 Accepted: 16.12.2016
