Agabus safei Abdul-Karim et Ali, 1986

MATERIAL. Kazakhstan: Turkistan Region, Western Tien Shan Mountains, Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve, Jetymsay gorge, Lake Kyzyljar (small floodplain lake of Jetymsay stream), 42°24´42.5´´N 70°32´46.1´´E, 1440 m a.l.t., 14.VIII.2019, 1 ♂, V. Stolbov leg.

According to original description (Abdul-Karim, Ali, 1986) A. safei differs from A. conspersus by more elongated shape, transparent yellow dorsal and yellowish (♀) or brownish (♂) ventral coloration, lighter clypeus and spots behind eyes, pedicel not shorter than subsequent flagellum antennomeres. In our material the last character is not informative, only in Agabus dichrours scapus and pedicel are shorter than other antennomeres.

Unfortunately, type material of A. safei, stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum, Baghdad is not available and possibly not survived. For the final resolve of the problem, it is required to collect new material in the type locality “Hatra (Nineva)”, to establish the neotype and compare with our Kazakhstan specimen. Possibly, Zaitzev´s [1953] record of Agabus friedrichi from Kyrgyzstan, Susamyr [Suusamyr] (ca. 42°10´55´´N 73°57´26´´E) also belongs to A. safei.

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