A taxonomic revision of the genusMerizomena Chaudoir, 1873 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)

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Jun 30, 2022
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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2022)
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Jan Muilwijk
Department of Entomology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands
Alexander Anichtchenko
Institute of Life Science and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Latvia
Ron Felix
Department of Entomology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands

Keywords : new subgenus, new species, new status, new synonymy, taxonomy, first records, Carabidae, Lebiini, Afghanistan, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
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Taxonomical, geographical and nomenclatorial aspects of Merizomena Chaudoir, 1873 are discussed. The genus Merizomena is divided in to 2 subgenera Merizomena s.str. and Dichromenta subg. n. One new species is described: M. kabaki sp. n. (Tajikistan). M. schoenmanni (Kirschenhofer, 1994) is restored as a valid species. Five new synonyms are established: M. silvatica Mikhailov, 1977 syn. n. = M. tricolor (Gebler, 1845); M. klapperichi (Jedlička, 1956) syn. n. = M. grandinella (Semenov, 1889); M. afgana (Jedlička, 1956) syn. n. = M. grandinella; M. buettikeri (Mateu, 1986) syn. n. = M. castanea (Klug, 1832); M. yemenita (Mateu, 1986) syn. n. = M. castanea. A lectotype is designated for M. castanea (Klug, 1832). Distribution maps are added. An identification key is provided

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