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A revision of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 and the allied genera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from the Caucasus, Middle Asia, and China

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The genus Catomus Allard and the allied genera of the fauna of Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, the Caucasus, and China are revised. The subgenus Stenomacidius Seidlitz, 1896 is synonymized with the genus Cylindronotus Faldermann, 1837. A new genus, Eustenomacidius gen. n., with the type species Helops luridus Ménétriés, 1848 is described. The following new combinations are proposed: Cylindronotus (s. str.) acutangulus (Seidlitz, 1896), Odocnemis anatolicus (Kaszab, 1961), Eustenomacidius hirtipennis (Seidlitz, 1896), Eustenomacidius turcmenicus (Medvedev, 1964), Eustenomacidius mongolicus (Kaszab, 1968), and Eustenomacidius wagnae (Ren, 1999). The following new subgenera are described: Montanocatomus, Sinocatomus (genus Catomus), and Caucasohelops (genus Eustenomacidius). The name Catomodontus Koch, 1935 is considered invalid. A new genus Xanthohelops closely related to Eustenomacidius is described from the Kara Kum Desert (Turkmenistan). The following new species and subspecies are described: Catomus (s. str.) noctivagus, C. (s. str.) indubitatus, C. (Montanocatomus) fabiani, C. (Sinocatomus) solitarius, Eustenomacidius (Caucasohelops) svetlanae with a new subspecies E. (Caucasohelops) svetlanae araxi subsp. n., Xanthohelops karakumicus Nabozhenko et Medvedev, spp. n. The following new synonyms are established: Cylindronotus Faldermann, 1837 = Stenomacidius Seidlitz, 1896; Eustenomacidius luridus (Ménétriés, 1848) = Stenomax laevicollis Kraatz, 1882, = Stenomax lucidicollis Kraatz, 1882, = Catomus (Stenomacidius) provocator Reitter, 1922; Catomus (Montanocatomus) reinigi (Schuster, 1931) = Catomus (Stenomacidius) alaensis G. Medvedev, 1970; Catomus fragilis (Ménétriés, 1848) = Catomus subniger Reitter, 1901; Catomus karakalensis G. Medvedev, 1964 = Catomus dolini G. Medvedev, 2004. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: Cylindronotus acutangulus (Seidlitz, 1896); Eustenomacidius hirtipennis (Seidlitz, 1896); Catomus fragilis (Ménétriés, 1848); Catomus reinigi (Schuster, 1931); Catomus provocator Reitter, 1922; Catomus subniger Reitter, 1901; Catomus niger (Kraatz, 1882) and Catomus antoniae Reitter, 1890. Morphological adaptations of species to particular environmental conditions, relationships of the new taxa and their positions in the tribe Helopini are considered. Keys to genera of the tribe Helopini of the Caucasus, Middle Asia, and Kazakhstan, and to subgenera and species of Catomus and Eustenomacidius of the Caucasus, Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, and China are given.

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Nabozhenko, 2006, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2006, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 798–857.

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Nabozhenko, M.V. A revision of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 and the allied genera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from the Caucasus, Middle Asia, and China. Entmol. Rev. 86, 1024–1072 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806090065

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