Epiphanops dohrni
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Epiphanops dohrni (Faust, 1886), resurrected name (Figs. 4, 11, 18, 19) Epiphaneus dohrni Faust, 1886: 36. Epiphanops dohrni: Reitter, 1895: 304. Epiphanops persicus: Pelletier, 2002: 132. Type data: The lectotype of E. dohrni labelled « Erivan Christoph» is preserved in SMTD. According to Pelletier (2002), it is junior synonym of E. persicus. Material examined: Transcaucasus, Armenia: “Armen. Geb. Leder, Reitter”, 1♂ (ZIN); Erevan (D. Maljushenco), 1♀ (ZIN); ibid, on Centaurea squarrosa Willd., 30.06.1934 (M.E. Ter-Minassian), 13♂, 10♀ (ZIN); ibid, 3.08.1935 (M.E. Ter-Minassian), 1♂, 3♀ (ZIN); Vagarshapat, Etchmiadzin, 19 km W of Erevan, 16.08.1935 (M.E. Ter-Minassian, А.А. Richter), 4♂, 2♀ (ZIN). Description. Male. Body length 6.4–7.2 mm, width 2.3–2.7 mm. The body vestiture is golden-green in color. The 3 rd –7 th funicular segments as long as wide, or 3 rd and 4 th slightly elongate, and the remaining 3 segments are as long as wide. The 2 nd segment of the middle and hind tarsi usually slightly transverse. Aedeagus laterally at base of lamella usually without tubercles and anteapical setae, its ventral side with ill-defined median carina. Female. Body length 6.6–7.4 mm, width 2.7–3.1 mm. Comparative diagnosis: The habitus of E. dohrni dohrni is similar to that of E. dohrni margaritae ssp. nov. and E. persicus, from which the nominotypical subspecies differs in the structure of aedeagus without tubercles and anteapical setae. Biology: A long series of E. dohrni dohrni was collected by М.Е. Ter-Minassian near Erevan in Armenia from Centaurea squarrosa Willd. Distribution. We attribute to E. dohrni dohrni only populations from near Erevan in Armenia.
Institution: Iğdır Üniversitesi
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7126028678