A Review of the Genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Tentyriini) from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia

摘要

A taxonomic review of the tenebrionid-beetle genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia is given. In total, five species are listed: C. clypeata Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan, Iran), C. deplanata Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan), C. incerta Faust, 1875 (Turkmenistan, Iran), C. punctiventris Baudi di Selve, 1874 (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), and C. fausti sp. n. (Turkmenistan). A new synonymy is established: Calyptopsis punctiventris Baudi di Selve, 1874 = Calyptopsis laevipennis Reitter, 1897, syn. n. Lectotype of Calyptopsis deplanata is designated. A key to the species of the genus Calyptopsis from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia is given.