Cossus cossus subsp. kossai Wiltshire 1957
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Yakovlev, Roman
name: Falsafi, Hossein
name: Witt, Thomas
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Cossus
Cossus cossus
Cossus cossus kossai wiltshire, 1957

description: Cossus cossus kossai Wiltshire, 1957   
 Cossus cossus kossai Wiltshire, 1957, Lep. Iraq: 145.   
LT: Shaqlawa [Iraq]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH.  
 Cossus cossus omrana Wiltshire, 1957, syn. n.   
 Cossus cossus omrana Wiltshire, 1957, Lep. Iraq: 144.   
LT: Iraq, Haj Omran. Type material (holotype) in BMNH.  
 Diagnosis. Cossus cossus omrana Wiltshire, 1957 and C. cossus kossai Wiltshire, 1957 were described from close localities in the Kurdistan of Iraq (Haj Omran and Shaqlawa) by Wiltshire in 1957. The distance between these two localities is 50 km. Moreover, no significant morphological differences were found among the examined material (including the type series) of both subspecies. Therefore, here C. cossus omrana Wiltshire, 1957 is considered as junior synonym of C. cossus kossai Wiltshire, 1957, syn. n.   
 Material examined. HMIM: Châhârmahâl and Bakhtiâri Prov.: 2 ♂♂, 18.vi.1973, leg. Irânshahr, 8 ♂♂, Khoshâb, Zardkuh, 2310 m, 6.vii.1983, leg. Mirzâyâns, Borumand, 2 ♂♂, Zardkuh, 2440 m, 15.viii.1976, leg. Pâzuki, Borumand, 6 ♂♂, Zardkuh, Samsâmi, Cheri Mt. pass, 2800–3100 m, 8.–9.vii.2003, leg. Hofmann, Meineke, Tremewan, 5 ♂♂, SW Gandomân, Sabzeh Kuh, Anchuchak, 2500 m, 15.vii.1982, leg. Borumand, Pâzuki, 5 ♂♂, Gandomân, Sabzeh Kuh, 2450 m, 11.–14.vii.1983, leg. Mirzâyâns, Borumand, 24 ♂♂, Gandomân, Sabzeh Kuh, 2500 m, 4.–5.vi.1989, leg. Mirzâyâns, Badii, 2 ♂♂, Ardal, Gandomân, Kallâr Mt., 2750 m, 13.–14.vii.1982, leg. Borumand, Pâzuki, 3 ♂♂, S Shalamzâr, Tang-e Chezghân, 2200 m, 11.vii.1982, leg. Borumand, Pâzuki, 2 ♂♂, 5 km SW Shalamzâr, Tang-e Chezghân, 7.–10.vii.1983, leg. Mirzâyâns, Borumand, 2 ♂♂, Kuhrang, Cheshmeh Châlak, 29.vii.1974, leg. Hâshemi, Zairi; Esfahân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Semirom, Pashmeh Kuh, 2750 m, 18.vi.2001, leg. Hofmann, Meineke, Tremewan, 13 ♂♂, Fereydun Shahr, Meydânak, Kamarân, 2750 m, 12.vii.2003, leg. Ghayurfar, Trusch, Ebert, Nematiân, 1 ♂, CW Surâb, Ghaleh Sorkh, 2800 m, 20.vi.2001, leg. Hofmann, Meineke, Tremewan, 2 ♂♂, Fereydun Shahr, 2200 m, 9.vii.1999, leg. Hofmann, Meineke, 1 ♂, Fereydun Shahr, S Kamarân, Ferdon Mt., 2700–3000 m, 10.–11.vii.2003, leg. Hofmann, Meineke, Tremewan, 2 ♂♂, Natanz, Abyâneh, 2150 m, 6.vi.1988, leg. Hâshemi, Badii, 1 ♂, Natanz, Oureh, 2100 m, 21.vi.1988, leg. Hâshemi, Badii; Fârs Prov.: 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Shirâz, 70 km Dasht-e Arzhan, 1500 m, 16.vii.1975, leg. Abâi, 1 ♂, Sivand, 1700 m, 24.v.1995, leg. Hâshemi, Badii, Sarafrâzi, 2 ♂♂, Kâmfiruz, 140 m, 26.vi.1975, leg. Abâi, 3 ♂♂, Sepidân, Mârgoon fall, 2020 m, 23.–25.vi.1993, leg. Mirzâyâns, Badii, 1 ♀, Tang-e Bolhayât, 1100 m, 3.vi.1990, leg. Ebrâhimi, Badii; Hamedân Prov.: 1 ♂, Târik Darreh, 2000 m, 26.vii.1987, leg. Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi; Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Prov.: 3 ♂♂, 1700 m, 12.v.1968, leg. Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi, 2 ♂♂, Yâsuj, Tang-e Sorkh, 12.–13.vi.1986, leg. Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi; Lorestân Prov.: 1 ♂, Oshtorânkuh, Parcheh Kabud, 2800 m, 1.–2.viii.1975, leg. Pâzuki; Markazi Prov.: 1 ♂, Arâk, Shâzand, 1950 m, 21.vii.1981, leg. Pâzuki, Borumand.   
 NHRS: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Fars, Strasse Chiraz (= Shiraz)- Kazeroun, fort Sine-Sefid, 2200 m, 14.v.1937, leg. Brandt.   
 MWM: 1 ♂, Kahurak, 6.vii.1977, leg. J. Kaftan; 4 ♂♂, Esfahan Prov., 35 km SSE Daran, 2000 m, 8.vi.2001, leg. de Freina; 3 ♂♂, Cahar Mahali (= Châhârmahâl and Bakhtiâri Province), 35 km SE Aligudarz, Seitental SW (= SW side valley), Murak, Darreh Hoz (this place is located in Esfahân Prov.), 2000 m, 5.vi.2001, leg. de Freina.   
 Distribution. Iraq, S Iran (Beludzhistan) (= Baluchestan), SE Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon (Zerny 1933; Ellison & Wiltshire 1939; Daniel 1961 b; de Freina 1994; Saldaitis et al. 2007; Yakovlev 2009b).   
 Distribution in Iran. W, SW, and SE Iran (Fig. 31A).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035