Cylindrinotus constrictus ( Seidlitz, 1896 )

Cylindrinotus constrictus ( Seidlitz, 1896)

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Helops ( Cylindrinotus) Seidlitz 1896: 722 , 752; Reitter 1902: 218 ( Helops ( Cylindrinotus )), 1922: 125 ( Cylindronotus ). Holotype female at HNHM, labeled: “Alp. Sivas coll. Friv.//Friv. 8132// Helops pedinoides Kind. coll. E. Frivaldszky// Monotypus Helops (Cylindrinotus) constrictus 1898 Seidlitz” (curator’ s last label).

Helops ( Cylindrinotus) funestoides Reitter in Bodemeyer 1900: 159; Reitter 1902: 219 ( Helops ( Cylindrinotus )), 1922: 126 ( Cylindronotus ). New synonymy. Lectotype male at HNHM, labeled “ Holotypus Cylindrinotus funestoides Reitter, 1900 // Asia Minor, Bulgar-Maaden. v. Bodemeyer”. Paralectotypes ( 2 females) at HNHM labeled “ Paratypus Cylindrinotus funestoides Reitter, 1900 // Asia Minor, Bulgar- Maaden. v. Bodemeyer”. Lectotype is designated here.

Material Examined. TURKEY: 1♀: Beiburt , leg. Staudinger ( ZSM) ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀: Anatolia, Egribel pass, 2000–2400 m, 28.vii.1963, leg. W. Heinz ( ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Bayburt Province, 15 km S Bayburt , 7.vi.1999, leg. B.A. Korotyaev ( ZIN) ; 5♂♂, 12♀♀: Erzincan Province, Derekorosu, Keshish Mts. ( Keşış Dağı ), 7.vi.1989, leg. A. Podlussany ( HNHM) ; 2♀♀: Sivas Province, Kısıldağ , 2190 m, 8.vi.1989, leg. A. Podlussany ( HNHM) ; 1♀: Anatolia bor., Soganlı ( Soganlı Geçidi ), pass bei Bayburt, 2.viii.1978, leg. W. Heinz ( SNMS) ; 1♀: Anatolia, Bayburt, Soganlı Geçidi , 2300 m, 20.v.1989, leg. Riedel ( HNHM) ; 1♂, 1♀: Erzincan Province, 4 km SE Gemecik , N 39°54′845″, E 38°28′761″, 4– 6.06.2010, leg. D.G. Kasatkin ; 2♂♂, ♀2♀ ( CN) , 5 specimens ( ZDEU) : Amasya Province, Akdağ, Kocacık Taş , N 40°46′45.4″ E 35°55′44.9″, 2020 m, 18.04.2014, leg. M.V. and S.V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin. GoogleMaps

Bionomics. The species inhabits wet alpine zones in high mountains ( 2,000–2,500 m).

Notes. Seidlitz (1896) described this species based on one female from Armenia, but this female was found in Sivas , which was not a part of Armenia in the 19 th century .