Semagystia Schoorl 1990
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
Semagystia

description: Genus Semagystia Schoorl, 1990
Schoorl, 1990: 84–86.
Type species. Endagria agilis Christoph, 1884, by original designation.
Semagystia agilis (Christoph, 1884) (Figs 47−48, 80, 82, 90, 114)
Endagria agilis Christoph, 1884: 113.
Type locality: Krasnowodsk [Turkmenistan].
Type material: syntypes in ZISP, examined.
Distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, NW Afghanistan, Iran (Yakovlev 2011). Reported for Badakshan: Schiva, Hochsteppe; Sarekanda; Khinsch-e-Andarab (Daniel 1964). Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 2700−3500 m (Daniel 1964). Material examined: 1 male, Afghanistan, Bamian, Band-e-Amir, 3100 m, 14.0 7.2013, leg. I. Pljustch, Yu. Skrylnik & O. Pak (RYB); 1 male, Afghanistan, Salang pass, 2700 m, 3−6.07.75, leg. W. Thomas (MWM).
Semagystia bamiani Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov. (Figs 49, 81, 83, 90, 110) Type locality: Afghanistan, Bamian, Band-e-Amir.
Type material: holotype (male) in ZISP, examined.
Distribution: central Afghanistan.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 3100 m.
Semagystia pushtunica Yakovlev, 2007 (Figs 50, 115)
Yakovlev, 2007: 5−6.
Type locality: N. Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Khwahan (Darwaz), Pari Kham. Type material: holotype (male) in ZFMK, examined.
Distribution: N. Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 2500 m.
Material examined: 4 males (holotype and paratypes), N. Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Khwahan (Darwaz), Pari Kham, 2500 m, 30.0 7.72, lg. Brade & Naum[ann]., ex coll. R. Bender (ZFMK).
Semagystia wernerithomasi Yakovlev, 2007 (Figs 51−52, 90, 110) Yakovlev, 2007: 8 −9.
Type locality: Afghanistan, Bandeamir.
Type material: holotype (male) in MWM, examined.
Distribution: Central Afghanistan, Bamian Prov.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 2200−3100 m. Material examined: 1 male (holotype), Afghanistan, Bandeamir, 2200 m, W. Thomas leg. (MWM); 2 males, Afghanistan, Bamian, Band-e-Amir, 3100 m, 13.0 7.2013, leg. I. Pljustch, Yu. Skrylnik & O. Pak (RYB).
Semagystia witti Yakovlev, 2007 (Figs 53−54, 116)
Yakovlev, 2007: 9−10.
Type locality: Afghanistan, Logar Tal.
Type material: holotype (male) in MWM, examined.
Distribution: Afghanistan.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: April-May. Altitude: 1100−2700 m. Material examined: 3 males (holotype and paratypes), Afghanistan, Logar Tal, 2700 m, 28.0 5.1973, coll. Dr. Liedgens (MWM); 1 female, O. Afghanistan, Sarobi, 1100 m, 24.0 4.1961, Ebert (MWM); 5 males, 2 females, Afghanistan, 10 km NW Kabul, 19.0 5.1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian (MWM, MNHW).
* Semagystia cossoides (Graeser, 1892) (Figs 55, 88, 117)
Endagria cossoides Graeser, 1892: 300 –301.
Type locality: Alexander Gebirge [Kyrgyzstan, Tian-Shan, Kirgizskii Mts.]. Type material: holotype (male) in MHUB.
Distribution: Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Kazakhstan (Yakovlev 2011), new for Afghanistan. Habitat and biology. Flight period: June −July. Altitude: 3000 m. Material examined: 1 female, Afghanistan, Paghman Gebirge (Kabul), 3000 m, Juni-Juli 1942, leg. Brandt (MNHS).
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 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/289113