A new psammophilic species of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from the Negev Desert, Israel, with a key to all known species from the Near East

Maxim V. Nabozhenko
2020 Israel Journal of Entomology  
A new species of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini is described from Southern Israel: Catomus chikatunovi n. sp. A new species differs from all Near Eastern Catomus Allard, 1876 in the presence of long sparse erected hairs on lateral margins of pronotum and elytra, the latter being otherwise bare dorsally. The new species exhibits arenicolous morphological adaptations. An identification key to all known species of Catomus from the Near East is given.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.3974455 fatcat:y6mgcnayhnepbl2hegenonvuiq