1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

1-2: Usbekistan, Provinz Taschkent, Bo'stonliq Tumani, Magerwiese, 1520 m, 23. Mai 2023, am Licht (Foto: Andreas Manz), [Bestimmung]Forum

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1-2: Lederer (1858: 100-101) [nach Copyright-freien Scans auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Megasoma primigenum Staudinger, 1887 [Originalkombination]
• Taragama primigenum (Staudinger, 1887)

3.2. Synonyme

• Taragama uzbeka Sheljuzhko 1935 [synonymisiert durch Gorbunov et al. (2026)]
• Streblote premigenum kuhitanghicum Dubatolov & Zolotuhin, 1992 [synonymisiert durch Gorbunov et al. (2026)]

3.3. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Gorbunov et al. (2026: 1032) erklären "Taragama uzbeka Sheljuzhko 1935" und "Streblote premigenum kuhitanghicum Dubatolov & Zolotuhin, 1992" formal zu Synonymen von Streblote primigenum.

Gorbunov et al. (2026: 1031) machen erst einmal auf einen Fehler bei der Angabe des Typenfundorts in der Erstbeschreibung aufmerksam: "Streblote primigenum was described by the renowned German entomologist Otto Staudinger based on a single female specimen (Staudinger 1887). In the original description, the author noted that he had received the sole female specimen from Maurer, which had been collected in Margelan [= Uzbekistan: Fergana Region, Margilan] (loc. cit.: 101). However, in his seminal work on the Pamir Mountains and Pamir butterflies, Russian traveler and lepidopterist Grigoriy Grum-Grshimailo noted that “la seule ♀, que possède Staudinger, fut prise par Maurer, en ma présence, parmi des blocs de rochers, sur les pentes de l’une des élévations voisines de Chakhimardan, en Mai” [the only female specimen in Staudinger’s collection was collected by Maurer, in my presence, among boulders on the slopes of one of the hills near Chakhimardan, in May] (Grum-Grshimailo 1890: 563). Consequently, in accordance with Recommendation 76A.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999), the type locality “Margelan” [= Uzbekistan, Fergana Region, Margilan], should be considered erroneous and corrected to “Chakhimardan” [= Uzbekistan: Fergana Region, Shohimardon exclave]." Im Weltmaßstab ist der geographische Fehler zwar nur gering, aber die Korrektur war dennoch wichtig.

Insgesamt hat die Art ein doch eher kleines Verbreitungsgebiet. Gorbunov et al. (2026: 1034) erklären dazu: "Locally in Southern Kazakhstan, Eastern Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. In Uzbekistan (Fig. 13), it is known from the Qashqadaryo, Surxondaryo, and Tashkent Regions, as well as the Shohimardon exclave of the Fergana Region. This is the first record of this species in southern Uzbekistan (Qashqadaryo and Surxondaryo Regions)."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literatur

• Gorbunov, O.G., Prosvirov, A.S., Rakhimov, M.R., Amonov, K.R. & R.V. Yakovlev (2026): New data on the distribution of Streblote primigenum (Staudinger, 1887) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Uzbekistan, with notes on taxonomy of the species. — Acta Biologica Sibirica, 12: 1029–1039. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22010183. [zum open-access-Artikel mit PDF-download auf zenodo.com]
• Erstbeschreibung: Staudinger, O. (1887): Centralasiatische Lepidopteren. — Entomologische Zeitung 48 (1-3): 49-102. Stettin.