Review of subtribe Singilina Jeannel 1949 of the Middle East and Central Asia (Coleoptera Carabidae Lebiini)

摘要

Species of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 (Phloeozeteus Peyron, 1856, >syn. n., Agatus Motschulsky, 1845, >syn. n.), occurring in the Middle East and Central Asia are reviewed, with 24 species now recognized in the region, including ten species described as new: Singilis makarovi >sp. n. (Tajikistan), Singilis jedlickai >sp. n. (Afghanistan), Singilis kolesnichenkoi >sp. n. (Iran), Singilis kabakovi >sp. n. (Afghanistan, Iran), Singilis timuri >sp. n. (Uzbekistan), Singilis klimenkoi >sp. n. (Iran), Singilis saeedi >sp. n. (Iran), Singilis felixi >sp. n. (UAE), Singilis kryzhanovskii >sp. n. (Iran, Turkmenistan), and Singilis timidus >sp. n. (Iran); Singilis libani (Sahlberg, 1913) is recognized as a valid species; and Singilis solskyi >nom. n. is proposed as a replacement name for Agatus bicolor (Solsky, 1874, not ), now placed in Singilis as junior homonym. New synonymies include: Singilis cingulatus (Gebler, 1843) = Singilis jakeschi Jedlička, 1967, >syn. n.; Singilis mesopotamicus Pic, 1901 = Singilis apicalis Jedlička, 1956, >syn. n. A key to species is provided. Habitus and aedeagal illustrations are provided for all species. Distributional data include many new country records.