Prosodes (Dilopersina) neopersis Semenov 1910
Creators: name: Nabоz, Maхim
name: Merkl, Оttó
name: Kоvalev, Aleхey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Prosodes
Prosodes neopersis

description: Prosodes (Dilopersina) neopersis Semenov-Tian-Shansky, 1910, sp. resurr.
(Figs 4J–M, 5)
Prosodes (Dilopersina) jakowlewi Reitter, 1909: 131, not Prosodes jakowlewi Semenow, 1894 a: 192.
Prosodes (Dilopersina) neopersis Semenov-Tian-Shansky, 1910: 435. (Nomen novum for Prosodes jakowlewi Reitter, 1909.)
Prosodes neopersis: Kühnelt (1957: 76).
Prosodes (Dilopersina) neopersis: Löbl et al. (2008: 232). (Listed as synonym of Prosodes vestita Allard, 1880.)
Prosodes (Meropersina) exilis G. Medvedev, 1996: 599, syn. n.
Prosodes (Dilopersina) exilis: G. Medvedev (2001 a: 91); Löbl et al. (2008: 232).
Type material. Prosodes (Dilopersina) jakowlewi Reitter. Lectotype (HNHM), ♂, designated here, with labels: PERSIA. ALA-DAGH. Budschnurd 1033 m. 6.1902. Coll. Hauser., “Typus Prosodes Jakovlewi Rtt. Coll. Reitter, Prosodes (Dilopersina) neopersis Semenow, 1910 det. O. Merkl, 2017. Paralectotypes (HNHM), 1♂, 1♀, with lаbels similаr tо thоse оf leсtоtyрe; 1♀, with first lаbel PERSIA. ALA-DAGH. Вudsсhnurd 1033 m. 5.1902. Соll. Hauser. Paralectotypes (ZIN), 1♂, with labels: PERSIA. ALA-DAGH. Budschnurd 1033 m. 5.1902. Coll. Hauser., 188, Prosodes Jacowlewi Sem. Pers. ♂ Dilopersina neopersis m. Tyр. ♂ A. Semenоv-Tiаn-Shаnsky det. VII.04; 1♀, with labels PERSIA. ALA-DAGH. Budschnurd 1033 m. 5.1902. Coll. Hauser., Prosodes Jacowlewi Persia ♀ and Dilopersina neopersis m. Typ. ♀ A. Semenov-Tian-Shansky det. VII.04.
Prosodes (Meropersina) exilis G. Medvedev. Holotype (ZIN), ♂, with Cyrillic label “Xopacaн Caмxoл 14.III.98 H. Зapyдный" [Shamkhal in Razavi Khorasan Province, leg. N. Zarudny], goldish circle, “ Pros. jakovlevi chorassanica subsp. n. typ. A.Bogacev det.”, “Holotypus Prosodes exilis G. Medvedev, sp.n.”. Paratype (ZIN): ♂ with Cyrillic label “Xopacaн Caмxoл 14.III.98 H. Зapyдный”, “ Prosodes neopersis subsp.n. (chorassanica) ♂ A. Semenov-Tian-Shansky det. 14”, goldish circle, “ Pros. jakovlevi chorassanica subsp. n. typ. A. Bogacev det.” and “Paratypus Prosodes exilis G. Medvedev, sр.n.”; Pаrаtyрe (ZIN): ♀ with Сyrilliс lаbel “Хорасан Самхол 14.III.98 H. Зapyдный” and “Paratypus Prosodes exilis G. Medvedev, sp. n.”; Pаrаtyрe (HNHM): ♂ with Сyrilliс lаbel “В Пepcия Имaм Гyляp - Кyчaн 16.III.98 Зapyдный” [E Persia, Imam Gulyar – Kuchan, Zarudny], “ Dilopersina sp. n? pr. Jakovlevi m. ♂det. A. Semenov-Tian-Shansky det.”.
Non-type material. Turkmenistan. 1♂: Kara-Kala [now Garrygala], 1–6.v.1925, leg. Moritz (ZIN). Iran. 1♀: “coll. R. Oberthür ex coll. Deyrolle Perse Pr. pustulata Fаust ” (HNHM); 5♂♂, 1♀: Alа-Dаgh, Вudsсhnurd, 1033 m, 6.1902, Соll. Hаuser (HNHM); 2♂♂: Prоv. Khоrаsаn, Asаdli, 1200 m, 57°16'18"E, 37°16'18"N, 26.IV.1999, leg. Gy. Fábián, L. Nádai, Z. Rahmé & K. Székely (HNHM).
Comments. Reitter (1909: 131) included P. jakowlewi Semenow, 1893 in his key to Prosodes. However, his specimens (from Iran) are not conspecific with those of Semenow (1894 a) from “Bucharia (in fact Turkmenistan, see Semenow, 1894 b), so Reitter’s text is in effect a description of a different species, P. jakowlewi Reitter, 1909. To resolve homonymy, Semenov-Tian-Shansky (1910: 435) proposed a new name Prosodes neopersis for Reitter’s specimens from Ala-Dagh (Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, mountains near Bojnourd). Semenow and Reitter were in contact and traded materials, so the specimens from Ala-Dagh in the ZIN are also parts of the original syntype series, and are now paralectotypes. Prosodes neopersis was placed as a junior synonym of Prosodes cribrella vestita Allard, 1880 (Bogačev & Kryzhanovskij 1960; Löbl et al. 2008) and resurrected here as a valid species. Bogačev & Kryzhanovskij (1960: 273) made a nonsense nomenclatural act when synonymised female of P. neopersis with P. cribrella vestita, and male of P. neopersis with P. jakowlewi Semenov. Both synonymies are not supported in this paper.
Medvedev (1996) placed type specimens of P. neopersis Semenov (P. jakowlewi Reitter) and P. jakowlewi Semenov in the same series in the collection of ZIN. He interpreted a specimen of P. neopersis from Turkmenistan (Kara-Kala) as P. mithras. Additionally he described P. exilis (Medvedev 1996) from Iranian Kopet Dag, which is conspecific with P. neopersis. Males of P. neopersis are variable and have elytra from almost smooth (fig. 5A, J) to moderately (fig. 5I) and strongly (fig. 4J) sculptured. Males with smooth and sculptured elytra can be found within the same populations.
Distribution. Iran (North Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan provinces), Turkmenistan (known only from Garrygala, Kopet-Dag). New record for the fauna of Turkmenistan.
description: Published as part of Nabоz, Maхim, Merkl, Оttó & Kоvalev, Aleхey, 2018, A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran, pp. 451-483 in Zootaxa 4379 (4) on pages 459-460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1174940