Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
Kejval Zbyněk, Chandler Donald S.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 95-154, 2020
Published online: 10th March 2020
Published in print: 15th June 2020
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Abstract: The classification of Microhoriini Bonadona, 1974 is revised. Five genera are
recognized: Aulacoderus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849, Falsophilus Kejval, 2015,
Liparoderus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849, Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877, and
Neocrohoria Telnov, 2019. (i) New species: Microhoria almukalla Kejval, sp. nov.
(Yemen), M. anahita Kejval, sp. nov. (Iran), M. antalya Kejval, sp. nov.
(Turkey), M. bacillisternum Kejval, sp. nov. (Iran), M. cervi Kejval, sp. nov.
(Oman), M. fergana Kejval, sp. nov. (Kyrgyzstan), M. garavuti Kejval, sp. nov.
(Tajikistan), M. gibbipennis Kejval, sp. nov. (Turkey), M. halophila Kejval, sp.
nov. (Turkey), M. hazara Kejval, sp. nov. (Afghanistan), M. heracleana Kejval,
sp. nov. (Greece), M. impavida Kejval, sp. nov. (Turkey), M. kabulensis Kejval,
sp. nov. (Afghanistan), M. kermanica Kejval, sp. nov. (Iran), M. pahlavi Kejval,
sp. nov. (Iran), M. persica Kejval, sp. nov. (Iran), M. strejceki Kejval, sp.
nov. (Tajikistan), M. sawda Kejval, sp. nov. (Saudi Arabia), and M. sulaimanica
Kejval, sp. nov. (Pakistan, Uzbekistan). (ii) New synonymies: Microhoria
Chevrolat, 1877 = Clavicomus Pic, 1894 syn. nov. = Tenuicomus Pic, 1894 syn.
nov.; Microhoria depressa (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) = Anthicus mollis
Desbrochers des Loges, 1875 syn. nov.; Microhoria edmondi (Pic, 1893) =
Anthicus spinosus Pic, 1912 syn. nov.; Microhoria globipennis (Pic, 1897) =
Anthicus globipennis quercicola Sahlberg, 1913 syn. nov.; Microhoria
luristanica (Pic, 1911) = Anthicus pietschmi Pic, 1938 syn. nov.; Microhoria
ottomana (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) = Anthicus merkli Pic, 1897 syn. nov.;
Microhoria pinicola (Reitter, 1889) = Microhoria feroni Bonadona, 1960 syn.
nov.; Microhoria posthuma (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) = Anthicus fumeoalatus
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931 syn. nov.; Microhoria truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) =
Anthicus mouzafferi Pic, 1910 syn. nov. (iii) Status changes. Anthicus tauricus
var. inobscura Pic, 1908 is raised to species level as Microhoria inobscura
(Pic, 1908) stat. nov.; Anthicus truncatus var. decoloratus Pic, 1897 is
removed from synonymy with Anthicus truncatus Pic, 1895 and raised to species
level as Microhoria decolorata (Pic, 1897) stat. restit. (iv) New combinations:
Microhoria disconotata (Pic, 1907) comb. nov., M. fossicollis
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. gestroi (Pic, 1895) comb. nov., M.
irregularis (Pic, 1932) comb. nov., M. lividipes (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875)
comb. nov., M. marginicollis (Pic, 1951) comb. nov., M. nystii
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. schimperi (Pic, 1898) comb. nov., M.
semiviridis (Pic, 1951) comb. nov., M. strandi (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb.
nov., and M. yemenita (Nardi, 2004) comb. nov., all from Anthicus Paykull,
1798. Microhoria abscondita (Telnov, 2000) comb. nov., M. adusta
(Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. afghana (Telnov, 2010) comb. nov., M.
almorae (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. ambusta (Krekich-Strassoldo,
1931) comb. nov., M. angulifer (Pic, 1893) comb. nov., M. anomala (Telnov, 1998)
comb. nov., M. antinorii (Pic, 1894) comb. nov., M. apicordiger (Bonadona, 1954)
comb. nov., M. aquatilis (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. assamensis
(Pic, 1907) comb. nov., M. assequens (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M.
atrata (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. austriaca (Pic, 1901) comb.
nov., M. bicarinifrons (Pic, 1892) comb. nov., M. biguttata (Bonadona, 1964)
comb. nov., M. brevipilis (Pic, 1893) comb. nov., M. bruckii (Kiesenwetter,
1870) comb. nov., M. brunneipes (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M.
caeruleicolor (Pic, 1906) comb. nov., M. callima (Baudi di Selve, 1877) comb.
nov., M. comes (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. cordata
(Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. curticeps (Pic, 1923) comb. nov., M.
dichrous (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. doderoi (Pic, 1902) comb.
nov., M. erythraea (Pic, 1899) comb. nov., M. erythrodera (Marseul, 1878) comb.
nov., M. feai (Pic, 1907) comb. nov., M. fugax (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
comb. nov., M. fugiens (Marseul, 1876) comb. nov., M. garze (Telnov, 2018) comb.
nov., M. gigas (Pic, 1899) comb. nov., M. gravida (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931)
comb. nov., M. harmandi (Pic, 1899) comb. nov., M. hauseri (Pic, 1906) comb.
nov., M. henoni (Pic, 1892) comb. nov., M. heydeni (Marseul, 1879) comb. nov.,
M. himalayana (Pic, 1909) comb. nov., M. hummeli (Pic, 1933) comb. nov., M.
immaculipennis (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. inabsoluta (Telnov,
2003) comb. nov., M. indeprensa (Telnov, 2000) comb. nov., M. kabyliana (Pic,
1896) comb. nov., M. kejvali (Telnov, 1999) comb. nov., M. kham (Telnov, 2018)
comb. nov., M. kocheri (Pic, 1951) comb. nov., M. kuluensis (Pic, 1914) comb.
nov., M. lepidula (Marseul, 1876) comb. nov., M. longiceps
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. longicornis (Uhmann, 1983) comb.
nov., M. manifesta (Pic, 1907) comb. nov., M. martinezi (Pic, 1932) comb. nov.,
M. muguensis (Telnov, 2000) comb. nov., M. nigrocyanella (Marseul, 1877) comb.
nov., M. nigrofusca (Telnov, 2000) comb. nov., M. nigroterminata (Pic, 1909)
comb. nov., M. notatipennis (Pic, 1909) comb. nov., M. olivierii (Desbrochers
des Loges, 1868) comb. nov., M. optabilis LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb.
nov., M. paganettii (Pic, 1909) comb. nov., M. phungi (Pic, 1926) comb. nov., M.
picea (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. plagiostola (Bonadona, 1958)
comb. nov., M. plicatipennis (Pic, 1936) comb. nov., M. posthuma
(Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. postimpressa (Pic, 1938) comb. nov.,
M. postluteofasciata (Pic, 1938) comb. nov., M. prolatithorax (Pic, 1899) comb.
nov., M. proterva (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M. ragusae (Pic, 1898)
comb. nov., M. semidepressa (Pic, 1893) comb. nov., M. separatithorax (Pic,
1914) comb. nov., M. shibatai (Nomura, 1962) comb. nov., M. schrammi Pic, 1913)
comb. nov., M. sikkimensis (Pic, 1907) comb. nov., M. sinensis (Pic, 1907) comb.
nov., M. spinipennis (Pic, 1898) comb. nov., M. sporadica (Krekich-Strassoldo,
1931) comb. nov., M. striaticollis (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., M.
subpicea (Pic, 1914) comb. nov., M. tersa (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov.,
M. tonkinensis (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928) comb. nov., M. truncatella
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. turgida (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928)
comb. nov., M. uhagoni (Pic, 1904) comb. nov., M. uniformis (Krekich-Strassoldo,
1931) comb. nov., M. variabilis (Telnov, 2003) comb. nov., M. weigeli (Telnov,
2000) comb. nov., M. versicolor (Kiesenwetter, 1866) comb. nov.,
M. wuyishanensis (Nardi, 2004) comb. nov., and Nitorus niger (Uhmann, 1996)
comb. nov., all from Clavicomus Pic, 1894. Microhoria agriliformis (Pic, 1893)
comb. nov., M. alfierii (Pic, 1923) comb. nov., M. angelinii (Degiovanni, 2012)
comb. nov., M. babaulti (Pic, 1921) comb. nov., M. barnevillei (Pic, 1892) comb.
nov., M. armeniaca (Pic, 1899) comb. nov., M. bonnairii (Fairmaire, 1883) comb.
nov., M. cyanipennis (Grilat, 1886) comb. nov., M. depressa
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. dolichocephala (Baudi di Selve,
1877) comb. nov., M. duplex (Nardi, 2004) comb. nov., M. edmondi (Pic, 1893)
comb. nov., M. escalerai (Pic, 1904) comb. nov., M. finalis (Telnov, 2003) comb.
nov., M. fuscomaculata (Pic, 1893) comb. nov., M. insignita (Pic, 1906) comb.
nov., M. luristanica (Pic, 1911) comb. nov., M. meloiformis (Reitter, 1890)
comb. nov., M. mesopotamica (Pic, 1912) comb. nov., M. ocreata
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1847) comb. nov., M. olivacea (LaFerté-Sénectère,
1849) comb. nov., M. ottomana (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M.
pallicra (Dufour, 1849) comb. nov., M. paralleliceps (Reitter, 1890) comb. nov.,
M. paupercula (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1847) comb. nov., M. platiai (Degiovanni,
2000) comb. nov., M. siccensis (Normand, 1950) comb. nov., M. subaerea (Reitter,
1890) comb. nov., M. subcaerulea (Pic, 1906) comb. nov., M. subsericea (Pic,
1898) comb. nov., M. tarifana (Pic, 1904) comb. nov., M. tibialis (Waltl, 1835)
comb. nov., M. velox (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., M. viridipennis
(Pic, 1899) comb. nov., and M. viturati (Pic, 1893) comb. nov., all from
Tenuicomus Pic, 1894. Microhoria decolorata (Pic, 1897) comb. nov. and M.
truncata (Pic, 1895) comb. nov. from Stricticomus Pic, 1894. Microhoria
truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) comb. nov. from Anthelephila Hope, 1833. (v)
Lectotype designations. Lectotypes are designated for the following species:
Anthicus depressus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849, A. edmondi Pic, 1893, A.
luristanicus Pic, 1911, A. merkli Pic, 1897, A. mouzafferi Pic, 1910, A.
pietschmi Pic, 1938, A. pinicola Reitter, 1889, A. posthumus Krekich-Strassoldo,
1931, and A. spinosus Pic, 1912.
Key words: Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Microhoriini, Aulacoderus, Clavicomus, Falsophilus, Liparoderus, Neocrohoria, Microhoria, Tenuicomus, taxonomy, faunistics, new species, new synonymy, new status, Palaearctic Region
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