Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813)

Material examined. HMIM: Iran, Alborz Prov.: 1 ♀, Tāleghan, 26.–31.vii.1976, Kāviān leg., one specimen without abdomen, Karaj, Shāhdasht, 9.iv.1975, Rajabi leg., 1 ♂, Āsāra, 40 km N. Karaj, 1850 m, 27.vi.1971, Safavi, Borumand, Kāviān, Ghāzioff leg.; Āzarbāijān-e Gharbi Prov.: 1 ♂, Khoy, 30 km Ghotur, 1480 m, 19.vii.1976, Pāzuki, Borumand leg., 1 ♂, 15 km NE. Māku, 6.vi.1975, Abāi leg., 1 ♀, 15 km S. Māku, 1050 m, 4.vi.1975, Abāi leg., 1 ♂, Māku, Āvājigh, Bāshkand, 1400 m, 16.vi.1976, Pāzuki, Borumand leg., 1 ♂, Bāzargan, 1450 m, 5.vi.1975, Abāi leg., 1 ♂, Orumiyeh, 1.–3.vi.1975, Abāi leg.; Āzarbāijān-e Sharghi Prov.: one specimen without abdomen, Tabriz, Jam, 2.vi.1973, Zāre leg.; Bushehr Prov.: 1 ♀, Dālaki, 130 m, 20.iii.1973, Abāi leg., 1 ♀, 10 km NW. Kangān, 70 m, 21.iv.1977, Pāzuki, Hāshemi leg.; Esfahān Prov.: 1 ♂, Esfahān, 19.–20.vii.1974, Hāshemi, Zairi leg.; Fārs Prov.: 1 ♀, Dārāb, 20.iv.1966, Mojābi, Hāshemi leg., one specimen without abdomen, Ābādeh, 3 km S. Didegān, 1900 m, 20.vi.1972, Ebert, Pāzuki leg., 1 ♂, Kāzerun, Farāshband, Chāhtorkaman, 1200 m, 10.iv.1975, Borumand leg., 1 ♀, 58 km Lār- Jahrom, 890 m, 13.iv.1975, Borumand leg.; Hormozgān Prov.: one specimen without abdomen, Isin, 240 m, 5.iv.1973, Abāi leg., two specimens without abdomen, Gohreh, 9.iii.1971, Pāzuki, Āyatollāhi leg., 1 ♀, Hājiābād, 1140 m, 25.iv.1996, Ardeh, Badii, V. Nazari leg., 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Isin, Geno Mt., 300 m, 11.iii.1991, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg., 1 ♀, Geno Mt., 650 m, 27.iv.1977, Pāzuki, Hāshemi leg., 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Sirik, 30 m, 19.iii.1991, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg., 2 ♀♀, Bandar-e Khamir, 60 m, 10.iii.1991, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg., 1 ♂, 36 km E. Gāwbandi, Konārdān, 210 m, 23.iv.1977, Pāzuki, Hāshemi leg., one specimen without abdomen, Bandar-e Lengeh, 5 km N. Gazir, 500–750 m, 26.ii.1997, V. Nazari leg., 1 ♀, Bastak- Lāvar Rd., N 27˚ 03΄ 26.8˝, E 54˚ 37΄ 24.6˝, 260 m, 17.ii.2012, Falsafi leg.; Kermān Prov.: 1 ♀, Bāft, Darreh Pahn, 1750 m, 21.v.1977, Safavi, Pāzuki, Abāi leg., 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Jiroft, Kahnuj, 6 km E. Rāmeshak, Bāru, 700 m, 14.iii.1978, Pāzuki leg.; Khorāsān-e Razavi Prov.: 1 ♀, Rood Majan, 19.vii.1971, Pāzuki, Āyatollāhi leg.; Sistān va Baluchestān Prov.: 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Khāsh, 3 km S. Sangān, 1550 m, 19.v.1972, Abāi, Ebert leg., 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Khāsh, 11 km NE. Kārvāndar, 1300 m, 13.v.1972, Abāi, Ebert leg.; Tehrān Prov.: one specimen without abdomen, Evin, 7.vii.1973, 2 ♀♀, Evin, 3, 26.v.1974, 2 ♀♀ and one specimen without abdomen, Evin, 7, 19.vi.1974, 1 ♀, Evin, 12.vii.1974, Anonymous leg., 1 ♀, Damāvand, 19.vii.1969, Mirzāyāns, Abāi leg.; Yazd Prov.: 1 ♀, Shirkuh, 2800 m, 13.ix.1978, Hāshemi, Zairi leg.; Zanjān Prov.: 1 ♀, Māhneshān, Damerlu Mt., N 36˚ 42΄ 11.4˝, E 047˚ 57΄ 12.11˝, 2212 m, 30.vi.2013, Afsariān leg.; SMNK: Iran, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Shiraz, Fars, Persia, E.P. Wiltshire, 1.x.1950, 5500 ft, hilly steppe, (ex. coll. H. G. Amsel), 1 ♂ 1♀, Iran, Belutschistan, Jranshar (German spelling of Baluchestān, Irānshahr), 800 m, 1.–10.iii.1954, Richter u. Schäuffele (ex. coll. H. G. Amsel), 1 ♂, N-Iran, Elburs-Mts., S-Rand Tehran-Evin, 1800 m, Ebert & Falkner leg., 29.vi.–3.vii.1972., 1 ♂, NW-Iran, Rezaiyeh (presently known as Orumiyeh), 12 km Westl., 1350 m, 30.v.1975, Amsel leg.

Distribution. Canary Islands; Spain, Sicily, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria, N. Africa; European parts of Russia, Iran (Shiraz, Karaj), Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia (Amsel 1961, 1970; Goater 2005).