Vol. 90 (2020)

Clivina (Dacca) forcipata (PUTZEYS, 1863) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini) is revised for the first time. A lectotype is designated. Two new species of Dacca PUTZEYS, 1863 are described, and the subgenus is diagnosed. All species are illustrated. A key to the species is proposed. Available records are listed.

NAKAJIMA, J., HAYASHI, M., ISHIDA, K., KITANO, T. & YOSHITOMI, H. 2020: Aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera of Japan. – Tokyo: Bunichi Sogo Shuppan, 352 pp. Softcover [in japanischer Schrift] ISBN 978-4-8299-8411-6

The genus Africophilus GUIGNOT, 1948 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Laccophilinae) is recorded from Central Africa for the first time. Africophilus gabonicus sp.n. from Gabon, and its habitat are described. The new species is well characterized by the shape of the aedeagus. A checklist (including distribution data) of all species of Africophilus known until now is provided. Africophilus differens OMER-COOPER, 1969 and A. stoltzei HOLMEN, 1985 are recorded for the first time from Togo resp. South Africa.

The Asian and Australian/Pacific species of the Hydaticus (Prodaticus) vittatus species group are reviewed here, together with the two species of the newly established H. (P.) daemeli species group from Australia. Lectotypes are designated for Hydaticus bipunctatus WEHNCKE, 1876, H. bowringii CLARK, 1864, H. daemeli WEHNCKE, 1876 and H. rectangulus SHARP, 1882. Hydaticus bipunctatus ssp. conjungens RÉGIMBART, 1899 and H. satoi ssp. dhofarensis PEDERZANI, 2003 are elevated to species rank. The following new synonymies are proposed: Hydaticus satoi WEWALKA, 1975 (= H. bipunctatus); H. interruptus RÉGIMBART, 1899, H. leechi SATȎ, 1961 and H. leechi celebesanus SATȎ, 1961 (= H. conjungens); H. arabicus GUIGNOT, 1951 (= H. histrio CLARK, 1864); H. propinquus GUIGNOT, 1951 (= H. philippensis WEHNCKE, 1876); H. vittatus var. angustulus RÉGIMBART, 1899 (= H. vittatus (FABRICIUS, 1775)). Figures of elytral colour patterns and the male genitalia are provided as well as faunistic records, a key to the species, and distribution maps.

The genus Amichrotus SHARP, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) is reviewed. Two species from Taiwan are new to science: A. inaequalis sp.n. and A. nigripes sp.n. The aedeagi of all species are illustrated. The habitus of three species and diagnostically important morphological details are depicted by color photographs. A key to species is provided.

The Malagasy species of the Scaphisomatini genera Baeocera ERICHSON, 1845, Bertiscapha LESCHEN & LÖBL, 2005, Scaphobaeocera CSIKI, 1909, Scaphoxium LÖBL, 1979, and Xotidium LÖBL, 1992 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) are reviewed, and a new genus, Baeoceroides gen.n., is described. Keys to the Malagasy species of these genera are provided, and the following 25 new species are described: Baeocera comes sp.n., B. conferta sp.n., B. confinis sp.n., B. conformis sp.n., B. congrua sp.n., B. consobrina sp.n., B. consona sp.n., B. consors sp.n., B. consulta sp.n., Baeoceroides conspectus sp.n., B. incompletus sp.n., Bertiscapha basalis sp.n., B. completa sp.n., B. nana sp.n., Scaphobaeocera angulata sp.n., S. asity sp.n., S. avahi sp.n., S. bulirschi sp.n., S. coua sp.n., S. iviei sp.n., S. mirza sp.n., S. varecia sp.n., Scaphoxium madecassum sp.n., Xotidium apicale sp.n. and X. medium sp.n. Vituratella perrieri ACHARD, 1920 is redescribed. Trends in museums of natural history impacting taxonomy are commented.

The species of Agraphydrus RÉGIMBART, 1903 from Africa and Western Asia are revised, and the genus Agraphydrus is redescribed based on the hitherto known species. Agraphydrus albescens (RÉGIMBART, 1903), A. minutissimus (KUWERT, 1890), A. praecipuus (ORCHYMONT, 1937), A. punctatellus RÉGIMBART, 1903, and A. villiersi (BALFOUR-BROWNE, 1958) are redescribed. Twenty-five new species are described: A. acutus sp.n., A. aethiopicus sp.n., A. andringitra sp.n., A. angustatus sp.n., A. atripalpis sp.n., A. bicoloratus sp.n., A. bilardoi sp.n., A. biltoni sp.n., A. camerunensis sp.n., A. congolensis sp.n., A. flavescens sp.n., A. flavipes sp.n., A. fontis sp.n., A. gereckei sp.n., A. goldschmidti sp.n., A. madagascarensis sp.n., A. malkini sp.n., A. matoposensis sp.n., A. pauper sp.n., A. rhodesiensis sp.n., A. rivalis sp.n., A. scutifer sp.n., A. tumidus sp.n., A. usambaraensis sp.n., A. vadoni sp.n. A lectotype is designated for A. albescens. The genus Agraphydrus is recorded from Angola, Botswana, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, and Nigeria for the first time. First country records: A. albescens (Botswana, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Republic of South Africa), A. minutissimus (Djibouti, Eritrea, Iran), A. punctatellus (Eswatini), A. villiersi (Nigeria). A total of 31 species is now known from the Afrotropical Region (sensu HANSEN 1999b). One of these species, Agraphydrus minutissimus, occurs also in the Western Palearctic Region (northern part of Saudi Arabia and southern Iran), where it is the only known Agraphydrus species. The habitats of A. camerunensis, A. matoposensis, and A. rhodesiensis are unknown, A. vadoni is probably terrestrial, all other species were collected in various aquatic habitats, including several hygropetric ones. Four species were collected at light. Habitus, male genitalia and femora of all species are illustrated, distribution maps are presented. A key to the species of the Afrotropical Region and photographs of sampling localities are added.

The genus Agraphydrus RÉGIMBART, 1903 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the Republic of the Philippines is taxonomically reviewed aided by COI mtDNA barcodes. Nine new species are described, all currently regarded as endemic to the Philippines: A. abrasus sp.n., A. ampullatus sp.n., A. batak sp.n., A. brevilobatus sp.n., A. occultus sp.n., A. palawanensis sp.n., A. pelingeni sp.n., A. tenuipalpis sp.n., and A. zetteli sp.n. Agraphydrus coomani (ORCHYMONT, 1927), widespread in the Oriental and Australasian regions, is recorded from the Philippines for the first time. COI sequences and thorough morphological examination suggest that this and further species represent a group of closely related, partly cryptic species under current radiation. At least three of them are clearly distinguishable and summarized together with 16 other Oriental Agraphydrus species (A. coomani species group). Habitus, male genitalia and other morphological details are illustrated, distribution maps and a key to the species are presented. Their macro- and microhabitats are briefly discussed. All species are aquatic, although they were also caught at light and in emergence traps.

The intertidal Hyphalus mascarenensis sp.n. (Coleoptera: Limnichidae: Hyphalinae) is described from Rodrigues Island (Mascarene Islands) and compared with the two hitherto known species of the western Indian Ocean. Previously unnoticed peculiar morphological structures and habitat notes are provided.

Heterocerus ezeri sp.n. and H. prepsli sp.n. (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) from Mexico are described and illustrated. A checklist of the species of Heteroceridae recorded from Mexico is provided.

A review of Entomoscelis adonidis (PALLAS, 1771) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and its close relatives, here designated as the E. adonidis species group, is presented. The authors support the traditional usage of the name E. adonidis, although it can be supposed that PALLAS (1771) in fact described the species treated herein as E. dorsalis (FABRICIUS, 1777). A new subspecies of E. adonidis, E. a. caucasica KIPPENBERG ssp.n. (Caucasus), is described, and E. a. goliath (ABEILLE DE PERRIN, 1897) from southern Turkey is regarded as a distinct subspecies. Entomoscelis dorsalis is reinstated as a distinct species, and five subspecies with strikingly disjunct distribution areas are established: E. dorsalis dorsalis (eastern Central Europe), E. d. bashkiriae KIPPENBERG ssp.n. (Russia: Bashkortostan), E. d. hammarstroemi JACOBSON, 1901 (Russia: southern Siberia), E. d. iranica KIPPENBERG ssp.n. (Iran) and E. d. turkestana MIKHAILOV ssp.n. (Kazakhstan). Entomoscelis berytensis (REICHE & SAULCY, 1858) is confirmed as a species propria. The following new synonymies are proposed: Entomoscelis americana BROWN, 1942 (= E. adonidis), E. occidentalis occidentalis ESCALERA, 1914, and E. o. thalmanni KOCHER, 1969 (= E. cornea ABEILLE DE PERRIN, 1897), E. suturalis WEISE, 1882 (= E. sacra (LINNAEUS, 1758)). A neotype is designated for Chrysomela sacra LINNAEUS, 1758. Lectotypes are designated for Chrysomela dorsalis FABRICIUS, 1777, C. trilineata FABRICIUS, 1777, Entomoscelis dorsalis hammarstroemi, E. erythrocnema JACOBSON, 1893, and E. suturalis WEISE, 1882. Due to primary homonymy a new replacement name, C. rumex KIPPENBERG nom.n., is proposed for Chrysomela rumicis FABRICIUS, 1787 (nec C. rumicis SCHRANK, 1785). The name Chrysomela melanostoma GMELIN, 1790 is regarded as a nomen dubium.

Two new species of the genus Anoeme GAHAN, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) from Ethiopia, A. simonchristi sp.n. and A. robertbecki sp.n., are described.

FOSTER, G.N., BILTON, D.T., HAMMOND, M. & NELSON, B.H. (Hrsg.) 2020: Atlas of water beetles of Britain and Ireland – smaller families of Polyphaga. – Telford: FSC Publications, viii + 296 pp. Paperback, £ 25.00

Two new species of Chelidonium THOMSON, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callichromatini) are described: C. hefferni sp.n. from Malaysia (Sabah) and C. viktora sp.n. from Cambodia. Chelidonium impressicolle PLAVILSTSHIKOV, 1934 syn.n. is considered as a junior synonym of Aphrodisium sinicum WHITE, 1853. Aphrodisium implicatum major GRESSITT & RONDON, 1970 is elevated to species rank.

HARTMANN, M., BARCLAY, M.V.L. & WEIPERT, J. (Hrsg.) 2018: Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya VI. – Erfurt: Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt e.V., 628 pp.; ISBN 978-3-00-059576-9

Three new species of Gymnognathus SCHÖNHERR, 1826 (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) are described from French Guyana: G. bifasciatus sp.n., G. cerdai sp.n., and G. depressibasis sp.n. The following nine species are recorded from French Guyana for the first time: Gymnognathus acutangulus JORDAN, 1895, G. blanca JORDAN, 1904, G. brevirostris JORDAN, 1895, G. clathratus JORDAN, 1895, G. flexuosus JORDAN, 1895, G. lyrestes JORDAN, 1937, G. mollis JORDAN, 1937, G. scolytinus JORDAN, 1904, and G. vanda JORDAN, 1937. A key to the identification of all species of Gymnognathus currently known from French Guyana as well as their habitus photographs are provided.

Four new species of Chramesus LECONTE, 1868 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are described from South America: C. karavaevi, C. longus, C. nobilis and C. unespi.

Sixteen Coleoptera species new to Finland are presented, mostly based on the author’s collections during the years 2014–2018: Stenolophus teutonus (SCHRANK) (Carabidae), Acritus homoeopathicus WOLLASTON, Margarinotus carbonarius (HOFFMANN) (Histeridae), Ptenidium turgidum THOMSON (Ptiliidae), Carpelimus erichsoni (SHARP), Coproporus immigrans SCHÜLKE, Stenichnus poweri (FOWLER), S. subseriatus FRANZ, Xantholinus audrasi COIFFAIT (Staphylinidae incl. Scydmaeninae), Clambus simsoni BLACKBURN (Clambidae), Sericoderus brevicornis MATTHEWS (Corylophidae), Uloma culinaris (LINNAEUS) (Tenebrionidae), Euglenes nitidifrons (THOMSON) (Aderidae), Cyclorhipidion bodoanum (REITTER), Hylesinus wachtli ssp. orni FUCHS, Xyleborus monographus (FABRICIUS) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Faunistic data are provided.