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A taxonomic revision of the Iranian species of the family Cossidae is conducted. Sixthy-nine species and 16 subspecies in 26 genera and five subfamilies, namely Catoptinae, Mehariinae, Stygiinae, Cossinae and Zeuzerinae, are identified. Meharia baluchestana Alipanah & Yakovlev, sp. n. and Cossulus kopetdaghensis Yakovlev & Alipanah, sp. n. are described. Dyspessa elbursensis derbenti Daniel, 1964 is raised to the species level, Dyspessa derbenti Daniel, 1964, stat. n.; Dieida ledereri (Staudinger, 1817) is considered as the senior synonym of D. persa Strand in Stichel, 1911, syn. n.; Cossus coccus araraticus Teich, 1896 is considered as a senior synonym of C. c. armeniaca Rothschild, 1912, syn. n.; C c. kossai Wiltshire, 1957 as a senior synonym of C. c. omrana Wiltshire, 1957, syn. n.; and Deserticossus arenicola iranica (Austaut, 1897), syn. n. and D. arenicola transcaucasicus (Zukowsky, 1936), syn. n. are newly synonymized with D. arenicola arenicola (Staudinger, 1879). Additionally, the genus Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990, and 15 species, namely Dyspessa alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff, 1885), D. artemis Yakovlev, 2008, D. blonda Yakovlev, 2008, D. stroehlei Yakovlev, 2008, D. tsvetaevi Yakovlev, 2008, Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph, 1887), B. sacara (Grum-Grshimailo, 1902), Cossulus intractatus (Staudinger, 1887), C. mollis (Christoph, 1887), C. stertzi (Püngeler, 1899), Deserticossus campicola (Eversmann, 1854), Kotchevnik durelli Yakovlev, 2004, Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür, 1876), Eremocossus erebuni Yakovlev, 2008 and Phragmataecia turkmenbashi Yakovlev, 2008 are newly reported for the fauna of Iran. Moreover, the hitherto unknown female of Kotchevnik durelli is described. Additional data of the species previously reported from Iran is provided and the collecting data maps of the entire studied species are presented.

Deserticossus campicola (Eversmann, 1854) (Fig. 13D) Cossus campicola Eversmann, 1854, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 27 (2): 184. LT: Kirgisensteppen, Sir [Syr-Darja, S. Kazakhstan]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP. Material examined. HMIM: West ��zarb��ij��n Prov.: 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, 35 km N Mah��b��d, Khorkhoreh vill., K��nibor��z��n swamp, N 36˚59��04.8˝, E 45˚45��48.8˝, 1328 m, 28.vi.2015, leg. N��serz��deh, H��jiesmaili��n, 1 ♀, 42 km Marand, 1100 m, 7.vi.1975, leg. Ab��i. Distribution. Russia (Daghestan, Astrahan reg., Kalmykiya), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,?W China, Turkmenistan (Erschoff & Fild 1870; Staudinger 1871a; Christoph 1888b, 1893; Uvarov 1910; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2005, 2006a). Distribution in Iran. NW Iran (Fig. 31C). Host plants. Haloxylon (Falkovitch 1986). Remarks. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran., Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035, {"references":["Eversmann, E. (1854) Beitrage zur Lepidopterologie Russlands, und Beschreibung einiger anderen Insecten aus den sudlichen Kirgisensteppen, den nordlichen Ufern des Aral Sees und des Sir-Darjas. Bulletin de la Societe des naturalistes de Moscou, 27 (2), 174 - 205.","Erschoff, N. G. & Fild, A. (1870) Catalogus lepidopterorum imperii Rossici. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 4, 130 - 205.","Staudinger, O. (1871 a) In: Staudinger, O. & Wocke, M. F. (Eds.), Catalog der Lepidopteren des europaeischen Faunengebiets. I. Macrolepidoptera. Hofbuchhandlung von Hermann Burdach, Dresden, pp. 61 - 63.","Uvarov, B. P. (1910) To the Fauna of Lepidoptera of Transural Kirgiz steppe. Russian Entomological Review, 10 (3), 161 - 169.","Krivokhatskyi, V. A. (1985) Insects of Repetek. Cadastre of species. Ylym, Ashkhabad, 33 pp. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. (2005) New records of distribution and systematic of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Europe and adjacent territories. Eversmannia, 3 - 4, 18 - 27.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006 a) A revision of Carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Falkovitch, M. I. (1986) Lepidoptera from Kuldzhuktau Mountain and submountain plain, (southwest Kyzylkum). Fauna Cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) SSSR [USSR]. Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 67, 131 - 186. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus arenicola arenicola (Staudinger, 1879) (Fig. 13C) Deserticossus arenicola iranica (Austaut, 1897), syn. n. Cossus iranicus Austaut, 1897, Naturaliste 19: 44. LT: Sefis Kuh, Perse [? Fars prov., S. Iran]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH. Deserticossus arenicola transcaucasicus (Zukowsky, 1936), syn. n. Holcocerus arenicola transcaucasica Zukowsky, 1936, Ent. Rundsch. 53: 535. LT: Armenia ross., Dschulfa, Daratshitshag [Dzhul���fa, Nahichevan���, Azerbaidzhan]. Type material (lectotype) in MWM. Remarks. Three subspecies, D. arenicola arenicola (Staudinger, 1879), D. arenicola iranica (Austaut, 1897) and D. arenicola transcaucasicus (Zukowsky, 1936) have hitertho been described for D. arenicola and these all are distributed in Iran. The examination of a huge number of specimens belonging to these subspecies from different localities, indicated no variation in genital structures. However, some external morphological variations were observed in all studied materials, which are here considered as intraspecific variations. The subspecies described from Transcaucasia and Southern Iran did not have any significant differences from the nominal subspecies. Therefore, D. arenicola iranica and D. arenicola transcaucasicus are here synonymized with D. arenicola arenicola. Material examined. HMIM: East ��zarb��ij��n Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Jolf��, Nourduz, Aras river, N 38˚53��59˝, E 46˚17��53˝, 520 m, 14.vii.2005, leg. Zahiri, Golmohammadz��deh-Khi��b��n; Esfah��n Prov.: 1 ♂, Ghamsar, 8.v.1970, leg. Mirz��y��ns, Ab��i; F��rs Prov.: 1 ♂, D��r��b, Korsi��, 1150 m, 28.v.1973, leg. H��shemi, Zairi; Ghom Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Ghom Lake, 27.vi.1969, leg. Mirz��y��ns, Ab��i, Borumand, 1 ♂, Ghom Lake, 2.vi.1970, leg. Mirz��y��ns, Ab��i; Golest��n Prov.: 1 ♂, Golest��n National P��rk, Dasht-e Sh��d, 1500 m, 19.vi.2000, leg. Moghaddam, Mofidi-Neyest��nak, Ebr��himi, Badii, 1 ♂, Golest��n National P��rk, Tang-e Gol, 600 m, 14.���15.vii.1985, leg. P��zuki, 2 ♂♂, Gonbad K��vus, Golest��n forest, 21.vi.1974, leg. P��zuki, Rajabi, 1 ♀, Tuskast��n, Sh��hkuh-e B��l��, 10.viii.2009, leg. Serri, N��serz��deh, H��jiesmaili��n; Hormozg��n Prov.: 1 ♂, Sirj��n, km 24, 250 m, 2.iv.1973, leg. Ab��i, 1 ♂, Bandar Abb��s, 16.v.1973, leg. H��shemi, Borumand, 2 ♂♂, Bandar Abb��s, Ganj, 900 m, 27.v.1973, leg. H��shemi, Zairi, 2 ♂♂, Bandar Abb��s, Min��b, 24, 27.iv.1971, leg. Safavi, Zairi, 1 ♀, Min��b, 53 m, 11.iv.2004, leg. Moghaddam, Serri, 1 ♂, H��ji ��b��d, Tezerj, 84 m, 18.iv.2004, leg. Moghaddam, Serri; Kerm��n Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Rafsanj��n, 29.iv.1973, leg. Borumand, 2 ♂♂, 43 km N Kahnuj, 540 m, 16.v.1977, leg. Safavi, P��zuki, 2 ♂♂, Jiroft, 6 km E Rameshk, B��ru, 700 m, 14.iii.1978, leg. P��zuki; North Khor��s��n Prov.: 17 ♂♂, Golest��n National P��rk, ��lmeh, 1650 m, 17.���18.vii.1996, leg. Ebr��himi, V. Nazari, 6 ♂♂, Golest��n National P��rk, ��lmeh, 1700 m, 25.vii.2001, leg. Gil��si��n, Moghaddam, Ghayurfar, 7 ♂♂, Golest��n National P��rk, Sulgerd, 1100 m, 16.���18.vii.1985, leg. P��zuki; Razavi Khor��s��n Prov.: 3 ♂♂, Mashhad, 14.vii.1971, leg. P��zuki, ��yatoll��hi, 1 ♂, B��jgir��n, Jihad-e Agri. Sta., N 37˚37��27.5˝, E 58˚25��03.7˝, 1638 m, 22.vi.2013, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi, 4 ♂♂, Daregaz- Dorb��d��m Rd., NW Tandoreh National Park, near Alibol��gh, N 37˚32��06.2˝, E 58˚36��07.3˝, 1509 m, 29.vi.2014, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi, 10 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Daregaz- Kal��t-e N��der Rd., L��een vill. to Kh��kestar vill. Rd., before Ch��h��rr��h vill., Hez��rmasjed Mts., N 37˚02��39.5˝, E 59˚26��10.11˝, 1344 m, 27.vi.2014, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Daregaz, N Tandoreh National Park, Chelmir, N 37˚23��33.6˝, E 58˚51��23.3˝, 1018 m, 24.vi.2014, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi, 2 ♂♂, Daregaz, N Tandoreh National Park, 6 km after Chelmir, Cheshmeh Rajab, N 37˚23��35.9˝, E 58˚48��35.8˝, 1206 m, 26.vi.2014, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi, 6 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Daregaz, N Tandoreh National Park, Chelmir- Bandak Rd., near Bandak, N 37˚23��54.2˝, E 58˚47��02.0˝, 1383 m, 25.vi.2014, leg. ��lipan��h, Falsafi; Sist��n and Baluchest��n Prov.: 8 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Ch��bah��r, Tis, 10 m, 17.v.1972, leg. Ab��i, Ebert, 1 ♂, Kh��sh, 3 km E Sang��n, 1550 m, 19.v.1972, leg. Ebert, Falkner, 3 ♂♂, Z��hed��n, Kahurak, 23.iv.1973, leg. Borumand, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Z��hed��n, Kahurak, 510 m, 2.vi.1977, leg. Safavi, P��zuki, Ab��i, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, R��sk, B��hukal��t, 4.iv.1973, leg. Borumand, Safavi, 2 ♂♂, R��sk, Ahmad ��b��d, 30.iv.2003, leg. Moghaddam, Serri, 1 ♂, Nikshahr, 8.���10.iv.1973, leg. Borumand, Safavi, 1 ♂, Bampur, 4.iv.1973, leg. Safavi, Borumand, 1 ♂, Bampur, 535 m, 4.v.2003, leg. Moghaddam, Serri, 1 ♂, Bampur, N 22˚12��00.7˝, E 60˚30��04.7˝, 563 m, 25.iv.2012, leg, Afsari��n, Moghaddam, Mozaffari��n, 1 ♀, Dashti��ri, 14.iv.1950, leg. F��muri, 1 ♀, Z��bol, Zahak, N 30˚53��20.8˝, E 61˚40��32.2˝, 500 m, 24.iv.2005, leg. Ebr��himi, Moghaddam, 1 ♂, Z��bol, Park-e Jazinak, N 30˚54��19.7˝, E 61˚33��44.3˝, 497 m, 24.iv.2005, leg. Ebr��himi, Moghaddam. Distribution. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, NW China (Xinjang), Caucasus (Daghestan, Armenien, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Chrisoph 1887a, 1893; Spuler 1910; Daniel 1964b; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Falkovich 1986; Hua et al. 1990; Schoorl 1990; Yakovlev 2004d, 2005, 2006a; Yakovlev & Witt 2016). Distribution in Iran. NE, NW, S and Central Iran (Fig. 31B). Habitat. Deserts and semideserts. Host plants. In Tajikistan (Tigrovaya balka Reserve) and Uzbekistan: Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb., T. Hispida Willd. (Tamaricaceae), and Caragana Fabr. (Fabaceae) (Sinadsky 1960; Stschetkin 1963; Falkovitch 1986)., Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035, {"references":["Austaut, J. L. (1897) Notice sur quelques Cossides nouveaux de la Perse. Naturaliste, 19, 44 - 45.","Zukowsky, B. (1936) Neue Arten und Formen der Palaarktischen Familien Aegeriidae und Cossidae. Entomologische Rundschau, 53 (36), 534 - 537.","Spuler, A. (1910) Die Schmetterlinge Europas. Bd. 2. E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 523 pp.","Daniel, F. (1964 b) Cossidae aus Afganistan (Lep.). Opuscula Zoologica, 77, 1 - 8, 1 taf.","Krivokhatskyi, V. A. (1985) Insects of Repetek. Cadastre of species. Ylym, Ashkhabad, 33 pp. [in Russian]","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (lepidoptera, Cossidae). Ilustrataj cinaj insect-faunoj II. Tianze Eldonejo. Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp., 7 pls.","Schoorl, J. W. (1990) A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263, 1 - 295.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2004 d) Carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of Siberia. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 3 (2), 155 - 163. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. & Witt, Th. (2016) Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Pakistan. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University, 6 (2), 67 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.15421 / 201636","Sinadsky, J. V. (1960) On the biology of Holcocerus arenicola Stgr. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) in the thickets of the lower AmuDarya. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie [Entomological Review], 39 (4), 796 - 798. [in Russian]","Stschetkin, Yu. L. (1963) On the morphlogy, biology and distribution tamarix carpenter-moth - Holcocerus arenicola Stgr. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoy SSR (Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk), 1 (12), 79 - 82. [in Russian]","Falkovitch, M. I. (1986) Lepidoptera from Kuldzhuktau Mountain and submountain plain, (southwest Kyzylkum). Fauna Cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) SSSR [USSR]. Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 67, 131 - 186. [in Russian]"]}

Genus Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 Yakovlev, 2006a, Eversmannia Suppl. 1: 32. Type species: Cossus arenicola Staudinger, 1897., Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006 a) A revision of Carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Staudinger, O. (1897) Drei neue palaarktische Lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 10, 154 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 47918970304"]}

Deserticossus pulverulentus (P��ngeler, 1898) (Figs 40 ��42) Holcocerus pulverulentus P��ngeler, 1898: 57. Type locality: Merw [Mary, Turkmenistan]. Type material (cotypes) in MHUB (Fig. 40), examined. Synonymy: = Holcocerus phuckangensis Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990: 57 ���58, 125. Type locality: Phuckang (Fukang), Xinjiang [NW China]. Type material (holotype) in the IZB, not examined. Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, NW China (Xingjian), Israel (Krivokhatskyi 1985; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Pungeler, R. (1898) Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Centralasien. Societas Rober, J. (1925) Neue Falter (Lepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 86, 167 - 175.","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp.","Krivokhatskyi, V. A. (1985) Insects of Repetek. Cadastre of species. Ylym, Ashkhabad, 70 pp. [in Russian]","Falkovitch, M. I. (1986) Lepidoptera from Kuldzhuktau Mountain and submountain plain, (southwest Kyzylkum). Fauna Cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) SSSR [USSR]. Trudy Usesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 67, 131 - 186. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus arenicola (Staudinger, 1879) (Figs 9 ��16) Cossus Arenicola Staudinger, 1879: 317. Type locality: [Narun, nordostlich von Astrachan zwischen Wolga- und Ural-Flu., etwa 15 deutsche Meilen ostwarts von der Wolga] (NW Kazakhstan, European part). Type material: lectotype (♂) in MHUB (Fig. 9), examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006). Synonymy: = Holcocerus arenicola albida Seitz, 1912: 421. Type locality: probably W. Kazakhstan, Valley of Ural River (Seitz 1912). Type material: ���ein sehr helles Stuck mit fast weissen Hflgln sandte mir Herr Bartel als ab. albida ���, probably lost. = Holcocerus dilutior Rothschild, 1912: 452. Type locality: Kyssyl [near Dzharkent (Panfilov), SE Kazakhstan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH (Fig. 10), examined. Distribution: Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, N. Afghanistan, NW China (Xinjang) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Staudinger, O. (1879) Ueber Lepidopteren des sudostlichen europaischen Russlands. Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Uereine zu Stettin, 40, 315 - 319.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Seitz, A. (1912) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die Palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 479 S.","Rothschild, W. (1912) Verbesserungen und Zusatze zu den Cossiden. In: A. Seitz. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 450 - 452.","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp."]}

Deserticossus volgensis (Christoph, 1893) (Figs. 49 ��51) Holcocerus volgensis Christoph, 1893: 88. Type locality: Sarepta [Krasnoarmeisk, Volgograd Oblast��� Region, S. part of European Russia]. Type material (holotype) in ZISP (Fig. 49), examined. Distribution: S. Volga reg., N. Caucasus (Stavropol��� Krai, Daghestan), NW Kazakhstan (Zhuravlev 1910; Lvovsky 1971; Yakovlev 2006; Yakovlev et al. 2015). Additional data: Russia, S Ural: Orenburg distr., 50��40��� 45���N 54��26���28���E, Schibendy valley, 18.7. 1998, 1 m 1 f, K. Nupponen leg. & coll. (sec. K. Nupponen, unpublished), Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Christoph, H. (1893) Lepidoptera Nova Faunae Palaearcticae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris, 6, 86 ¯ 96.","Zhuravlev, S. M. (1910) Materials on the fauna Lepidoptera Uralsk Sity and different places of Ural'skaya oblast'. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 50, 415 - 463. [in Russian]","Lvovsky, A. L. (1971) Materials on the fauna of Macrolepidoptera of Astrakhan Oblast'. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 50 (4), 800 - 810. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus beketi (Yakovlev, 2004) (Figs 17, 53) Holcocerus beketi Yakovlev, 2004: 221. Type locality: W. Mongolia, Khovd aimak, Dzhungarian Gobi, 45 km S. of Bulgan-somon, Uvhod-Ula Mt. Type material (holotype) in ZISP, examined. Distribution: Mongolia, Khovd aimak, Dzhungarian Gobi Desert., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468

Diagnosis of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 Species of Deserticossus are of medium size, dark coloured. Antenna is not pectinate. Fringe of fore wing is mottled. Fore wing has dark undulated pattern, often with strokes in postdiscal area. Hind wing is unicolorous. Females of constituent species are larger than males, their colour in general similar to that of males. Fore wing is slightly wider than in males. Male genitalia. Uncus is triangle-shaped, gnathos arms are thin, quite long; gnathos is of medium size, with undistinguished zone where the arms are fused. Valva is elongate, narrow, with distinct border between membranous and sclerotized part and a process on the costal edge. Transtilla processes are thick, uncinately bent, tapered at apices, with wide base. Juxta is small, rhomboid, with small lateral processes. Saccus is quite large, semicircular. Phallus is slightly curved, its distal aperture in dorso-apical position. Apex is slightly bent and tapered. Vesica does not contain cornuti. Female genitalia. Ovipositor is long, with elongate, distally rounded papillae anales. Posterior apophyses are two times as long as apophyses anterior, ostium is surrounded by crescent-shaped sclerotized plate, antrum is cuplike, ductus bursae is membranous, bursa copulatrix is membranous, pouch-like, without signa. Ductus seminalis is incepted in basal part of bursa. The diagnostically important features for the determination of the genus are the external characters, in particular the pattern on the fore wing, the form and size of the process on the costal edge of the valva, and the form of the phallus. Female genitalia do not have any diagnostic features., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus arenicola transcaucasicus (Zukowsky, 1936) (Figs 15 ��16) Holcocerus arenicola transcaucasica Zukovsky: 535. Type locality: Armenia ross., Dschulfa, Daratshitshag [Dzhul���fa, Nahichevan���, Azerbaidzhan]. Type material (lectotype designated by Yakovlev 2006) in MWM (Fig. 15), examined. Distribution: Caucasus and Transcaucasia (Daghestan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) (Yakovlev 2006; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2007)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Zukowsky, B. (1936) Neue Arten und Formen der palaarktischen Familien Aegeriidae und Cossidae. Entomologische Rundschau, 53 (36), 534 - 537.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Didmanidze, E. A. & Yakovlev, R. V. (2007) Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Georgia. Entomofauna, 28 (1), 1 - 16."]}

Deserticossus mongoliana (Daniel, 1969) (Figs 34 ��35) Holcocerus mongoliana Daniel, 1969: 274 ���275. Type locality: Mongolia, Gobi-Altai aimak, am selben Ort, Mongol Els, 10 km SO Chechmort. Type material (holotype) in HNHM, examined. Distribution: Mongolia (Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Daniel, F. (1969) Bombyces et Sphinges III. Ergebnisse der zoologishen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab in der Mongolei (Lep.). Reichenbachia, 11, 265 - 277.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus artemisiae (Chou & Hua, 1986) Holcocerus artemisiae Chou & Hua, 1986: 67 ���69, 72. Type locality: Dingbian, Shaanxi [China]. Type material (holotype) in NWAU, not examined. Distribution: China (Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Chou, I. & Hua, B. (1986) Three new species of the genus Holcocerus from China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Entomotaxonomia, 8 (1 - 2), 67 - 72.","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus arenicola iranicus Austaut, 1897 (Figs 13 ��14) Cossus iranicus Austaut, 1897: 44. Type locality: Sefis Kuh, Perse [S. Iran, Fars prov.]. Type material: holotype (male) in BMNH (Fig. 13), examined. Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Yakovlev 2006; Yakovlev et al. 2015)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Austaut, J. L. (1897) Notice sur quelques Cossides nouveaux de la Perse. Naturaliste, 19, 44 - 45.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus churkini Yakovlev, 2006 (Fig. 21) Deserticossus churkini Yakovlev, 2006: 58 ���59. Type locality: W. Mongolia, Hovd aimak, middle stream of Uenchin-Gol River. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 21), examined. Distribution: S. Mongolia., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus janychar Yakovlev, 2006 (Fig. 31) Deserticossus janychar Yakovlev, 2006: 43. Type locality: Asia minor, Tuz Golli, Nordufer [Turkey, Tuz lake, 38��44���N 33��23���E]. Type material (holotype) in MWM, examined. Distribution: Turkey., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus murinus (Rothschild, 1912) (Figs 36 ��38) Holcocerus murinus Rothschild, 1912: 452. Type locality: Syr Daria, Baigacum [Kazakhstan, Baigakum]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH (Fig. 36), examined. Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on pages 391-392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Rothschild, W. (1912) Verbesserungen und Zusatze zu den Cossiden. In: A. Seitz. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 450 - 452.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus kamelini Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (Figs 3 ��4, 55, 57) Material. Holotype: ♂, Kyrgyzstan, Fergana-Tal, Osch, 1200 m, 16.vii.1996 (GenPr MWMW: 25.259; MWM); paratypes: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype (MWM). Description. Length of fore wing 19 mm. Thorax and tegula pale brown. Tegula and patagium pale brown. Antenna simple, not pectinate. Fore wing rather wide, apex rounded, pale brown with sparsely scattered brown scales, small black strokes on costal edge, very thin and barely visible longitudinal strokes in postdiscal area between radial and medial veins, two blurred longitudinal brown strokes in discal area between veins CuA2, CuP and A1+2. Hind wing fuscous, without pattern, with thin pale bordering on outer edge. Fringe on both wings dark at veins, pale between veins. Male genitalia. Uncus triangular and elongate; gnathos arms long, thin; gnathos ribbon-like, covered with fine spikes; valva gradually narrowing to apex, lanceolate, costal edge with small trapezoidal crest with even edges, weakly expressed rib (from costal edge to middle of valva width) on inner surface of valva; transtilla process with thick base, gradually narrowing to distal third, distal third drawn, uncinately curved, apex pointed; juxta tiny, with small lateral processes; saccus medium sized, semicircular; phallus a little shorter than valva, strongly curved in proximal and distal third; apex spoon-like, vesica aperture in dorso-apical position, length �� of phallus, vesica without cornuti vesica without cornuti. Female. Length of fore wing 24 mm, wing pattern is similar to that of male. Female genitalia. Papillae anales conical, with transverse ribs. Posterior apophyses one quarter longer than anterior ones. Ostium cup-like, poorly submerged. Ductus lomg, narrow. Bursa without signa, membranous, sacklike. Ductus seminalis falls into proximal part of bursa. Diagnosis. In general habitus, the new species is the most similar to D. campicola (Eversmann, 1854) and D. murinus (Rothschild, 1912), but differs from both as follows: - from D. campicola and D. murinus by the trapezoidal process on the costal edge of the valva; in D. campicola, the process on the costal edge of the valva is semicircular, the elongated distal edge of the transtilla process.In D. campicola, the transtilla process is gradually narrowing from base to apex), the phallus is strongly curved in proximal and distal thirds; in D. campicola, the phallus is slightly curved in median third. - from D. murinus, in addition to the genitalic characters, D. kamelini differs by the pale brown fore wing; in D. murinus, the fore wing is grey. Etymology. The new species is named after Prof. Rudolph W. Kamelin (1938��2016), a prominent Russian botanist and biogeographer, a noted expert on the flora of Central Asia, who had a great influence on the development of the first author���s knowledge on biogeography., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 381, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Eversmann, E. (1854) Beitrage zur Lepidopterologie Russlands, und Beschreibung einiger anderen Insecten aus den sudlichen Kirgisensteppen, den nordlichen Ufern des Aral Sees und des Sir-Darjas. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturnalistes de Moscou, 27 (2), 174 - 205.","Rothschild, W. (1912) Verbesserungen und Zusatze zu den Cossiden. In: A. Seitz. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 450 - 452."]}

Deserticossus sareptensis (Rothschild, 1912) (Fig. 43) Cossus sareptensis Rothschild, 1912: 451. Type locality: Sarepta [Krasnoarmeisk, Volgograd Oblast��� Region, S. part of European Russia]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH (Fig. 43), examined. Distribution: SW Russia (Volgograd reg., Daghestan) (Yakovlev 2006; Yakovlev et al. 2015)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Rothschild, W. (1912) Verbesserungen und Zusatze zu den Cossiden. In: A. Seitz. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 450 - 452.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus tsingtauana didenkoi Yakovlev & Witt, subsp. nov. (Figs 7 ��8) Material. Holotype: ♂, Russia, S. Siberia, Buryatia Rep., Udunga vill. [51��07���29��� N / 105��57���53��� E], 9�� 12.vii.2012, leg. S. Didenko (ZISP); paratypes: 2 ♂, same data as holotype (MWM, RYB); 1 ♂, Mongolia, Central Aimak, 25 km W Erdennesant, 47��22��� N / 104��13��� E,14�� 15.v. 2003, 1260 m, leg. A. Saldaitis (MWM). Description. Male. Length of holotype fore wing 20 mm (paratypes 19�� 21 mm). Thorax and tegula densely covered with grey scales, tegula and patagium grey. Antenna simple, not pectinate. Fore wing grey, rather wide with rounded apex, with thin reticulated pattern of very thin black undulated lines, thin undulated transverse black bands in postdiscal and submarginal areas, wide black field along costal edge in discal area, blurred brown field at cubital veins in discal area. Hind wing grey with thin reticulated pattern of very thin black undulated lines. Fringe on both wings dark at veins, pale between veins. Female unknown. Diagnosis. The subspecies differs from the nominal taxon, distributed in northeastern China, Korea and southeastern Russia, possibly by a smaller size (length of male fore wing of the nominal taxon 21�� 26 mm), paler colouring, finer undulated pattern on the fore wing, less developed dark area on the costal edge of the fore wing. Etymology. The new subspecies is named after the amateur collector Sergey Didenko (Moscow) who collected the holotype of the new species., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on pages 387-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468

Deserticossus consobrinus (P��ngeler, 1898) (Figs 22 ��26) Holcocerus consobrinus P��ngeler, 1898: 57. Type locality: Ili gebiet [Ili Valley, SE Kazakhstan or NW China]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB (Fig. 22), examined. Synonymy (Yakovlev 2006): = Cossus aksuensis Daniel, 1953: 257 ���258. Type locality: Aksu [China, Xinjang, Aksu]. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 23), examined. = Holcocerus sheljuzhkoi Schawerda, 1930: 138. Type locality: Ak-su [China, Xinjang, Aksu]. Type material (holotype) in MNHW (Fig. 24), examined. = Holcocerus apicalis Chou & Hua, 1986: 69 ���70, 72 Type locality: Hami [China, Xinjiang]. Type material (holotype) in NWAU. Distribution: South Siberia (Selenga Valley); Mongolia, Kazakhstan (including South Altai), Kyrgyzstan, China (Xingjian, Qinghai) (Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Pungeler, R. (1898) Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Centralasien. Societas Rober, J. (1925) Neue Falter (Lepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 86, 167 - 175.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Daniel, F. (1953) Neue Heteroceren. Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 43, 256 - 261.","Schawerda, C. (1930) Alte und neue interessante Lepidopteren. Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 20, 133 - 139.","Chou, I. & Hua, B. (1986) Three new species of the genus Holcocerus from China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Entomotaxonomia, 8 (1 - 2), 67 - 72."]}

Deserticossus tsingtauana (Bang-Haas, 1912) (Figs 44 ��48) Holcocerus tsingtauana Bang-Haas, 1912: 109. Type locality: Tsingtau [China, Shandong prov., Tsingtau Mts.]. Type material (cotypes) in MHUB (Fig. 44) and MWM, examined. Synonymy: = Cossus (Holcocerus) centrimaculatus R��ber, 1925: 174 ���175. Type locality: Peking [China, Peking]. Type material (cotypes) lost. Distribution: Russia (Primorskii Krai, Chita reg., Buryatia Rep.), Mongolia (Central aimak), China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Anhui, Yunnan), Korea (Daniel 1940; Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006).? N. Vietnam (Hanoi) (Gaede 1933; Hua et al. 1990)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Bang-Haas, A. (1912) Neue oder wenig bekannte palaearktische Makrolepidopteren. IV. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris, 26, 103 - 110.","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Gaede, M. (1933) Cossidae. In: A. Seitz. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die Spinner und Schwarmer des indoaustralischen Gebiets. 10. Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 809 - 823."]}

Deserticossus pullus (Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990) Holcocerus pullus Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990: 58 ���59. Type locality: Barkol, Xinjiang [NW China, Xinjiang, Dzhungarian Gobi, Barkol]. Type material (holotype) in NWAU, not examined. Distribution: China, Xinjiang, Dzhungarian Gobi., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp."]}

Deserticossus doroshkini Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (Figs 1 ��2, 54) Material. Holotype: ♂, E. Kazakhstan, Tarbagatai distr., Zhagalbaily Mts., 7 km NE Kyzylkezek vill., Bugaz riv. Valley, 700 m, 47��55���N; 82��04���E, 23.vii.2011, R.V. Yakovlev leg. (ZISP); paratypes: 2 ♀, same data as holotype (RYB, MWM). Description. Male. Length of fore wing 16 mm. Thorax dark grey. Tegula and patagium grey. Antenna simple, not pectinate. Fore wing rather wide, dark grey, unicolorous, with reticulated pattern of thin undulated lines throughout wing, apex rounded. Hind wing dark grey, without pattern. Fringe grey, unicolorous. Male genitalia. Uncus short, subtriangular; gnathos arms of medium length, thick; gnathos medium-sized, covered with fine spikes. Valva long, narrow, subapically sharply tapered, finger-like process in middle third of costal edge; transtilla process short, with very thick base and uncinately tapered apex. Juxta small, saddle-like, with two lateral processes of medium length with parallel edges. Saccus small, semicircular. Phallus a little shorter than valva, slightly curved in proximal third, vesica aperture in dorso-apical position, length �� of phallus, vesica without cornuti. Female. Length of fore wing 21 mm. Fore wing grey with fine line drawing of black strokes and thin undulated bands in discal and postdiscal areas. Hind wing grey with blackish scales along vein lines. Diagnosis. The new species differs from the similar species, D. arenicola (Staudinger, 1879) (Figs 9 ��12) by the following features: - the fore wing pattern of thin undulated bands on dark grey background throughout the wing; D. arenicola has blurred brown spots in discal area; - distal �� of the valva is sharply narrowing; in D. arenicola, it is of even width; - long finger-like process on the costal edge of the valva; in D. arenicola, process is shorter. Etymology. The new species is named after Vyacheslav Doroshkin (Chelyabinsk), Russian entomologist who participated in the expedition to Eastern Kazakhstan in 2011., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on pages 380-381, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Staudinger, O. (1879) Ueber Lepidopteren des sudostlichen europaischen Russlands. Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Uereine zu Stettin, 40, 315 - 319."]}

Deserticossus campicola (Eversmann, 1854) (Figs 18 ��20) Cossus campicola Eversmann, 1854: 184. Type locality: Kirgisensteppen, Sir [S. Kazakhstan, Syr-Darja]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP (Fig. 18) (Yakovlev 2005), examined. Distribution: Russia (Daghestan, Astrahan reg., Kalmykiya), Azerbaidzhan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,?W. China,? Turkmenistan (Uvarov 1910; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2005, 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Eversmann, E. (1854) Beitrage zur Lepidopterologie Russlands, und Beschreibung einiger anderen Insecten aus den sudlichen Kirgisensteppen, den nordlichen Ufern des Aral Sees und des Sir-Darjas. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturnalistes de Moscou, 27 (2), 174 - 205.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2005) New data on distribution and systematic of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Europe and adjacent territories. Eversmannia, 3 ¯ 4, 18 ¯ 27. [in Russian]","Uvarov, B. P. (1910) To the Fauna of Lepidoptera of Transural kirgiz steppe. Russian Entomological Review, 10 (3), 161 - 169 Yakovlev, R. V. (2004) Carpenter-moths (Lepidopetera, Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 3 (3), 217 - 224.","Krivokhatskyi, V. A. (1985) Insects of Repetek. Cadastre of species. Ylym, Ashkhabad, 70 pp. [in Russian]","Falkovitch, M. I. (1986) Lepidoptera from Kuldzhuktau Mountain and submountain plain, (southwest Kyzylkum). Fauna Cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) SSSR [USSR]. Trudy Usesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 67, 131 - 186. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus lukhtanovi Yakovlev, 2006 (Figs 32 ��33) Deserticossus lukhtanovi Yakovlev, 2006: 56 ���57. Type locality: USSR, Tadjikistan, Gissar Mts., Iskander-Kul [Tajikistan, 39��04���28��� N / 68��22���06��� E]. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 32), examined. Distribution: Tadzhikistan (Gissar)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus arenicola arenicola (Staudinger, 1879) (Figs 9 ��12) Distribution: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, NW China (Xinjang) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Staudinger, O. (1879) Ueber Lepidopteren des sudostlichen europaischen Russlands. Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Uereine zu Stettin, 40, 315 - 319.","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus danilevskyi Yakovlev, 2006 (Fig. 28) Deserticossus danilevskyi Yakovlev, 2006: 60 ���61. Type locality: Kazakhstan, Tshimkent District, Syr-Darya River, Bairkum. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 28), examined. Distribution: S. Kazakhstan., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus praeclarus (P��ngeler, 1898) (Fig. 39) Holcocerus praeclarus P��ngeler, 1898: 58. Type locality: Merw [Mary, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB (Fig. 39), examined. Distribution: Turkmenistan (Krivokhatskyi 1985; Yakovlev 2006)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Pungeler, R. (1898) Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Centralasien. Societas Rober, J. (1925) Neue Falter (Lepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 86, 167 - 175.","Krivokhatskyi, V. A. (1985) Insects of Repetek. Cadastre of species. Ylym, Ashkhabad, 70 pp. [in Russian]","Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus decoratus Yakovlev, 2006 (Figs 29 ��30) Deserticossus decoratus Yakovlev, 2006: 53 ���54. Type locality: Kazakhstan, Prov. Almaty, 40 km NW Ak-Siy, peski Sary-Taukum, 76��10���E; 44��07��� N. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 29), examined. Distribution: SE Kazakhstan., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Deserticossus selevini Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (Figs 5 ��6, 56) Material. Holotype: ♂, SE Kazakhstan, Malye Boguty Mts., first half of vii.2010, leg. P. Egorov (ZISP); paratypes: 1 ♂, same data (RYB); 1 ♂, Kazakhstan, Nurly env., 25.vi.2002, leg. Lind (MWM); 3 ♂, S Kazakhstan, Zhambyl Reg., Muyunkum sands, 314 m, 31.05.2015, N44��17��� / E70��10���, leg. D. Shovkoon (RYB); 1 ♂, S Kazakhstan, Zhambyl Reg., Balkhash l., Alakol, 340 m, 31.05.2015, N44��52��� / E74��06���, leg. S.V. Totov & M. Černila (RYB). Description. Male. Length of fore wing of holotype 21 mm (paratypes 22�� 23 mm). Thorax and abdomen densely covered with grey scales, tegula and patagium grey. Antenna simple, not pectinate. Fore wing rather narrow, with elongate apex, grey scattered with brown scales and pattern of black strokes, dark short transverse strokes on costal edge, long lengthwise strokes in postdiscal area between veins; strokes extended in direction from costal edge to hind, small black spots in marginal area near veins. Hind wing grey without pattern, fine pale bordering on outer edge. Fringe on both wings dark near veins, pale between veins. Male genitalia. Uncus narrow, triangular, apex pointed. Gnathos arms long, of medium thickness; gnathos medially ribbon-like, with fine spikes. Valva rather narrow with expressed wide semicircular crest on costal edge, distal third slightly narrowed, apex semicircular, blunt; transtilla process short, thick, uncinately curved, tapered with very thick base and pointed apex. Juxta tiny, with small lateral processes; saccus very small, semicircular; phallus equal to valva in length, slightly curved in proximal third, apex of phallus obliquely cut, tapered, vesica aperture in dorso-apical position, equal to �� of phallus, vesica without cornuti. Female unknown. Diagnosis. Externally, the new species is similar to a group of species with long black strokes between veins in postdiscal area of the fore wing The group consists of D. beketi (Yakovlev, 2004), D. churkini Yakovlev, 2006, D. lukhtanovi Yakovlev, 2006 and D. pulverulentus (P��ngeler, 1898) but differs from those by the following features: - From D. beketi, D. churkini, D. lukhtanovi by the larger size and more expressed pattern of strokes in postdiscal area of the fore wing. - From D. beketi by the pale grey lower surface of the wings (in D. beketi it is coal-black) and the absence of the expressed rib on the inner surface of the valva; (in D. beketi it is expressed. - From D. churkini��� by the well expressed semicircular crest on the costal edge of the valva (in D. churkini the costal edge of the valva has no crest), the phallus slightly curved in its proximal �� (in D. churkini the phallus is strongly curved in the proximal ��); - From D. lukhtanovi��� by the well expressed semicircular crest on the costal edge of the valva (in D. lukhtanovi there is a finger-like process on the costal edge of the valva) and the phallus, slightly curved in its proximal ��; (in D. lukhtanovi the phallus is straight). - From D. pulverulentus by the dark colouring of the wings; in D. pulverulentus the wings are paler, the semicircular process on the costal edge of the valva (in D. pulverulentus the process is finger-like), the transtilla process is evenly narrowing to the apex; in D. pulverulentus the apices are tapered and strongly elongated in distal third). Etymology. The new species is named after Viktor A. Selevin (1905��1938)���zoologist, member and organizer of expeditions into Kazakhstan (Balkhash Region, Altai, desert Betpak Dala)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on pages 386-387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Pungeler, R. (1898) Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Centralasien. Societas Rober, J. (1925) Neue Falter (Lepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 86, 167 - 175."]}

Deserticossus curdus Yakovlev, 2006 (Fig. 27) Deserticossus curdus Yakovlev, 2006: 44. Type locality: Irak, 200 km N. Baghdad, ostl. von. Kirkuk. Type material (holotype) in MWM (Fig. 27), examined. Distribution: N. Iraq., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2017, Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus, pp. 379-395 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582468, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, Supplement No 1, 1 - 104. [in Russian]"]}

Three new species and one new subspecies of the genus Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 are described: Deserticossus doroshkini Yakovlev & Witt sp. nov. from eastern Kazakhstan (Tarbagatai Mts.), D. selevini Yakovlev & Witt sp. nov. from southeastern Kazakhstan (Malye Boguty Mts.), D. kamelini Yakovlev & Witt sp. nov. from Kyrgyzstan (Fergana Valley), and D. tsingtauana didenkoi Yakovlev & Witt subsp. nov. from Russia (Southern Siberia, Buryatia Republic). The described species and subspecies of Deserticossus are listed, with notes on the type material, synonymies, and distribution for each taxon.

Deserticossus arenicolus (Staudinger, 1879) Cossus Arenicola Staudinger, 1879: 317. Type locality: [Nar��n, nord��stlich von Astrachan zwischen Wolga- und Ural-Flu��, etwa 15 deutsche Meilen ostw��rts von der Wolga] (NW Kazakhstan, European part). Type material (lectotype) in MHUB, examined. In the Caucasus Deserticossus arenicola transcaucasicus (Zukowsky, 1936) Holcocerus arenicola transcaucasica Zukovsky: 535. Type locality: Armenia ross., Dschulfa, Daratshitshag [Dzhul���fa, Nahichevan���, Azerbaidzhan]. Type material (lectotype) in MWM, examined. Distribution: Caucasus (Daghestan, Armenien, Georgia, Azerbaidjan) (Yakovlev 2011). Material examined: 2 males, Makhachkala, 6.08. 925, Rjabov (ZISP); 1 male, Yaman-Aul, near Tersk, pesky Kizlyar, 16.07. 927, Kirichenko (ZISP); 1 male, Dagestan, pag. Dzhuga, 9.07. 1932, M. Rjabov leg. (ZMKU); Rostov Don Reg., 5 males, Kiselevka, 23.07. 2008 (APC); 2 males, Kalmyk rep., Komsomolsky, 4.08. 2006 (APC)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Poltavsky, Alexander N., Ilyina, Elena V., Shchurov, Valeriy I. & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species, pp. 270-288 in Zootaxa 4044 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/232713, {"references":["Staudinger, O. (1879) Ueber Lepidopteren des sudostlichen europaischen Russlands. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 40, 315 - 328.","Zukowsky, B. (1936) Neue Arten und Formen der palaarktischen Familien Aegeriidae und Cossidae. Entomologische Rundschau, 53 (36), 534 - 537."]}

Deserticossus sareptensis (Rothschild, 1912) Cossus sareptensis Rothschild, 1912: 451. Locus typicus: Sarepta [Krasnoarmeisk, Volgograd Region, European Russia]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH, examined. Distribution. S. Volga reg., N. Caucasus (Daghestan). Material examined: 4 males, Daghestan Rep., Tersko-Sulaksky lowland, Agrakhan Bay, 0 7.06. 2014 (APC)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Poltavsky, Alexander N., Ilyina, Elena V., Shchurov, Valeriy I. & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species, pp. 270-288 in Zootaxa 4044 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/232713, {"references":["Rothschild, W. (1912) Verbesserungen und Zusatze zu den Cossiden. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die palaearktischen Spinner & Schwarmer. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 450 - 452."]}

Deserticossus volgensis (Christoph, 1893) Holcocerus volgensis Christoph, 1893: 88. Type locality: Sarepta [Krasnoarmeisk, Volgograd Oblast��� Region, S. part of European Russia]. Type material (holotype) in ZISP, examined. Distribution. S. Volga reg., N. Caucasus (Stauropol���skii Krai, Daghestan), NW Kazakhstan (Yakovlev 2011). Material examined: 3 males, Rostov Reg., Zavetninskoe distr., Kiselevka vill., 24.07. 2008, A. Poltavsky (ZISP); 2 males, Dagestan, Kumtor-Kala (ZMKU); 1 male, Budennovsk, 20.07. 1952, N. Goryshin (ZISP); 2 males, Daghestan Rep., Tersko-Sulaksky lowland, Agrakhan Bay, 0 7.06. 2014 (APR)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Poltavsky, Alexander N., Ilyina, Elena V., Shchurov, Valeriy I. & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species, pp. 270-288 in Zootaxa 4044 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/232713, {"references":["Christoph, H. (1893) Lepidoptera Nova Faunae Palaearcticae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris, 6, 86 - 96."]}

Deserticossus campicola (Eversmann, 1854) Cossus campicola Eversmann, 1854: 184. Type locality: Kirgisensteppen, Sir [S. Kazakhstan, Syr-Darja]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP (Yakovlev, 2005 b), examined. Distribution: Russia (Daghestan, Astrakhan reg., Kalmykia), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,?W. China,? Turkmenistan (Yakovlev 2011). Material examined: 1 male, 3 females, Zimnyaya Stavka, uppper stream Kuma river, Stavropol���je, 16.06. 911, Uvarov (ZISP); 1 female, Daghestan, Kapchugaj, 24.07. 945, Rjabov (ZISP); 1 female, Petrovsk-Kavkazskij [Makhachkala], 7.07. 943, Rjabov (ZISP)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Poltavsky, Alexander N., Ilyina, Elena V., Shchurov, Valeriy I. & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species, pp. 270-288 in Zootaxa 4044 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/232713, {"references":["Eversmann, E. (1854) Beitrage zur Lepidopterologie Russlands, und Beschreibung einiger anderen Insecten aus den sudlichen Kirgisensteppen, den nordlichen Ufern des Aral Sees und des Sir-Darjas. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturnalistes de Moscou, 27 (2), 174 - 205.","Yakovlev, R. V. (2005) New data on distribution and systematic of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Europe and adjacent territories. Eversmannia, 3 - 4, 18 - 27. [in Russian]"]}

Genus Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 Yakovlev, 2006: 32. Type species: Cossus arenicola Staudinger, 1897, by original designation. Deserticossus arenicolus (Staudinger, 1879) (Figs 19, 101) Cossus Arenicola Staudinger, 1879: 317. Type locality: [Narun, nordostlich von Astrachan zwischen Wolga- und Ural-Flu., etwa 15 deutsche Meilen ostwarts von der Wolga] (NW Kazakhstan, european part). Type material: lectotype (male) in MHUB, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006 a). Distribution: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, N. Afghanistan, NW China (Xinjang) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006 a). In central and southern Afghanistan: subspecies iranica (Austaut, 1897) Deserticossus arenicolus iranica Austaut, 1897 Cossus iranicus Austaut, 1897: 44. Type locality: Sefis Kuh, Perse [S. Iran, Fars prov.]. Type material: holotype (male) in BMNH, examined. Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Yakovlev 2006 a). Reported for ��� 35 km n��rdlich Kandahar, Arghadab Dam��� (Daniel 1964) and ���SO v. Shindan��� (Daniel 1965). Habitat and biology. Flight period: May ���June. Altitude: 1150 m. Host plants: in Tadzhikistan (Tigrovaya balka Reserve) and Uzbekistan: Tamarix ramosissima, T. hispida (Tamaricaceae), Caragana sp. (Fabaceae) (Sinadsky 1960; Stschetkin 1963; Falkovitch 1986). Material examined: 2 males, 20 km N. Kandagar, Afghan-Dab dam, 1150 m, 23.0 5.1961, Ebert (ZSSM); 1 male, W. Afghanistan, SO v. Shindan, 25.0 6.1963, leg. Kasy & Vartian (MNHW)., Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Pljustch, Igor G., Skrylnik, Yuriy, Pak, Oleg & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park, pp. 41-72 in Zootaxa 3990 (1) on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/289113, {"references":["Yakovlev, R. V. (2006 a) A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia, 1 (Supplement), 1 - 104. [in Russian]","Hua, B., Chou, I., Fang, D. & Chen, S. (1990) The Cossid fauna of China (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Yangling, Shaanxi, 147 pp.","Austaut, J. L. (1897) Notice sur quelques Cossides nouveaux de la Perse. Naturaliste, 19, 44 - 45.","Daniel, F. (1964) Cossidae aus Afganistan (Lep.). Opuscula Zoologica, 77, 1 - 8.","Daniel, F. (1965) Osterreichische Entomologische Iran-Afghanistan-Expeditionen. Beitrage zur Lepidopterenfauna, Teil 4. Weitere Beitrage zur Bombyces et Sphinges Fauna. Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 50, 121 - 145.","Sinadsky, J. V. (1960) On the biology of Holcocerus arenicola Stgr. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) in the thickets of the lower Amu- Darya. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39 (4), 796 - 798. [in Russian]","Stschetkin, Yu. L. (1963) On the morphlogy, biology and distribution tamarix carpenter-moth - Holcocerus arenicola Stgr. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Izvestiya otdeleniya biologicheskih nauk AN Tadzhikskoi SSR, 1 (12), 79 - 82 [in Russian]","Falkovitch, M. I. (1986) Lepidoptera of remnant Kuldzhuktau mountains and the piedmont plain (southwestern Kyzylkum Desert). Fauna cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) SSSR, 1986, 131 - 186. [Leningrad, in Russian]"]}

An arealogical review of carpenter-moths of the fauna of Russia is presented. Southern steppe western Palaearctic species (10); steppe, southern steppe, and Central Asian semidesert species (7); and nemoral eastern Palaearctic species (6) predominate. Endemics of the Russian fauna are 6 species: Acossus victor (Yakovlev, 2004) (southern Tuva); Cossus shmakovi Yakovlev, 2004 (Tuva, Khakassia); Deserticossus volgensis (Christoph, 1893) and D. sareptensis (Rothschild, 1912) (southern Volga River Basin), Phragmataecia pacifica Yakovlev, 2007 (Daghestan), and Meharia scythica D. Komarov et Zolotuhin, 2005 (southern Volga River Basin).