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1E7A87E1505A5C1AFD17955D35F06BBB.text	1E7A87E1505A5C1AFD17955D35F06BBB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tonyattalus Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Tonyattalus gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DF2416DD-2780-4C55-805F-C4000309D01E</p><p>Type species</p><p>Tonyattalus vanharteni gen. et sp. nov., designated in the present paper.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Moderately small-sized (ca 2.0– 2.3 mm) malachiid beetles with the body subparallel and oval with abdomen not completely covered by elytra (Figs 1–10). Colouration from yellow with brown bases and apices of elytra, to black with yellow spots on pronotum and elytra; lacking metallic lustre. Antennae dentate in females and flabellate in males, not long, reaching the base of the elytra; in males 1 st antennomere enlarged, sub-conic, 2 nd antennomere oval, half as long as the 3 rd antennomere, the 3 rd antennomere triangular, not wider than the 4 th, 4 th antennomere wide triangular, with somewhat dilated outer edge, 5 th with more strongly dilated outer edge, 6 th –10 th segments flabellate, cylindrical with long dilated outer edges, terminal antennomere distinctly the longest, curved at basal third, evenly rounded at apex (Fig. 3).</p><p>Head narrower than pronotum, slightly elongate, eyes small, weakly protruding over the contour of head; frons and inter-ocular area flat and slightly impressed, glabrous, lacking depression or protuberances; clypeus slightly elongate, transverse, straight; labrum short and transverse; maxillary palpi short, ultimate palpomere thin, cylindrical, slightly narrowed and flattened apically. Pronotum (Figs 2, 4, 10) transverse, with rounded lateral sides, not sinuate or depressed at base; scutellum small, rectangular, narrow, slightly transverse, with slightly subparallel apex.</p><p>Elytra subparallel, weakly expanded posteriorly and not covering last segments of abdomen in both sexes; humeri indistinct and small; surface densely punctured, covered with light dense adpressed short hairs. Anterior tarsi (Fig. 5) five-segmented, compressed, with a comb above the 2 nd segment, 2 nd –3 rd tarsomeres equal in length, 1 st is 1.2 × as long as 2 nd, the terminal tarsomere slightly narrower and depressed, the longest, as long as 1 st –4 th tarsomeres in anterior legs, 1 st –3 rd in intermediate legs and 1 st – 2 nd in posterior legs; claws thin, weakly curved and sharp, with dentate small lamellae at base; femora and tibiae simple, not swollen or strongly curved, lacking indentation. Metathorax weakly swollen, narrow, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, but with specific straight and edged distal side, which is slightly lamellate. Pygidium (Fig. 6) undivided, evenly rounded and narrowed distally, with oval emargination in middle; 8 th ultimate abdominal ventrite (Fig. 7) strongly narrowed, bilaciniate, but both lobes narrowly adjoined, evenly rounded distally, with round-triangular emargination in middle and sharp lateral processes; aedeagus (Fig. 8) elongate and strongly curved dorsally, typical of Attalini, with a long sharpened bristle in the inner sac in middle of distal part, tegmen wide, transverse, with thin short appendages.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The new genus ‘ Tonyattalus ’, is composed of two words, ‘ Tony ’ – nickname of Antonius van Harten, enthusiastic organiser and participant of the UAE Insect Project, and ‘ Attalus ’ – name of the genus, nominative to the tribe Attalini .</p><p>Comparison</p><p>The species of the new genus should be compared with species of Attalus Erichson, 1840, Malachiomimus Champion, 1921, and Nepachys Thomson, 1859 from which they can be distinguished by a combination of the following characters: size small, ca 2 mm in length; the elytra abbreviated in both sexes and not covering abdomen completely; apices of elytra simple, lacking impressions; 2 nd tarsomere in anterior legs of male with simple small transverse comb above; metathorax weakly swollen, with specific straight, edged and slightly lamellate outer side; aedeagus thin and strongly curved, ultimate ventrite with round emargination and thin sharp processes, the structures necessary to hold curved aedeagus during copulation, is typical of the tribe Attalini .</p><p>Notes</p><p>The genus Tonyattalus gen. nov. includes two species known only from the Arabian Peninsula. Besides the nominal species, the other closely related species is T. buettikeri (Wittmer, 1980), originally described as Attalus (Nepachys) buettikeri Wittmer, 1980 due to external characters of male, flabellate antennae and anterior tarsi possessing a comb above the 2 nd tarsomere. Simple elytra lacking impressions and appendages in apices questions the generic attribution. Later, Evers (1989) transferred this species to the genus Malachiomimus Champion, 1921 based on the flabellate antennae of the male. This new combination is doubtful and confuses the systematics of the Apalochrini because of strong differences of a type species of the genus Malachiomimus, occurring in Himalaya Mountains when compared with the Arabian ‘ Attalus ’. The genus Malachiomimus is characterized by its considerably large size (ca 5-6 mm), wide, enlarged and transverse tarsal comb in anterior legs of male and simple pygidium; the body is elongated and subparallel, and the abdomen is completely covered by elytra, typical of Malachiinae-type species.</p><p>After the revision of Himalayan and SE Asian species of the genera Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966 and Dromanthomorphus Pic, 1921 (Tshernyshev 2015a, 2015b, 2016), Malachiomimus is considered as a Himalayan endemic, so the presence of some species in the Arabian Peninsula looks very strange. The specific appearance with abbreviated elytra, of the so-called ‘Carphurinae-type’, is similar to species of Carphuroides, but the tarsal comb above the 2 nd tarsomere allows this species to be attributed to the subfamily Malachiinae and compared only with representatives of the tribe Attalini . Formerly, there was no genus with characters compatible with the Arabian ‘ Attalus ’; therefore, a new genus, Tonyattalus gen. nov. is proposed and described above.</p><p>List of species in the genus Tonyattalus gen. nov.</p><p>1. Tonyattalus buettikeri (Wittmer, 1980) gen. et comb nov. (Saudi Arabia)</p><p>2. Tonyattalus vanharteni gen. et sp. nov. (UAE)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E1505A5C1AFD17955D35F06BBB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E1505C5C17FDBC96BF36CF6BA1.text	1E7A87E1505C5C17FDBC96BF36CF6BA1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tonyattalus vanharteni Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Tonyattalus vanharteni gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C239C42C-69A9-428A-BE8B-A8BAA64D1F9B</p><p>Figs 1–10</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The new species is comparable with T. buettikeri (Wittmer, 1980), and differs in its yellow-brown colouration, the 3 rd antennomere simple, lacking small stretched outer edge, 4 th antennomere triangular, not dilated as the small flattened process at outer edge, apical antennomere 1.5 × shorter.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The new species, designated as the type species of the new genus ‘ Tonyattalus ’, is named in honour of Antonius van Harten, enthusiastic organiser and participant of the UAE Insect Project, who collected series of soft-winged flower beetles in United Arab Emirates for the first time.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.42&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.42/lat 25.17)">Sharjah Desert Park</a>; 25.17° N, 55.42° E; 17–24 Mar. 2007; A. van Harten leg. (9043 UAE); light trap; SCH_ISEA_000133.</p><p>Allotype UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • ♀; same collection data as for holotype; SCH_ISEA_000134.</p><p>Paratypes UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; SCH_ISEA_000135 • 4 ♀♀, same collection data as for holotype; SCH_ISEA_000136–139 • 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.01&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.36" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.01/lat 24.36)">al-Ajban</a>; 24.36° N, 55.01° E; 1 Apr.–2 May 2006; A. Van Harten leg. (5664 UAE); Malaise trap; SCH_ISEA_000140–141 • 3 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.04&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.48" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.04/lat 25.48)">Wadi Bih dam</a>; 25.48° N, 56.04° E; 6–13 May 2007; A. Van Harten leg. (9463 UAE); light trap; SCH_ ISEA_000142–144 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; SCH_ISEA_000145–146 • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.42&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.42/lat 25.17)">Sharjah Desert Park</a>; 25.17° N, 55.42° E; 30 Apr.–25 May 2008; A. Van Harten leg. (9535 UAE); light trap; SCH_ISEA_000147–151 • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.07&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.18" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.07/lat 25.18)">Wadi Maidaq</a>; 25.18° N, 56.07° E; 24 Sep.–22 Oct. 2006; A. Van Harten leg. (8343 UAE); water traps; SCH_ISEA_000152–154 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding (9482 UAE); SCH_ISEA_000155–156 • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same locality as for preceding; 18 Nov.–15 Dec. 2007; A. Van Harten leg.; (9488 UAE); pitfall traps; NHML_000157–160 • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.17&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.24" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.17/lat 25.24)">Wadi Wurayah</a>; 25.24° N, 56.17° E; Mar.–Apr. 2007; C. Tourenq leg. (7482 UAE); water traps; SCH_ISEA_000161 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 25 Feb. 2008; A. Polaszek leg. (8807 UAE); hand-collected; SCH_ISEA_000162 • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.02&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.09" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.02/lat 25.09)">Wadi Siji</a>; 25.09° N, 56.02° E; 24 24 Sep.–22 Oct. 2006; A. Van Harten leg. (8372 UAE); water traps; SCH_ISEA_000163 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype, male (Figs 1–2)</p><p>BODY. Parallel, slightly expanded posteriorly, with apical abdominal segments not covered by the elytra.</p><p>COLOURATION. Yellow, except for meso- and metathoracic ventrites and two basal abdominal ventrites underside, traces of transverse fascia on head and distal side of pronotum, triangular spot on base of elytra narrowly continuing up into apical part, and narrow margins on apices of elytra brown, vesicles and thoracic mesepimera yellow.</p><p>HEAD. Narrower as pronotum (Fig. 4), slightly elongate, eyes small, weakly protruding over contour of head; frons and inter-ocular area flat and slightly impressed, glabrous, lacking depression or protuberances; clypeus slightly elongate, transverse, straight; labrum short and transverse; palpi short, ultimate palpomere thin, cylindrical, slightly narrowed and flattened apically. Surface of head dull, sparsely and finely punctured, evenly covered with white adpressed fine pubescence.</p><p>ANTENNAE. Flabellate, not long, reaching base of elytra; 1 st antennomere enlarged, sub-conic, 2 nd antennomere oval, ½ × as long as 3 rd antennomere, 3 rd antennomere triangular, not wider than 4 th, 4 th antennomere wide triangular, with somewhat dilated outer edge, 5 th with more strongly dilated outer edge, 6 th –10 th segments flabellate, cylindrical with long dilated outer edges, terminal antennomere distinctly longest, curved at basal third, evenly rounded at apex (Fig. 3), surface evenly covered with fine short, pale pubescence and erect long fine pale hairs on outer edges of dilated processes of antennomeres.</p><p>PRONOTUM (Figs 2, 4, 10). Transverse, with rounded lateral sides, not sinuate or depressed at base, with straight anterior and posterior sides; margination thin and distinct, surface with smoothed sparse punctures and covered with short white adpressed fine hairs.</p><p>SCUTELLUM. Small, rectangular, narrow, slightly transverse, with slightly subparallel apex; surface sparsely punctured and covered with fine adpressed light hairs.</p><p>ELYTRA. Subparallel, weakly expanded posteriorly and not covering last segments of abdomen in both sexes (Figs 1–2, 9–10); humeri indistinct, small, protruding; surface densely punctured, covered with light dense adpressed short hairs.</p><p>HIND WINGS. Normally developed.</p><p>LEGS. Thin and long; posterior femora reaching abdomen apex; anterior tarsi (Fig. 5) five-segmented, compressed, with comb above 2 nd segment, 2 nd –3 rd tarsomeres equal in length, 1 st 1.2 × as long as 2 nd, terminal tarsomere slightly narrower and depressed, longest, as long as 1 st –4 th tarsomeres in anterior legs, 1 st –3 rd in intermediate legs and 1 st –2 nd in posterior legs; claws thin, weakly curved and sharp, with dentate small lamellae at base; femora and tibia simple, not swollen or strongly curved, lacking indentation; surface indistinctly and covered with short and sparse adpressed light pubescence.</p><p>VENTRAL BODY. Surface weakly punctured, very sparsely covered with fine, depressed light pubescence; metathorax weakly swollen, narrow, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, but with specific straight and edged distal side, which is slightly lamellate. Pygidium (Fig. 6) undivided, evenly rounded and narrowed distally, with oval emargination in middle; 8 th ultimate abdominal ventrite (Fig. 7) strongly narrowed, bilaciniate, but both lobes narrowly adjoined, evenly rounded distally, with round-triangular emargination in middle and sharp lateral processes; aedeagus (Fig. 8) elongate and strongly curved dorsally, typical of Attalini, with long sharpened bristle in inner sac in middle of distal part, tegmen wide, transverse, with thin short appendages (Fig. 8).</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Length 2.1 mm, width (at elytral base) 0.7 mm.</p><p>Female</p><p>Differs from male by somewhat shorter and dentate antennae; anterior tarsi lacking comb on 2 nd tarsomere; body slightly larger.</p><p>Length 2.3–2.4 mm, width (at elytral base) 0.75 mm (Figs 9–10).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>United Arab Emirates.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E1505C5C17FDBC96BF36CF6BA1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E150515C16FD1496973330688A.text	1E7A87E150515C16FD1496973330688A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tonycolotes Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Tonycolotes gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4B5B95CC-00CD-47E8-9A6F-9B83E85850C9</p><p>Type species</p><p>Colotes kovari Švihla, 1987, designated by monotypy in the present paper.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Moderately small-sized (ca 1.5–1.7 mm) malachiid beetles with the body subparallel and oval (Figs 11– 12). Colouration yellow with brown bases of scapus, two triangular spots on elytra below the middle and metathoracic segments. Antennae filiform (Fig. 15), long, extending over the middle of the elytra; in males 1 st antennomere (Figs 16–18) enlarged, strongly compressed at base and depressed at apex, oval, 2 nd antennomere oval, 1.3 × as long as the 3 rd antennomere, the 3 rd antennomere triangular, not wider than the 4 th, 4 th –10 th segments oval-cylindrical, elongate, simple and equal in length, terminal antennomere oval, evenly rounded and narrowed at apex, 1.2 × as long as 10 th antennomere.</p><p>Head with same width or slightly narrower as pronotum, slightly elongate and prognathous, eyes small, slightly protruding over the contour of head; frons flat; inter-ocular area flat and slightly impressed, glabrous, lacking depression or protuberances, genae short and straight, lacking excavations or depressions; clypeus narrow and short, transverse, straight; labrum short and transverse; palpi in male with stout and complicatedly sculptured terminal and slightly enlarged cupulate penultimate palpomeres, in female the terminal palpomere subquadrate, slightly flattened, small, the penultimate palpomere small and subtriangular. Pronotum (Figs 11–13) transverse, narrow, with rounded lateral sides, not sinuate but depressed at base; scutellum small, triangular, with curved and adpressed apex.</p><p>Elytra subparallel, evenly expanded just behind the base and evenly rounded posteriorly, apices simple; humeri indistinct and small; surface densely punctured, covered with light dense adpressed short hairs. Anterior tarsi simple, four-segmented, slightly compressed, lacking comb above the 2 nd segment, 3 rd tarsomere is the smallest, 1 st is the longest, twice as long as 2 nd, 2 nd and 3 rd of similar shape, the terminal tarsomere strongly narrower; in anterior and posterior legs the 1 st tarsomere is the longest and the penultimate is the shortest; claws thin, weakly curved and sharp, slightly widened at base; anterior tibiae impressed and flattened underneath in apical half, intermediate straight, posterior slightly curved; femora simple, not swollen or strongly curved, lacking indentation, flattened. Metathorax weakly swollen, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, slightly bituberculate. Pygidium (Fig. 21) undivided, elongate, evenly narrowed and rounded, weakly emarginate in middle; ultimate ventrite (Fig. 22) bilaciniate, elongate and wide, evenly narrowed posteriorly, with narrow oval emargination in middle and with curved short apices, aedeagus specific, with curved under right-angle base and straight central lobe, apical lamella depressed, flat, with two sharp processes from both sides; inner sac lacking strong bristles (Fig. 23); tegmen wide and elongate with strongly shortened thin appendages (Fig. 24).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The new genus ‘ Tonycolotes ’, is composed of two words, ‘ Tony ’ – nickname of Antonius van Harten, enthusiastic organiser and participant of the UAE Insect Project, and ‘ Colotes ’, the name of the genus, nominative to the tribe Colotini .</p><p>Comparison</p><p>Due to the fact that the type species of the new genus was previously attributed to the genus Colotes, it should be compared with Colotes and Colotrema, also occurring in the region, from which it can be distinguished by the following characters: the elytral apices simple, not impressed; the 1 st antennomere strongly enlarge and modified, compressed at base and depressed at distal part; anterior tibiae impressed and flattened underneath in apical half, head flat, lacking depressions near genae; hind wings normally developed in both sexes; aedeagus with curved under right-angle base and straight central lobe, apical lamella depressed, flat, with two sharp processes from both sides.</p><p>Notes</p><p>Modified and enlarged palpi in male are typical of representatives of the tribe Colotini . In the Arabian Peninsula, the tribe includes two genera, Colotes and Colotrema . The taxonomic structure of the tribe needs to be revised mainly because of taxonomic uncertainty in the nominal genus Colotes (Tshernyshev 2018) . Definition of the subgeneric taxa on the basis of the only character, the shape of female palpi, results in a confusing conception of the genus which was initially identified by male special characters. Recently, the type species of the genus, Colotes trinotatus Erichson, 1840 (a junior synonym of Colotes maculatus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1836)) has been re-described and illustrated in detail, and the generic characters were determined (Tshernyshev 2018); as a result, a new genus, Himalacolotes Tshernyshev, 2018, was described for a group of Himalayan endemic species on the basis of similarity of external morphology, coloration of body and shape of male genitalia. The proposed new genus, Tonycolotes gen. nov., differs from the nominal species in a series of strong characters, allowing one to consider it a good separate genus.</p><p>List of species in the genus Tonycolotes gen. nov.</p><p>1. Tonycolotes kovari (Švihla, 1987) gen. et. comb. nov. (Iran, Oman, UAE)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E150515C16FD1496973330688A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E150535C13FE51937133AC69A3.text	1E7A87E150535C13FE51937133AC69A3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tonycolotes (Svihla 1987) Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Tonycolotes kovari (Švihla, 1987) gen. et. comb. nov.</p><p>Figs 11–24</p><p>Colotes kovari Švihla, 1987: 277–279, figs 1–2.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>See Diagnosis given above for the new genus.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 3 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.04&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.48" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.04/lat 25.48)">Wadi Bih dam</a>; 25.48° N, 56.04° E; 6–13 May 2007; A. van Harten leg. (9463 UAE); light trap; SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.07&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.18" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.07/lat 25.18)">Wadi Maidaq</a>; 25.18° N, 56.07° E; 24 Sep.– 22 Oct. 2006; water traps; A. van Harten leg. (8343 UAE); water traps; SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Oct.–9 Nov. 2006; SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 2–16 Feb. 2006; (8444 UAE); light trap; SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.42&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.42/lat 25.17)">Sharjah Desert Park</a>; 25.17° N, 55.42° E; 5–12 May 2007; A. Van Harten leg. (7815 UAE); light trap; SCH _ ISEA • 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 1–6 Apr. 2008; (9422 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Feb.–1 Apr. 2008; (9500 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 May–16 Jun. 2008; (9542 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 28 May–4 Jun. 2007; (8650 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 15–22 Apr. 2007; (7651 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 6 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21–28 May 2007; (7671 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 5–12 May 2007; (8399 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 10–17 Mar. 2007; (9260 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂; same collection collection data as for preceding; 12–21 May 2007; (9273 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 6 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.07&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.49" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.07/lat 24.49)">Hatta</a>; 24.49° N, 56.07° E; 17–24 May 2006; A. van Harten leg. (8363 UAE); light trap; SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂; Sharjah – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.09&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.59" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.09/lat 24.59)">Khor Kalba</a>, near tunnel; 24.59° N, 56.09° E; 31 May–7 Jun. 2006; A. van Harten leg.; (8405 UAE); light trap; SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 7–14 Jun. 2006; (7544 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 31 May–17 Jun. 2006; (9029 UAE); NHML .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Figs 11–12)</p><p>BODY. Subparallel, oval, slightly expanded posteriorly.</p><p>COLOURATION. Yellow, with brown bases of scapes, two triangular spots on elytra below the middle and metathoracic segments. Vesicles and thoracic mesepimera yellow.</p><p>HEAD. Of the same width or slightly narrower as pronotum (Figs 13–14), slightly elongate and prognathous, eyes small, slightly protruding over the contour of head; frons flat; inter-ocular area flat and slightly impressed, glabrous, lacking depression or protuberances, genae short and straight, lacking excavations or depressions; clypeus narrow and short, transverse, straight; labrum short and transverse; palpi in male (Figs 13–14, 19) with stout and complicatedly sculptured terminal palpomere, triangularshaped, with flattened rectangular apical lobe and thin clavate process on outer side near base (Fig. 13), penultimate palpomere slightly enlarged and cup-shaped. Surface of head dull, with smoothed punctures, evenly covered with sparse white adpressed pubescence.</p><p>ANTENNAE. Filiform (Fig. 15), 1.55 mm in length, extending over middle of elytra; 1 st antennomere (Figs 16–18) enlarged, strongly compressed at base and depressed at apex, oval, 2 nd antennomere oval, 1.3 × as long as 3 rd antennomere, 3 rd antennomere triangular, not wider than 4 th, 4 th –10 th segments oval-cylindrical, elongate, simple and equal in length, terminal antennomere oval, evenly rounded and narrowed at apex, 1.2 × as long as 10 th antennomere; surface evenly covered with fine short, pale erect pubescence.</p><p>PRONOTUM (Figs 11–13). Transverse, narrow, with rounded lateral sides, not sinuate but depressed at base, distinctly marginate; surface sparsely and finely punctured, with indistinct microsculpture, dull, locally covered with fine depressed pale pubescence. Scutellum small, triangular, with curved and adpressed apex; sparsely indistinctly punctured and covered with sparse pale adpressed pubescence.</p><p>ELYTRA. Subparallel, distinctly marginate with slightly thickened lateral edge, evenly expanded just behind the base and rounded posteriorly, apices simple, suture thin, distinct; humeri indistinct and small; surface densely punctured, covered with light sparse adpressed short hairs.</p><p>HIND WINGS. Normally developed.</p><p>LEGS. Thin and long; posterior femora reaching elytral apices; anterior tarsi simple, four-segmented, slightly compressed, lacking comb above the 2 nd segment, 3 rd tarsomere smallest, 1 st longest, 2 × as long as 2 nd; 2 nd and 3 rd of same shape, terminal tarsomere strongly narrower; in anterior and posterior legs 1 st tarsomere is longest and penultimate is shortest; claws thin, weakly curved and sharp, slightly widened at base; anterior tibiae impressed and flattened underneath in apical half, intermediate straight, posterior slightly curved; femora simple, not swollen or strongly curved, lacking indentation, flattened; surface covered with short and sparse adpressed pubescence.</p><p>VENTRAL BODY. Surface weakly punctured, dull, sparsely covered with fine, depressed light pubescence, distinctly visible on metathorax which is weakly swollen, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, slightly bituberculate. Pygidium (Fig. 21) undivided, elongate, evenly narrowed and rounded, weakly emarginate in middle; ultimate ventrite (Fig. 22) bilaciniate, elongate and wide, evenly narrowed posteriorly, with oval not deep emargination in middle and with curved short apices, aedeagus specific, with curved under right-angle base and straight central lobe, apical lamella depressed, flat, with two sharp processes from both sides; inner sac lacking strong bristles (Fig. 23); tegmen wide and elongate with strongly shortened thin appendages (Fig. 24).</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Length 1.7 mm, width (at elytral base) 0.5 mm.</p><p>Female</p><p>Differs from male by somewhat shorter and more slender antennae; 5-segmented anterior tarsi lacking a comb on 2 nd tarsomere; 1 st antennomere pale-yellow, not compressed, with a weak depression near apex; the terminal palpomere subquadrate, flattened, the penultimate palpomere small and subtriangular; hind wings normally developed; length 1.7 mm, width (at elytral base) 0.6 mm.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Iran (Minab), Oman (Bid Bid, Sama il Qaylah), United Arab Emirates (Mayor 2007).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E150535C13FE51937133AC69A3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E150555C11FD04949634566E75.text	1E7A87E150555C11FD04949634566E75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Arabotroglops Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Arabotroglops gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3B5C9DBD-BED3-48EA-B173-82456696552D</p><p>Type species</p><p>Arabotroglops longantennatus gen. et sp. nov., designated by monotypy in the present paper.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Size small, 1.3 mm, with the body elongate, parallel-sided and twice narrowed, at the base of pronotum and at the middle of elytra (Fig. 25), slightly expanded posteriorly. Body brown, antennae, legs, commissure of adbominal ventrites, underside of head yellow, spots on elytra pale-yellow. Antennae filiform, long, extending over apices of elytra, 1 st segment sub-conic, 2 nd oval, 3 rd triangular, 4 th cylindrical, 5 th –10 th elongate, narrow with stretched outer edge at the apical fourth, apical antennomere the longest, oval, 1.2 × as long as 10 th, 6 th –10 th antennomeres of the same length, 5 th 1.2 × as long as 4 th, 4 th 1.1 × as long as 3 rd, and 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd are almost of equal length. Head small, flat, wider than pronotum, interocular area slightly impressed in the middle with U-shaped carina between antennae; eyes simple, not large, slightly protruding. Pronotum longitudinal, trapezoid, strongly sinuate at base, with evenly rounded angles, straight anteriorly and posteriorly, and with thin margination of sides; disc convex anteriorly and strongly depressed at the base, with posterior margin, elevate and narrow. Elytra subparallel, compressed near the middle, slightly expanded posteriorly, sparsely and finely punctured, with small, distinct and weakly protruding shoulders; apices evenly rounded, simple. Anterior tarsi 5-segmented, lacking comb above the 2 nd segment, but the 3 rd segment depressed at base, all femora and tibiae thin and straight, simple. Metathorax slightly swollen and weakly bituberculate, with longitudinal median groove, lacking appendage or tuft of hairs.</p><p>Pygidium undivided, wide and transverse, evenly rounded and weakly narrowed distally, lacking emargination in distal side; 8 th ultimate abdominal ventrite undivided, wide and strongly narrow, weakly rounded distally, with triangular emargination in middle; aedeagus slightly curved dorsally, widened in the middle, with elongate flat and straight lamella; two parallel groups of three black-brown curved and strong bristles are visible in the inner sac at both sides of the aedeagus. Tegmen elongate, with short parameres and protruding lobe between them.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The new genus ‘ Arabotroglops ’, is composed of two words, ‘ Arabo ’ – from the name of ‘ terra typica ’ Arabian Peninsula, and ‘ Troglops ’ – name of the genus, nominative to the tribe Troglopini .</p><p>Comparison</p><p>A species of the genus comparable only with the Troglomorphus omanus Wittmer, 1996, but differing in its small size, extremely long antennae, longitudinal pronotum, narrowed and depressed at base.</p><p>Notes</p><p>This tiny species possesses extremely long antennae, longer than the whole body length, thin and of ‘Cantharidae-type’. Massive head with carinate clypeus transversely impressed above, strongly sinuate to the base pronotum and typical genitalia with double-side armed aedeagus and narrow transverse sternite allow this species to be attributed to the tribe Troglopini . Small size (ca 1.3 mm in length), characteristic shape of the body depressed at base of the pronotum and below scutellum as in Myrmecospectra Motschulsky, 1858 (see Tshernyshev &amp; Kopetz 2018) differentiate this genus from all other members of the tribe.</p><p>The key below differentiates Arabotroglops gen. nov. from the other genera of the tribe Troglopini that occur in the Arabian Peninsula.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>The monotypic genus includes a species known from one locality in the United Arab Emirates, which is presumably endemic to the area.</p><p>List of species of the genus Arabotroglops gen. nov.</p><p>1. Arabotroglops longantennatus gen. et sp. nov. (UAE).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E150555C11FD04949634566E75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E150575C0FFD8E93F634626B05.text	1E7A87E150575C0FFD8E93F634626B05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Arabotroglops longantennatus Tshernyshev 2022	<div><p>Arabotroglops longantennatus gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C82EB1BB-BAA2-456A-A4AA-8DE7F5CD63E9</p><p>Figs 25–34</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.42&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.42/lat 25.17)">Sharjah Desert Park</a>; 25.17° N, 55.42° E; 17–24 Mar. 2007; A. van Harten leg. (9043 UAE); light trap; SCH_ISEA_000164.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet reflects its typical character, the elongate antennae.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype, male (Figs 25–26)</p><p>BODY. Subparallel, twice compressed at the base of pronotum, and below the base at near the middle of elytra, slightly expanded posteriorly.</p><p>COLOURATION. Body brown, antennae, legs, commissure of abdominal ventrites, underside of head yellow, spots on elytra pale-yellow. Vesicles pale, thoracic mesepimera light-brown.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 27). Small, wider than pronotum, interocular area slightly impressed in the middle with U-shaped carina between antennae; eyes simple, not large, slightly protruding; frons flat; genae short and straight; clypeus narrow and short, transverse, straight, impressed in middle; labrum short and transverse; palpi thin, conic, simple. Surface of head shiny, with smoothed punctures, sparsely covered with light adpressed pubescence.</p><p>ANTENNAE. Filiform (Fig. 28), 1.5 mm in length, extending over apices of elytra, 1 st segment sub-conic, 2 nd oval, 3 rd triangular, 4 th cylindrical, 5 th –10 th elongate, narrow with stretched outer edge at the apical fourth, apical antennomere longest, oval, 1.2 × as long as 10 th, 6 th –10 th antennomeres of same length, 5 th 1.2 × as long as 4 th, 4 th 1.1 × as long as 3 rd, 1 st, and 2 nd and 3 rd almost of equal length; surface covered with fine short, pale erect pubescence, clearly visible on outer edges of antennomeres.</p><p>PRONOTUM (Figs 26–27). Longitudinal, trapezoid, strongly sinuate at base, with evenly rounded angles, straight anteriorly and posteriorly; sides narrowly marginate; disc swollen anteriorly and strongly depressed at base, with posterior margin, elevate and narrow; surface with smoothed punctures, shiny, sparsely covered with short fine depressed pale pubescence. Scutellum distinct, subquadrate, with sharp angles at apex; sparse indistinct punctures and covered with sparse pale adpressed pubescence.</p><p>ELYTRA. Subparallel, with margination visible on lateral sides and on suture, compressed near middle, slightly expanded posteriorly (Fig. 25), sparsely and finely punctured, with small, distinct and weakly protruding shoulders; apices evenly rounded, simple; surface evenly finely punctured, covered with short white adpressed hairs.</p><p>HIND WINGS. Normally developed.</p><p>LEGS. Thin and long; posterior femora extend over elytral apices; anterior tarsi 5-segmented (Figs 29– 30), lacking comb above 2 nd segment, but 3 rd segment depressed at base, 1 st –4 th tarsomeres equal in length individually, 5 th segment longest, narrow, twice as long as previous tarsomere, claws thin, slightly curved, sharp, slightly widened at base; all femora and tibiae thin and straight, simple, flattened; surface covered with short light semi-erect fine pubescence.</p><p>VENTRAL BODY. Surface with invisible punctures, dull, sparsely covered with fine, depressed light pubescence; metathorax weakly swollen, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, slightly bituberculate, with longitudinal stria in middle. Pygidium (Fig. 31) undivided, wide and transverse, evenly rounded and weakly narrowed distally, lacking emargination in distal side; 8 th ultimate abdominal ventrite (Fig. 32) undivided, wide and strongly narrow, weakly rounded distally, with triangular emargination in middle; aedeagus (Fig. 33) slightly curved dorsally, widened in middle, with elongate flat and straight lamella; two parallel groups of three black-brown curved and strong bristles visible in inner sac at both sides of aedeagus; tegmen (Fig. 34) elongate, with short parameres and protruding lobe between them.</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Length 1.3 mm, width (at elytral base) 0.4 mm.</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known only from the type locality, United Arab Emirates.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E150575C0FFD8E93F634626B05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
1E7A87E150495C0FFF309633327D69E4.text	1E7A87E150495C0FFF309633327D69E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Troglopini Mulsant & Rey 1867	<div><p>Key to the genera of the tribe Troglopini Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1867 occurring in the Arabian Peninsula</p><p>1. Anterior tarsi in male 4-segmented, male head depressed or strongly emarginate; length 2.0– 2.6 mm ......................................................................................................... Troglops Erichson, 1840</p><p>– Anterior tarsi in male 5-segmented ................................................................................................... 2</p><p>2. Male head deeply emarginate at the middle and sculptured; length 2.0– 2.5 mm ............................... ............................................................................................................ Cephaloncus Westwood, 1863</p><p>– Male head slightly depressed or carinate below eyes ....................................................................... 3</p><p>3. Anterior tarsi in male with a comb above the 2 nd segment, antennae reaching elytral apices, pronotum not narrowed or depressed at base; length 1.6–1.9 mm ................................ Attalusinus Leng, 1918</p><p>– Anterior tarsi in male simple, lacking a comb above the 2 nd segment .............................................. 4</p><p>4. Antennae not extending over the middle of the elytra, pronotum transverse, not narrowed or depressed at base; length 2.3–2.5 mm ............................................... Troglomorphus Wittmer, 1996</p><p>– Antennae extending over the elytra, pronotum longitudinal, narrowed and strongly depressed at base; length 1.3 mm ..................................................................................... Arabotroglops gen. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A87E150495C0FFF309633327D69E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tshernyshev, Sergei E.	Tshernyshev, Sergei E. (2022): Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 58-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763
