taxonID	type	description	language	source
AE4E20043A09AA5756B5D8B600DB64A9.taxon	description	(FIGS 2 – 4) Type species: Cydistus reitteri Bourgeois, 1885; by monotypy. Diagnostic redescription: Adult male with body about 5.5 – 10.0 mm long; frontoclypeal region declined anteriorly; antennomeres IV – XI with rami slender, more than six times as long as wide, more than twice as long as their respective stems; labrum free, strongly transverse, fully sclerotized or partly membranous; mandible elongate, narrow, sickle-shaped, slightly widened basally, moderately curved mesally, acute apically; labial palp with three articles, palpomere I strongly transverse, palpomere II about as long as wide or slightly longer than wide, terminal palpomere elongate, fusiform; prothorax 1.0 – 1.2 times as long as wide; pronotal disc of variable shape; elytra shortened to various extent, together 1.4 – 1.7 times as long as wide, about 1.6 – 2.0 times as long as pronotum, more or less dehiscent; hind wing about 2.2 – 2.5 times as long as wide, radial cell about 4.5 times as long as wide, AP 3 + 4 distinctly forked; sternite IX 1.75 – 2.20 times as long as wide, apically rounded or truncate; aedeagus with phallobase longer than wide; median lobe divided Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 Cydistinae Paulus, 1972	en	Kundrata, Robin, Blank, Stephan M., Prosvirov, Alexander S., Sormova, Eliska, Gimmel, Matthew L., Vondráček, Dominik, Kramp, Katja (2019): One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 1259-1277
AE4E20043A09AA5756B5D8B600DB64A9.taxon	description	Akamboja Roza, Quintino, Mermudes 5 spp. & Silveira, 2017	en	Kundrata, Robin, Blank, Stephan M., Prosvirov, Alexander S., Sormova, Eliska, Gimmel, Matthew L., Vondráček, Dominik, Kramp, Katja (2019): One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 1259-1277
AE4E20043A09AA5756B5D8B600DB64A9.taxon	description	Composition: Six described and several undescribed species. Described species: Cydistus chindaaricus Bolívar y Pieltain, 1913, C. escalerai Bolívar y Pieltain, 1913, C. nigripennis Wittmer, 1979, C. persicus Bolívar y Pieltain, 1913, C. reitteri Bourgeois, 1885, C. zurcheri Bourgeois, 1908 (= C. reitteri Reitter, 1908). Distribution: Southern and eastern Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Iran. Its occurrence in Syria is highly likely, but has not been confirmed.	en	Kundrata, Robin, Blank, Stephan M., Prosvirov, Alexander S., Sormova, Eliska, Gimmel, Matthew L., Vondráček, Dominik, Kramp, Katja (2019): One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 1259-1277
AE4E20043A04AA51566CDDAE059967F7.taxon	description	(FIGS 2, 5, 6) URN: LSID: ZOOBANK. ORG: ACT: 8 C 286 DEB-E 556 - 448 F- A 2 C 8 - F 7 FBBB 9896 D 8 Type species: Cydistus minor Bolívar y Pieltain, 1913; here designated. Diagnostic description: Adult male with body about 3.5 – 4.8 mm long, about 4.5 – 5.0 times as long as wide; coloration yellowish to light brown, head darker, elytral apices pale yellow, several apical abdominal segments dark brown; frontoclypeal region projecting at apex; antennomeres IV to XI with rami stout, less than three times as long as wide, only slightly longer than their respective stems; terminal antennomere suboval, apically narrowly rounded; labrum fused; mandible considerably reduced, barely visible, short, subtriangular, apically sharp; labial palp with one article; prothorax 1.2 times as long as wide; pronotal disc widest anteriorly, gradually slightly narrowed posteriorly, anterior margin widely rounded, anterior angles subrectangular, posterior angles inconspicuous, blunt; scutellar shield posteriorly emarginate; elytra shortened, exposing at least half of abdomen, together about 1.3 times as long as wide, about 1.6 times as long as pronotum, slightly dehiscent; hind wing about 2.1 times as long as wide, radial cell about 2.3 times as long as wide, AP 3 + 4 simple, not forked; sternite IX about 2.3 times as long as wide, apically narrowed, subacute; aedeagus with phallobase reduced, transverse, widely U-shaped; parameres robust, elongate, median lobe divided into dorsal and ventral lobes, ventral lobe distinctly reduced, transverse, T-shaped. Comparison: This genus differs from Cydistus in having a smaller body, frontoclypeal region produced anteriorly (short and wide in Cydistus; Figs 3 B, D, F, 5 A, D, E), antennal rami relatively shorter and stouter (Figs 3 A, B, G, H, 5 A, E – I), labrum fused (free in Cydistus; Figs 3 D, F, 5 D, E), labial palp with one article (with three articles in Cydistus; Figs 3 C, E, 5 B, C), reduced hind-wing venation with a shorter radial cell (Figs 3 L, 5 K), AP 3 + 4 simple, not forked (formed by two branches in Cydistus; Figs 3 L, 5 K, L), abdominal sternite IX apically narrowed (rounded or truncate in Cydistus; Figs 4 D, 6 D), phallobase small, transverse (robust, longer than wide in Cydistus) and a fairly reduced ventral lobe on the median lobe (ventral lobe usually shorter than dorsal lobe but always distinct in Cydistus; Figs 4 E – G, I, J, 6 F – L). Etymology: The generic name Microcydistus refers to the small size of this genus (from Greek μικρός, small) and its relationship to Cydistus. Gender: masculine. Composition: Monotypic, with only Microcydistus minor (Bolívar y Pieltain, 1913), comb. nov. included. lsid: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 8 C 286 DEB- E 556 - 448 F-A 2 C 8 - F 7 FBBB 9896 D 8 Distribution: Iran.	en	Kundrata, Robin, Blank, Stephan M., Prosvirov, Alexander S., Sormova, Eliska, Gimmel, Matthew L., Vondráček, Dominik, Kramp, Katja (2019): One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 1259-1277
