Microdera minax Reitter 1897
Creators: name: Bekchanov, Norbek Kh.
name: Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
name: Bekchanov, Khudaybergan U.
name: Bekchanova, Mokhira Kh.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Microdera
Microdera minax

description: Microdera minax Reitter, 1897
(Figs 13, 14)
Microdera minax Reitter, 1897: 233; Kaszab, 1966: 287; Pirnazarov, 1970: 27, 1973: 15; Davletshina et al., 1979: 106; Medvedev & Nepesova, 1985a: 67.
Material examined. 8 specimens (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, Kungrad District, Kyzylzhar, 9–10.v.1939 (P.A. Veltishchev); 1 specimen (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, Amudarya delta, Kubetau Mt., 17.vi.1911 (K.A. Molchanov); 1 specimen (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, Amudarya delta, vii (without year) (Kazakov); 1 specimen (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, 70 km SO Nukus, 24.viii.1968 (B.P. Pirnazarov); 4 specimens (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, 30 km S Takhta-Kupyr, 7.ix.1968 (B.P. Pirnazarov); 1 specimen (ZIN): Karakalpakstan, 1 km S Nukus, 24.v.1972 (G.S. Medvedev); 1 specimen (ZIN): Khorezm Region, Khiva, 22.03.1927 (L. Zimin); 6 specimens (ZIN): Khorezm Region, Khiva District, Ravat, 21.iv.1927 (V. Gussakovsky); 6 specimens (ZIN): the same locality, 27.iv.1927, 2.ix.1927 (L. Zimin); 1 specimen (ZIN): Khorezm Region, Khiva District, Daniyar, 4.iv.1927 (V. Gussakovsky); 3 specimens (ZIN): Khorezm Region, 6 km SSW Khiva, 31.v.1972 (G.S. Medvedev); 1 specimen (ZIN): Khorezm Region, SO Meshekli, Kulatau tugay, Amudarya, 10.iv.1966 (G.S. Medvedev); 1 specimen (ZIN): Bukhara Region, Karabulak, 14.v.1911 (A.K. Golbek); 1 specimen (ZIN): 90–100 km W Gazli, 27.v.1965 (L.V. Arnoldi); 3 specimens (ZIN): Bukhara Region, 80 km NW Gazli, 12.iv.1966 (G.S. Medvedev); 18 specimens (ZIN): Navoiy Region, Kuldzhuktau, 20 km S Ayakguzhumdy, 5.iv.1966 (G.S. Medvedev); 1 specimens (ZIN): Navoy Region, Tamdytau, 8 km SO from Aktau Mt., 4.v.1965 (E.L. Gur’eva); 2 specimens (ZIN): Navoy Region, Tamdybulak, 7.v.1965 (L.V. Arnoldi); 3 specimens (PCNB), 8 specimens (PCMN): Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region, SW coast of Dengizkul lake, 39°10ʹ16ʺN / 64°01ʹ46ʺE, h= 180m, 11– 12.04.2024 (M.V. and S.V. Nabozhenko, N.Kh. and Kh.U. Bekchanov, D.A. Yavkachev); 4 specimens (PCNB), 3 specimens (PCMN): Uzbekistan, Karakalpakistan, Kungrad Distr., Kyzylzhar env.,43°06ʹ58ʺN / 59°03ʹ39ʺE, h=70m and 43°07ʹ51ʺN / 59°05ʹ44ʺE, h= 80–100m, 25.04.2024 (M.V. and S.V. Nabozhenko, N.Kh. and Kh.U. Bekchanov, U.E. Duschanov); 9 specimens (PCNB): Uzbekistan, Karakalpakistan, Beruniy Distr., 41°53ʹ60ʺN / 60°39ʹ13.1ʺE, 19.03.2024 (N.Kh.Bekchanov, Kh. U. Bekchanov and M.Kh.Bekchanova).
Variability. Disc of the pronotum can be with elongate puncturation on sides.
Distribution. Turkmenistan (Karakum desert), Uzbekistan (Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts, sands of Amudarya delta) (Medvedev & Nepesova 1985a; Bekchanov et al., 2023; ZIN collection), NW Afghanistan (Kushka) (Gridelli 1954, Kaszab 1959, 1966, ZIN collection), Kazakhstan (Kyzylkum, Muyunkum, Ili River) (ZIN collection). The record of this species for Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan: Naryn) (Gridelli 1954) is very doubtful.
description: Published as part of Bekchanov, Norbek Kh., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Bekchanov, Khudaybergan U. & Bekchanova, Mokhira Kh., 2025, A review of the genus Microdera Eschscholtz, 1831 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Uzbekistan, pp. 451-480 in Zootaxa 5590 (4) on pages 468-469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14953401