A new species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) from Turkmenistan and a key to the genus Paravolvulus Reichardt, 1932 of the world fauna

Abstract

А new species of the clown beetle Paravolvulus kopetdaghicus sp. n. (Histeridae) is described based on one beetle collected in 1982 from the territory of Western Kopet Dag (Turkmenistan) from the burrows of the red-tailed gerbil Meriones libycus Lichtenstein, 1823. The new species is most similar to P. ovillum Solsky, 1876, from which it differs in the smaller size, mutual arrangement of the the internal prosternal striae, punctation of the elytra and pygidium, protibial teeth, and the structure of the male genitalia. The differential diagnosis of the new species is presented, details of the external morphological structures and the male terminalia are illustrated. An identification key to species of the genus Paravolvulus Reichardt, 1932 of world fauna is compiled.

Keywords

• histeridae
• nidicolous beetles
• western kopet dag
• identification key