Canthophorus wagneri subsp. wagneri Asanova 1964
Creators: name: Gapon, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cydnidae
Canthophorus
Canthophorus wagneri
Canthophorus wagneri wagneri asanova, 1964

description: Canthophorus wagneri wagneri Asanova, 1964 (Figures 3 H, 5 B, 6 P, 6 Q, 7 I, 8 M, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 12 E)
Material examined
Holotype: Russia, “ Anapa, Kub.[anskaya] obl.[ast’] 11.VI. 913. Vorob’ ev.”, J.
Paratypes. Russia: Stavropol’ Terr.: Pyatigorsk, 20.IV.1912 (N.L. Pastukhov), 1♀ (ZISP); Republic of Dagestan: Makhachkala, 12. X.1944 (Rjabov), 1J (ZISP); “Temir-khanshura” [Buynaksk], 23.VI.1925 (Kiritshenko), 1♀ (ZISP) Armenia: Tavush Prov., Dilijan, 7.VII.1931 (V. Popov), 1J (ZISP); Vayots Dzor Prov., Kushchibelyak [Kechut Settlm.] 110 km NE Erivan, 19.VII.1934 (Ter-Minassjan), 1J(ZISP).
Additional material. Russia: Krasnodar Terr.: NW Caucasus, Novorossiysk [?][date unknown] (A. Starck), 1♀ (ZISP); Krasnodar, V.191[?] [collector unknown], 1♀ (ZISP); Gelendzhik, 1.VII.1910 (Vorob’ ev), 1♀ (ZISP), 10.VII.1956 (K. Arnoldi), 1♀ (ZISP), VIII–IX.1934 (S. Nikulin), 1♀ (ZMUM); Armavir, 18.IX.1911 (Volnukhin), 1♀ (ZISP); Anapa, 11.VI.1913 (Vorob’ ev), 1♀, V–VI.1924 (M. Bel’ govskiy), 1♀ (ZISP); Krasnaya Polyana, “07.. ... .. V.” [2. V.1916] (Kiritshenko), 1♀ (ZISP); 10 km NW Dzhubga, bay of Inal, 23.V.1985 (B.A. Korotyaev), 1J (ZISP); 26 km ESE Krasnodar, high bank of Kuban’ Riv., 12.V.1990 (B.A. Korotyaev), 2♀ (ZISP); Republic of Adygeya: “fl. Belaja ” [date unknown] (Bartholomey), 1♀ (ZISP); Maykop, Makhoshevskiy forest, 14.VI.1902 (Shaposhnikov), 1♀ (ZISP); Maykop, 15.V.1932 (Shaposhnikov), 1J, 1♀ (ZMUM); Abadzekhskaya Settlm., 4.X.1986 (N. Sinichenkova, V. Zherikhin), 1♀ (ZMUM); Stavropol’ Terr.: Pyatigorsk [date and collector unknown], 1♀ (ZISP); Essentuki, 16.VI.1913 (Veshnyakov), 1♀ (ZISP), VI–VII.1950 (S. Nikulin), 2♀ (ZMUM); Kabardino-Balkar Republic: Nal’ chik, 15–17.VI.1917 (Bartenev), 1♀ (ZISP), 10.VII.1931 (Nikulin), 1J (ZMUM); “ Gundelen ” [Kendelen], 10.VII.1926 (Berg), 1 ♀ (ZISP); Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, N spole of Il’ Mt. [Sapitskaya budka] SE Vladikavkaz, 6.V.1886 (Ananov), 1♀ (ZISP); Republic of Dagestan: Khasavyurt, 4. VI.1901 (Bekman), 1♀ (ZISP); Makhachkala, 1,2.V., 8.VI.1925 (Kiritshenko), 5♀ (ZISP); gorge of Avarskoe Koysu Riv., 14 km S Sovetskoe [Khebda] Settlm., 3.VI.1972 (Kasparyan), 2♀ (ZISP); 15 km SW Sergokala Settlm., dry meadow, 15. VII.1983 (I.M. Kerzhner), 1♀ (ZISP); 10 km E Akhty Settlm., 1000–2000 m amsl, steppes and meadows, 22.VII.1983 (I.M. Kerzhner), 1J, 2♀ (ZISP); Kumtorkala, Sarykum sands, 20 km WNW Makhachkala, 21.V.1992 (M.G. Volkovitsh), 1J (ZISP). Georgia: Tiflis, 23.IV.1903 (Satunin), 1♀ (ZISP). Armenia: Lori Prov., “Kirovakan” [Vanadzor], 8.VIII.1937 (Ter-Minassjan), 1♀ (ZISP); Tavush Prov.: Dilizhan, 1.VII.1931 (A. Koton), 1♀ (ZISP); Idzhevan, 23.V.1955 (Loginova), 1♀ (ZISP); Aragatsotn prov., Kipchakh, NW slope of “ Alagez ” [Aragats Mt.], 13.VI.1934 (Ter-Minassjan), 1♀ (ZISP) [paratype of C. mixtus]; Gegharkunik Prov., NW shore of “ Gokchа ” [Sevan] Lake, 24.V.1902 (Elachich), 1♀ (ZISP); Erevan, 24. VI.1948 (Borchsenius), 1♀ (ZISP); Ararat Province, Khosrov Forest, 31.V.1972 (E. Sugonjaev), 2♀ (ZISP). Azerbaijan: Khizi Distr., Altyagach, 1800 m amsl, 12.VII.1965 (Gidayatov), 1♀ (ZMUM). Turkey: Erzurum Prov., Sutkas def., c. 8 km S Oltu, 10.VI.1997 (M. Volkovitsh), 1♀ (ZISP); Iğdır Prov., Kazikoparan [date unknown] (A.V. Xienzopolski), 2♀ (ZISP).
Diagnosis
Ventral lobe of conjunctiva at extreme apex rather sharply widened and widely rounded in ventral view; dorsal surface of lobe apex bearing short longitudinal sclerotised carina with apical end visible in ventral view and large impressions at sides of carina (Figure 6 P, 6 Q). Spicule at conjunctival dorsolateral lobes (Figure 7 I) less widely curved basally and comparatively shorter: denticle on spicule basal plate extending far beyond middle of spicule length; beyond middle, spicule curved arcuately outwards rather weakly; extreme apex of spicule curved inwards relative to its axis so that outer margin of spicule before apex forms obtuse angle. Denticle on spicule basal plate rather short, curved at right angle in middle, with rectangular apex directed mediad.
Remarks
According to Asanova (1964), four males from her material differ from all the other males of the species in the shorter spicule, not curved before apex, and in the more massive base of denticle on the anterior end of spicule basal plate. I found in the ZISP collection only two males from the listed four, and they do not have the distinctions described by Asanova, like all the males examined by me from Armenia. On the other hand, Kment and Jindra (2005) pointed out that the dorsolateral lobes in specimens collected in Turkey have arming almost identical to those figured in Asanova’ s paper for the Armenian specimens.
Measurements
Body 5.00– 8.15 in length, 3.00– 4.8 in width; pronotum 2.65–4.35 in width; head 1.30–1.75 in width; ocular index 3.18–3.68; length of antennal segments I–V: 0.28–0.38: 0.46–0.67: 0.43–0.87: 0.76–0.97: 0.85–1.06.
Distribution
Russia (Caucasus), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Lis 2006), Turkey (Kment & Jindra 2005), and Iran (Ghahari et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Gapon, Dmitry A., 2018, Morphology of male and female terminalia and taxonomic revision of the burrower bugs genus Canthophorus (Heteroptera: Cydnidae), pp. 183-228 in Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N. S.) (N. S.) 54 (3) on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2018.1467788, http://zenodo.org/record/14927017