Taxonomic study of Mesomeloe coelatus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1857) (Coleoptera Meloidae: Meloini), with the description of an overlooked new species Author Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain. Author Ruiz, José L. Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes, Paseo del Revellín 30, 51001 Ceuta, Spain. Author García-París, Mario Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-08-06 5016 3 365 381 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.3 1175-5326 5222238 912AE258-E2D0-4C04-B446-111F2CF1F296 Mesomeloe ottomerkli Sánchez-Vialas, Ruiz and García-París , sp. nov. Zoobank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3A5BF26A-4339-48E7-A576-61B08181 CAD 3 Holotype : Male : Qatar , 1.8 km west of Al Marrawnah ( 25.98998ºN , - 51.37908ºE ), 6 m , 4-II-2012 , M. García-París & A. Martínez Castilla leg. [white label, printed]; MNCN _ Ent 296056 [printed white label] ; Holotypus , Mesomeloe ottomerkli Sánchez-Vialas, Ruiz & García-París des. 2021 [white label, printed]. Preserved in absolute ethanol and stored in the entomological collection of the MNCN – CSIC . Paratype : Female : Qatar , 1.8 km West of Al Marrawnah ( 25.98998ºN , - 51.37908ºE ), 6 m , 4-II-2012 , M. García-París & A. Martínez Castilla leg. [white label, printed] ; MNCN _Ent 296057 [printed white label]; Paratypus , Mesomeloe ottomerkli Sánchez-Vialas, Ruiz & García-París des. 2021 [white label, printed]. Preserved in absolute ethanol and stored in the entomological collection of the MNCN – CSIC .