Taxonomic review of the genus Armenohelops Nabozhenko, 2002 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with additional support of the mitochondrial COI gene sequences

Abstract

The genus Armenohelops Nabozhenko, 2002 (Tenebrionidae: Helopini: Cylindrinotina) with 9 species from Anatolia, Armenia and North Western Iran is revised. Two new species are described (both from Turkey): A. parvocularis sp. n., A. fouquei sp. n. New synonyms are established: Armenohelops bosphoranus (Allard, 1876) = Stenomax fundator Reitter, 1908, syn. n.; Armenohelops amasiae (Seidlitz, 1896) = Cylindronotus (Odocnemis) strangulatus Reitter, 1922, syn. n. New combinations are established: Armenohelops scutellatus (Reitter, 1902), comb. n. (from Odocnemis Allard, 1876), Armenohelops bosphoranus (Allard, 1876), comb. n. (from Odocnemis), Armenohelops amasiae (Seidlitz, 1896), comb. n. (from Odocnemis). Lectotypes of Stenomax scutellatus Reitter, 1902, Stenomax fundator Reitter, 1908 and Cylindronotus strangulatus Reitter, 1922 are designated. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were also conducted using mitochondrial COI sequences, in order to confirm the monophyly of the newly collected material of A. amasiae from different populations. Taxonomic history, distribution, morphology, position of the genus in the tribe Helopini and key to species are given

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Tenebrionidae
• Helopini
• Armenohelops
• morphology
• new species
• synonymy
• new combinations
• mt COI