A taxonomic review of the genus Eorhipidius (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae), with descriptions of three new species from Asia Author Batelka, Jan Nad Vodovodem 16, CZ- 100 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic; e-mail: janbat @ centrum. cz Author Hájek, Jiří Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2009 2009-12-15 49 2 769 782 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5324872 0374-1036 5324872 Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986 ( Figs. 1 , 5 , 9 ) Type locality. Tajikistan , N of Dushanbe , Kondara [ca. 38°48.7′N , 68°49.7′E ], Hissarskiy Khrebet [Mts.], ca. 1500 m a.s.l. Type material. HOLOTYPE : J ( ZMAS ), ‘Гиссарск. хр. у- ф. / Кондара. свет. / Янушев. 20.VI.1973 [handwritten] // Holotypus / Eorhipidius / januschevi Khnz. [red label, handwritten]’. PARATYPE : 1 J, same label data as holotype ( ZMAS ). Additional material examined. TAJIKISTAN : Hissar Mts., Kondara, 7.–10.vii.1992 , S. V. Kazantsev leg., 3 JJ ( JBCP , NHMB ). Diagnosis. Larger species, body length 3.0– 3.2 mm . Head including mandibles 2.1× as long as high, occiput short, bilobed apically. Distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital edge in lateral view 1.3× as long as distance between anterior margin of eye and base of maxillary palpus. Antennal cavity narrowly separated from eye. Antennomere length ratios as follows: 1.1-1.0-1.2-1.4-1.9-1.7-1.8-1.7-1.9-1.8-2.8. Maxillary palpomere IV 0.9× as long as palpomeres II and III combined. Elytra 2.9–3.0× as long as pronotum. Collection circumstances. The type specimens were collected at UV light. Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the Hissarskiy Khrebet Mts., northwestern Tajikistan .