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The species status of Brachinus (Brachinoaptinus) tashkenticus Kirschenhofer, 1986 is restored . A differential diagnosis with related species is proposed. The taxonomic status and the type locality of B. (Brachinoaptinus) aktashiensis Kirschenhofer, 1986 are discussed. Photographs of habitus are given for all the three taxa of this group and the endophallus structure is studied and illustrated for the first time for two of them.
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