Rhagodes melanopygus (Walter, 1889)

Species

Rhax melanopyga Walter, 1889: 1103-1109, fig. 4; Birula, 1893: 88; Faussek, 1906: 146-147, fig. 54; Berland, 1932: fig. 47.

Rhax howesii Bernard, 1893: 362-363, fig. 1 (synonymised by Kraepelin, 1901a: 39).

Rhagodes melanopygus (Walter): Kraepelin, 1901a: 39; Birula, 1905b: 275; Pavlovsky, 1932: 292, fig. 15; Birula, 1938: 34-35, figs 4, 5a, 14; Gromov, 1998a: 180; Harvey, 2003c: 295.

Rhagodella melanopyga (Walter): Roewer, 1933: 287; Lawrence, 1954a: 111.

Rhagodella melanopyga melanopyga (Walter): Zilch, 1946: 119.

Type Locality

Rhax melanopyga: Karakumy (as "Hungersteppe"), N. of Ashgabat (as Ashkhabad), Akhal, Turkmenistan.

Rhax howesii: Gekdepe (as Geogh Teppe), Akhal, Turkmenistan.

Distribution

Distribution
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Turkmenistan

Latitude: 39°25'N

Longitude: 58°58'E

Coordinates based upon: Karakum Desert