First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan


Volynkin A.V. Titov S.V. Rudoi V.V. Gabdullina A.U. Bolbotov G.A.
2024Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology

Ecologica Montenegrina
2024#77124 - 131 pp.

The little-known Noctuidae species Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay, 2002 is reported from Kazakhstan for the first time. The species was previously considered as endemic to South and Southwest Mongolia and the new distribution data increase its known range by over 750 km to the west. Adults, male genitalia and the habitats of S. sheljuzhkoi and its allopatric sister species Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888 occurring in the Ili River Valley (SE Kazakhstan) are illustrated. The photograph of the female genitalia of the holotype of Scotocampa crassipuncta (Püngeler, 1905) known from Tarim Basin is illustrated for the first time.

Balkhash-Alakol Basin , Dzhungarian Basin , female genitalia , Gobi Desert , Tarim Basin

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Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, Barnaul, RF-656049, Russian Federation
Institute of Zoology, Entomology laboratory, Al-Farabi Avenue, 93, Almaty, KZ-050060, Kazakhstan
Scientific Center “Bioarchaeology”, Institute of Archaeological Research, Margulan University, Olzhabay Batyr str. 60, Pavlodar, KZ-140002, Kazakhstan
Department of Biology and Ecology, Research Centre for Environmental “Monitoring”, Toraighyrov University, Lomova str. 64, Pavlodar, KZ-140008, Kazakhstan
Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, Tomsk, RF-634050, Russian Federation
Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park, O. Bokeev Str., 115, Katon-Karagai, KZ-070908, Kazakhstan
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue, 71, Almaty, KZ-050040, Kazakhstan

Altai State University
Institute of Zoology
Scientific Center “Bioarchaeology”
Department of Biology and Ecology
Tomsk State University
Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

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