Xestotrogus validus (Kraatz, 1884)

Uliana, Marco & Khudhur, Farhad A., 2025, A revision of the taxonomic status of Xestotrogus Reitter, 1902 and related taxa, with the description of a new species from Iraqi Kurdistan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Zootaxa 5575 (3), pp. 477-490 : 487-488

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763926
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scientific name	Xestotrogus validus (Kraatz, 1884)
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Xestotrogus validus (Kraatz, 1884) View in CoL

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Type material examined. Holotype, ♂, examined on photo of habitus and aedeagus: “Malatia / As. min.”, “ validus / m. 84. ”, “HOLOTYPUS”, “ Coll. Kraatz ”, “Coll. DEI / Eberswalde”, “DEI Müncheberg / Col-03208”, “ Xestotrogus / validus Kr. ”, “ Xanthotrogus / ( Xestotrogus ) / validus / (Kraatz, 1884) / David Král det. 2017” ( SDEI).

Additional material examined. “ Malatia / Mesopotamia / Staudgr. 85”, “ Coll. L. v. Heyden / DEI Eberswalde”, “ Rhizotrogus / validus ”, “SDEI Coleoptera / #304566”: 1 ♂ ( SDEI) . Turkey, Adiyaman, 20 Km from Golbaşi , leg. Heinz (no date): 6 ♂♂ ( MSNMI, MUCI) . Turkey, Adiyaman vil., Adiyaman-Golbaşi , 5.IV.1990, leg. M. Hreblai & V. Markó: 5 ♂♂ ( LNBH, MUCI) . Turkey, Sanli Urfa, Birecik , 14.IV.1990, Hreblai M., Markò V.: 1 male ( LNBH) .

Notes. According to the review by Özgen & Keith (2018), this little-known species is only documented from the Turkish provinces of Malatya and Elazig, while its purported presence in Iraq, referred by Medvedev (1951) is unwarranted. The new records for the provinces of Adiyaman and Sanli Urfa shift the verified range of the species south of the Güney Dogu Toroslar range. Known records are all placed in the basin of the Euphrates ( Fig. 42 View FIGURE 42 ), that may have served as spreading route for the species.