Review of the Genus Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) of Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Iran and Afghanistan

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the tenebrionid-beetle genus Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 from Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Iran and Afghanistan is presented. The history of the classification of this genus is described; the descriptions, synonymy, bibliography, data on the distribution and ecology, and a key to 19 species are given. Four new species are described: H. kadlecisp. n. (Iran: Ardabil Province), H. igorisp. n (Iran: Semnan Province), H. aalbuisp. n (Iran: Qum Province), and H. afghanicussp. n (Afghanistan: Herat Province). Hedyphanes tuxeni Kaszab, 1959 is recorded for Iran and H. kiritshenkoi is recorded for Uzbekistan for the first time The following new synonymies are established: Hedyphanes besseri Faldermann, 1837 = H. parvicollis Seidlitz, 1896, syn. n.; Hedyphanes seidlitzi Reitter, 1914 = H. albertus Reitter, 1922, syn. n., and Hedyphanes bodemeyeri Reitter, 1914 = H. gebieni Reitter, 1914, syn. n. Hedyphanes kuschkensis Kaszab, 1960 is interpreted as a subspecies: H. seidlitzi kuschkensis stat. n. Lectotypes of Hedyphanes koltzei Heyden, 1892, H. europs Reitter, 1914, and H. bodemeyeri Reitter, 1914 are designated.