Microdera transversicollis Reitter, 1887

Bekchanov, Norbek Kh., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Bekchanov, Khudaybergan U. & Bekchanova, Mokhira Kh., 2025, A review of the genus Microdera Eschscholtz, 1831 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Uzbekistan, Zootaxa 5590 (4), pp. 451-480 : 473

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.1
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scientific name	Microdera transversicollis Reitter, 1887
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Microdera transversicollis Reitter, 1887: 517 ; Medvedev & Nepesova, 1985a: 68.

Type material examined. Syntype, sex unknown ( ZIN): goldish circle, “Tekke Radde Reitter” (handwritten), “к. Г. Сиверса” (Russian Cyrillic; collection of G.I. Sivers), “ Microdera transversicollis n. sp. ” (old label, handwritten). Gridelli indicated another syntype of this species deposited in Natural History Museum Budapest with labels: “Turcmenien. Leder. Reitter” .

Material examined. 2 specimens ( ZIN): Bukhara Region , Kyzylkum, 40 km W Bukhara, 15.v.1966 (G.S. Medvedev) ; 1 specimen ( ZIN): “Tashk. U….. V.4.12” ( Tashkent District , 4.v.1912) ; 5 specimens ( ZIN): S Kyzylkum, Basilbek , 11.vi.1936 (N.G. Skopin) ; 6 specimens ( ZIN): Navoyi Region , NW Bukantau Mts., S Kyzylkum, Tortkuduk, 28.vii.1936 (N.G. Skopin) ; 1 specimen ( ZIN): Navoiy Region , Susyz-Kara-Tau (= Kuldzhuktau Mts.), 20.vi.1936 (N.G. Skopin) ; 1 specimen ( ZIN): Navoyi Region , Soz-batyr, 19.vi.1936 (N.G. Skopin) ; 1 specimen ( ZIN): Navoyi Region , Dzhetymtau, 20.vi.1936 (N.G. Skopin) ; 4 specimens ( ZIN): Navoyi Region , Manamdzhan, 10.vi.1936 (N.G. Skopin).

Distribution. Kazakhstan (Kyzylkum desert), Turkmenistan (Karakum desert), Uzbekistan (Kyzylkum desert) (ZIN collection), Afghanistan (ZIN collection; Gridelli 1954, Kaszab 1959, 1966). The species was erroneously recorded for Armenia by Iwan et al. (2020).