Eupithecia parallelaria Bohatsch 1893

Eupithecia parallelaria Bohatsch, 1893

Eupithecia unedonata var. parallelaria Bohatsch, 1893, Dt. ent. Z., Iris 6 (1): 22. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Vojnits, 1982, coll. R. Püngeler in MNHU; examined), locality not designated for lectotype [Raised to species rank by Prout, 1938].

Material examined. ♀, Type ♀: Iris 1893, v. Parallelaria Bohatsch, Origin., Zool. Mus. Berlin, Vojnits slide no. 13574♀ (lectotype, design. by Vojnits, coll. R. Püngeler in MNHU); 1♀, Origin. (paralectotype, coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU); 1♀, Beirut 89, Grem., Transatusae Parallelaria (Boh.), 173 (paralectotype, coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU); 1♀, Beirut, Zach., v. Magnaria (parallelaria) (Boh.), Zool. Mus. Berlin (paralectotype, coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU); 1♀, Palaestina, Jordanthal, Paulus 1901, Zool. Mus. Berlin, E. parallelaria Boh. det. Vojnits A., Vojnits slide no. 13583♀ (paralectotype, coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU). 2♂, Turkey, Prov. Maras, 1 km N Kahramanmaras, 37˚39’N, 36˚52’E, 900 m, 5.iv.1994, leg. Csóvari & Hreblay (coll. M. Sommerer; transferred to ZSM).

Notes. A new species of the genus for the fauna of Turkey. It is a representative of the innotata species-group, and distributed from Turkey eastward to Mongolia. Male and female genitalia are illustrated in Vojnits (1982).