Earophanta pubescens Skopin, 1960 Material examined Holotype KAZAKHSTAN • ♂; “Ю.З. ПрибалхаШье, КолШенгил, 25.04.1951, M. Мальховский” [SW Balkhash region, west of Muyunkum Desert, Kolshengil]; “Holotypus, Europhanta pubescens 1959 N. Skopin det.”; 25 Apr. 1951; M. Mal’khovskiy leg.; ZIN. Paratypes KAZAKHSTAN • 2 ♂♂; same geographic labels as for holotype; “Paratypus, Earophanta pubescens 1959, N. Skopin det.”; ZIN. Additional material KAZAKHSTAN • 1 spec.; Muyunkum; 26 Apr. 1954; M. Serkova leg.; “ Earophanta pubescens sp. n. Typ. 1959 N. Skopin”; “Holotypus 1960 Earophanta pubescens Skopin ” (curator’s label); HNHM • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; “ Earophanta pubescens sp. n. paratyp. 1959 N. Skopin”; “Paratypus 1960 Earophanta pubescens Skopin ” (curator’s label); HNHM • 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀; 18 km E of Kokozek [Kok-uzek]; 5 Oct. 1961; Kunitsky leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 8 May 1962; ZIN • 2 ♂♂; Karatal; 30 Jun. 1965; N.G. Skopin leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂; Karatal; 100 km below Ushtobe; 28 Apr. 1965; N.G. Skopin leg.; ZIN • 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Muyunkum Desert; 23 Mar. 1963; N.G. Skopin leg.; ZIN Distribution Kazakhstan (Balchash region, Muyunkum Desert) (Skopin 1960, 1968). Note Skopin and curators marked two specimens of E. pubescens from HNHM as a holotype and a paratype, respectively. However, Skopin (1960) did not include these specimens in the type series.

Published as part of Chigray, Svetlana N., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Chigray, Ivan A. & Abakumov, Evgeny V., 2022, A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes, pp. 1-71 in European Journal of Taxonomy 809 on page 57, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.809.1719, http://zenodo.org/record/6419425