Note on the identity and distribution of Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Central Asia
نویسندگان
1 Urgench State Pedagogical Institute, Urgench, Uzbekistan
2 Urgench State University, Urganch, Uzbekistan
3 Khorezm Mamun Academy, department of Natural sciences, Khiva, Uzbekistan
4 Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
5 Navoi State University, Navoi, Uzbekistan
6 Institute of Zoology, Bogishamol str., Tashkent, Uzbekistan
doi
10.48311/jibs.11.4.965چکیده
The darkling beetle Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 is recorded for Uzbekistan for the first time. Beetles were collected in the Sundukli desert and the foothills of the Nurota Mountains. The species is widely distributed from the Northern Afrotropics to Central Asia, but our records significantly expand the range of the species to the northeast. Male genitalia are imaged and compared with other Tentyriini genera for the first time. Bionomics and distribution of M. puncticollis in Central Asia are analysed.
