Holcocerus Staudinger 1884
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Pljustch, Igor G.
name: Skrylnik, Yuriy
name: Pak, Oleg
name: Witt, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Holcocerus

description: Genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884
Staudinger, 1884: 139–140.
Type species: Cossus (Holcocerus) nobilis Staudinger, 1884, by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).
Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884 (Figs 11−12, 97)
Cossus (Holcocerus) nobilis Staudinger, 1884: 139 −140.
Type locality: Askhabad, Tekke [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan].
Type material (lectotype) in MHUB, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a) Distribution: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, China (Xinjang), Iran, Afghanistan (Daniel 1969b; Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006a).
Reported for Herat Prov., Bala Murghab (Daniel 1969).
Habitat and biology. Flight period: June −August. Altitude: 470 m (Daniel 1969). Material examined: male, female, Prov. Herat, Bala Murghab, 10.0 6.1964, coll. O. Jakes (MWM).
Holcocerus tancrei Pungeler, 1898 (Figs 13, 98)
Pungeler, 1898: 58.
Type locality: Merw [Mary, Turkmenistan].
Type material: holotype (male) in MHUB, examined. Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Yakovlev, 2006a; 2011).
Reported for Registanwüste, Darweshan (Daniel 1964).
Habitat and biology. Flight period: May. Altitude: 500 m (Daniel 1964). Host plant: Haloxylon aphyllum (Amaranthaceae) (Baghestani et al. 2006).
Material examined: 12 females, Masar-Sharif, 31.5.1973, coll. Dr. Liedgens (MWM).
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874) (Figs 14−15, 99)
Hypopta gloriosa Erschoff, 1874: 35.
Type locality: „in monte Karak in parte orientali desertorum Kisil-Kum sito“ [Karak Mt., Kizil-Kum desert, Turkmenistan].
Type material: lectotype (male) in ZMMU, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a) Distribution: N. Afghanistan, N. Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, S. Kazakhstan (Yakovlev 2006a). Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, Afghanistan-Iran Grenze, Kohsan, 1000 m, 13.0 5.77, de Freina (MWM).
In southern Afghanistan: subspecies mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921 Holcocerus gloriosa mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921: 86.
Type locality: Mesopotamian: Kut, Amara [S. Iraq, Kut el Amara, 125 km SE Baghdad, 45°30’E; 32°30’S]. Type material: holotype (male) in BMNH, examined.
Distribution: Iran, Iraq, S. Afghanistan (Yakovlev 2006a).
Reported for Sarobi (Daniel 1964) and Nimla, 40 km SW Dschelalabad (Daniel 1971). Habitat and biology. Flight period: May −June. Altitude: 1000−1100 m.
Material examined: 2 males, Sarobi, 28.0 6.1956, Amsel (ZSSM).
Holcocerus holosericeus Staudinger, 1884 (Figs 16−18, 100)
Cossus (Holcocerus) holosericeus Staudinger, 1884: 141.
Type locality: Askhabad [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan].
Type material: lectotype (male) in MHUB, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a). Distribution: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, NW China, Afghanistan, Iran (Yakovlev 2006a).
Nominative subspecies was reported for Herat, Bala Murghab (Daniel 1969). Material examined: 9 males, Afghanistan, Masar Sharif, 31.0 5.1973, coll. Dr. Liedgens (MWM); female, N. Afghanistan, Prov. Herat, Bala Murghab, 25.5.- 10.06.1964, 470 m, coll. O. Jakes (MWM); female, Kabul, Volk (ZSSM).
In southern Afghanistan: subspecies darwesthana Daniel, 1959
Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959: 138 −139.
Type locality: SW Afghanistan, Darwesthan.
Type material: holotype (male) in ZSSM, examined.
Distribution: SW Afghanistan, S. Iran (Yakovlev 2006a).
Reported for “Registanwüste, Darweshan” (Daniel 1964).
Habitat and biology. Flight period: May −August. Altitude: 470−500 m (Daniel 1964; 1969). Material examined: holotype (male), allotype (female) and paratypes (12 males, 2 females), SW Afghanistan, Darweshan, 500 m, Registanwuste, 18.0 5.1957, G. Ebert leg. (ZSSM); male, Polimchori, 700 m, Amsel (ZSSM).
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Pljustch, Igor G., Skrylnik, Yuriy, Pak, Oleg & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park, pp. 41-72 in Zootaxa 3990 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/289113