Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates

  • Sergei E. Tshernyshev Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5931-9241
Keywords: United Arab Emirates, Malachiidae, soft-winged flower beetle, new combination, new genera, new species

Abstract

Soft-winged flower beetles from the United Arab Emirates are studied for the first time. Three new genera, Tonyattalus gen. nov. of the tribe Attalini, Tonycolotes gen. nov. of the tribe Colotini, and Arabotroglops gen. nov. of the tribe Troglopini, and two species, Tonyattalus vanharteni gen. et sp. nov. and Arabotroglops longantennatus gen. et sp. nov., are described. Tonycolotes kovari (Švihla, 1987) gen. et. comb. nov. is recorded from the United Arab Emirates for the first time and transferred from the genus Colotes Erichson, 1840. All species discussed in the paper are described and illustrated. The fauna of soft-winged flower beetles of the Arabian Peninsula is reviewed.

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Published
2022-04-29
How to Cite
Tshernyshev, S. E. (2022). Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy, 817(1), 58–77. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
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Research article