Cteipolia isotima Püngeler, 1914

Cteipolia isotima Püngeler, 1914 View in CoL

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Cteipolia isotima Püngeler, 1914 View in CoL , Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 28: 41, pl. 2, fig. 11 (Type locality: [SE Kazakhstan, foothills of Dzhungar Alatau Range] “Tien- shan, Dscharkent”).

Type material examined. Lectotype (designated by Ronkay et al. (1995) as ‘Holotype’): male, “Tien- schan | (Dscharkent) | Rückbeil 1903” / pink label “Type | isotima Püng. ♂ ” / “Zool. Mus. | Berlin ” / “Préparation | № M.B. 296 | Ch. Boursin” ( MfN); paralectotype (designated by Ronkay et al. (1995) as ‘Paratype’): female ( Figs 9 View Figures 1–10 , 20 View Figures 17–20 ), “Tien- schan | (Dscharkent) | Rückbeil 1903” / pink label “Cotype | isotima Püng. ♀ | abgebildet Iris 1914 / Püng.” / “isot / 1904 v. R. Tancré Püng.” / “my section II | Hmpsn. i. l. | 7-1914” / “Zool. Mus. | Berlin ” / “4301 ♀ | gen.prep.No. | det.L.Ronkay” ( MfN).

Additional material examined: 1 male, 4.X.2015, SE Kazakhstan, Almaty [currently Zhetysu] Region, Dzhungar Alatau, Cherkasay Valley , 1580m, 44°46'33''N 78°55'59''E, S. V GoogleMaps . Titov & M. Černila leg. ( CAV); 2 males, 05.X.2023, E Kazakhstan, Monrak Ridge , N slope, 24 km W of Karabulak vill., N 47°33'54.0'' E 84°21'18.4'', 735m, gorge with scree slopes, S. V . Titov leg. ( CAV); 5 males, 2 females, 9.X.2023, E Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Reg., Saur Mts , 753m, 3 km SE of Saryterek vill., 47°27'46.6''N 85°12'41.5''E, S. V GoogleMaps . Titov leg. ( CAV); 1 male, East Kazakhstan, Saur Mts, 20 km S of Zaisan town, Bol’shoi Zhemenei River , 1600m, 47°17'N 84°54'E, 5.X.2018, P. Gorbunov leg. ( PGC) GoogleMaps ; 1 female, same data as previous but S. Melyakh leg. ( SMC) GoogleMaps ; 2 males, East Kazakhstan, Manrak Mts, 20 km SW of Tugyl settl., Kusty River bank, 900m, 47°34'N 84°04'E, 6.X.2018, P. Gorbunov leg. (BBС) GoogleMaps ; 5 males, East Kazakhstan, Tarbagatai Mt. Range, Bazar River bank, 32 km S of Kyzykesik, 1000m, 47°35'N 82°04'E, 7.X.2018, P. Gorbunov leg. (BBС, SMC) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. (1) In the original description of the species, Püngeler (1914) cited a pair of specimens therefore Titov et al. (2024) treated the type specimens are syntypes. However, Püngeler labelled the male specimen as “Type” and the female as “Cotype”, and Ronkay et al. (1995) considered those specimens as holotype and paratype, respectively, and, following the ICZN (1999) Article 74.5, this act constitutes a valid lectotype and paralectotype designation. (2) Gordeeva et al. (2023) defined the type locality of C. isotima Püngeler, 1914 , “Dscharkent” as situated in Kyrgyzstan (spelled by the authors as “Kirghisia”) while Zharkent is in fact a well- known city in the southern foothills of the Dzhungar Alatau Range in Southeast Kazakhstan.

Distribution. Currently known from Southeast and East Kazakhstan and found in the Dzhungar Alatau and Saur-Tarbagatai mountain ranges, and south-eastern Balkhash-Alakol Basin ( Püngeler 1914; Titov et al. 2024).