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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LX 1999 pp. 317-324 Taxonomic and faunistic studies on Turkmenian Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) A. Hausmann and Gy. M. László Taxonomic and faunistic studies on Turkmenian Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) — Twentynine species belonging to the subfamily Sterrhinae (Geometridae) are recorded from Central and Northwest Turkmenistan. The description of a new species Idaea laszloi Hausmann is given. /. peluraria (Reisser 1939) proved to be new for the Turkmenian fauna. Brachyglossina chaspia turkmenica Viidalepp, 1992, comb, n., combined with the species Brachyglossina chaspia Brandt, 1938. B. chaspia talvei Viidalepp, 1988, comb, et stat. n., and B. chaspia vartianae Wiltshire, 1966, comb, et stat. n., are both downgraded from species to subspecies rank and transferred from Idaea to Brachyglossina. Both sexes of Pseudocinglis eurata (Prout, 1939) are (re)described. Until now only the male holotype was known. Pseudocinglis benigna amseli Wiltshire, 1967, comb, et stat. n. is transferred from Scapula and downgraded from species to subspecies rank. Pseudocinglis falcovitshi Viidalepp, 1992, is transferred from Scopula (comb. n.). Scopula ansulata eberti Wiltshire, 1967, stat. n., is downgraded from species to subspecies rank. Scopula transcaspica Prout, 1939, is raised to species rank from subspecies of Scopula submutata (Treitschke, 1828) and reported for the first time for Turkey. INTRODUCTION Within the cooperative framework of the Ecological Centre of the Municipality of Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) and the Department of Zoology of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) six Hungarian entomological expeditions were carried out in Turkmenistan between 1991 and 1993. The expeditions returned with about 30 000 macrolepidopterans. This material contains several undescribed and interesting taxa from taxonomical and zoogeographical point of view. The study of the Macrolepidoptera material is still in progress. The present paper is the first comprehensive study on the Geometridae of this material. The primary aim of the expeditions was to collect in as many vegetation and habitat types as possible. Abbreviations: B, M, E = first, second and third decade of the given month, ZSM = Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, HNHM = Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.