Soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) of the United Arab Emirates Author Tshernyshev, Sergei E. C9CC4A86-BD1F-499A-B831-F727A111BBAA Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia. Tomsk State University, Lenina prospekt 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia. Email: sch-sch @ mail. ru sch-sch@mail.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-04-29 817 58 77 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763 journal article 55716 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1763 daf1b8a9-0042-4b39-8f9c-df87cb1603f5 2118-9773 6518289 22C5B528-F7D7-40F2-8877-C30FF6057157 Tonycolotes kovari (Švihla, 1987) gen. et. comb. nov. Figs 11–24 Colotes kovari Švihla, 1987: 277–279 , figs 1–2. Diagnosis See Diagnosis given above for the new genus. Material examined UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 3 ♂♂ ; Wadi Bih dam ; 25.48° N , 56.04° E ; 6–13 May 2007 ; A. van Harten leg. (9463 UAE); light trap ; SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂ ; Wadi Maidaq ; 25.18° N , 56.07° E ; 24 Sep.– 22 Oct. 2006 ; water traps ; A. van Harten leg. (8343 UAE); water traps ; SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Oct.–9 Nov. 2006 ; SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 2–16 Feb. 2006 ; (8444 UAE); light trap ; SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ ; Sharjah Desert Park ; 25.17° N , 55.42° E ; 5–12 May 2007 ; A. Van Harten leg. (7815 UAE); light trap ; SCH _ ISEA • 3 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 1–6 Apr. 2008 ; (9422 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Feb.–1 Apr. 2008 ; (9500 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; 25 May–16 Jun. 2008 ; (9542 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 28 May–4 Jun. 2007 ; (8650 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 15–22 Apr. 2007 ; (7651 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 6 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 21–28 May 2007 ; (7671 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 5–12 May 2007 ; (8399 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 10–17 Mar. 2007 ; (9260 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂ ; same collection collection data as for preceding; 12–21 May 2007 ; (9273 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 6 ♂♂ ; Hatta ; 24.49° N , 56.07° E ; 17–24 May 2006 ; A. van Harten leg. (8363 UAE); light trap ; SCH _ ISEA • 4 ♂♂ ; Sharjah – Khor Kalba , near tunnel ; 24.59° N , 56.09° E ; 31 May–7 Jun. 2006 ; A. van Harten leg.; (8405 UAE); light trap ; SCH _ ISEA • 5 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 7–14 Jun. 2006 ; (7544 UAE); SCH _ ISEA • 2 ♂♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; 31 May–17 Jun. 2006 ; (9029 UAE); NHML . Description Male ( Figs 11–12 ) BODY. Subparallel, oval, slightly expanded posteriorly. COLOURATION. Yellow, with brown bases of scapes, two triangular spots on elytra below the middle and metathoracic segments. Vesicles and thoracic mesepimera yellow. HEAD. Of the same width or slightly narrower as pronotum ( Figs 13–14 ), slightly elongate and prognathous, eyes small, slightly protruding over the contour of head; frons flat; inter-ocular area flat and slightly impressed, glabrous, lacking depression or protuberances, genae short and straight, lacking excavations or depressions; clypeus narrow and short, transverse, straight; labrum short and transverse; palpi in male ( Figs 13–14, 19 ) with stout and complicatedly sculptured terminal palpomere, triangularshaped, with flattened rectangular apical lobe and thin clavate process on outer side near base ( Fig. 13 ), penultimate palpomere slightly enlarged and cup-shaped. Surface of head dull, with smoothed punctures, evenly covered with sparse white adpressed pubescence. ANTENNAE. Filiform ( Fig. 15 ), 1.55 mm in length, extending over middle of elytra; 1 st antennomere ( Figs 16–18 ) enlarged, strongly compressed at base and depressed at apex, oval, 2 nd antennomere oval, 1.3 × as long as 3 rd antennomere, 3 rd antennomere triangular, not wider than 4 th , 4 th –10 th segments oval-cylindrical, elongate, simple and equal in length, terminal antennomere oval, evenly rounded and narrowed at apex, 1.2 × as long as 10 th antennomere; surface evenly covered with fine short, pale erect pubescence. Figs 11–24. Tonycolotes kovari (Švihla, 1987) gen. et. comb. nov., ♂ (SCH_ISEA). 11 . External appearance, dorsal view. 12 . External appearance, lateral view. 13 . Head and pronotum, subdorsal view. 14 . Head and pronotum, dorsal view. 15 . Right antenna. 16–18 . Scapus in different positions. 19 . Left palp. 20 . Left anterior leg. 21 . Pygidium. 22 . Ultimate abdominal ventrite. 23 . Aedeagus, lateral view. 24 . Tegmen. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. PRONOTUM ( Figs 11–13 ). Transverse, narrow, with rounded lateral sides, not sinuate but depressed at base, distinctly marginate; surface sparsely and finely punctured, with indistinct microsculpture, dull, locally covered with fine depressed pale pubescence. Scutellum small, triangular, with curved and adpressed apex; sparsely indistinctly punctured and covered with sparse pale adpressed pubescence. ELYTRA. Subparallel, distinctly marginate with slightly thickened lateral edge, evenly expanded just behind the base and rounded posteriorly, apices simple, suture thin, distinct; humeri indistinct and small; surface densely punctured, covered with light sparse adpressed short hairs. HIND WINGS. Normally developed. LEGS. Thin and long; posterior femora reaching elytral apices; anterior tarsi simple, four-segmented, slightly compressed, lacking comb above the 2 nd segment, 3 rd tarsomere smallest, 1 st longest, 2 × as long as 2 nd ; 2 nd and 3 rd of same shape, terminal tarsomere strongly narrower; in anterior and posterior legs 1 st tarsomere is longest and penultimate is shortest; claws thin, weakly curved and sharp, slightly widened at base; anterior tibiae impressed and flattened underneath in apical half, intermediate straight, posterior slightly curved; femora simple, not swollen or strongly curved, lacking indentation, flattened; surface covered with short and sparse adpressed pubescence. VENTRAL BODY. Surface weakly punctured, dull, sparsely covered with fine, depressed light pubescence, distinctly visible on metathorax which is weakly swollen, transverse, lacking appendages or tuft of hairs, slightly bituberculate. Pygidium ( Fig. 21 ) undivided, elongate, evenly narrowed and rounded, weakly emarginate in middle; ultimate ventrite ( Fig. 22 ) bilaciniate, elongate and wide, evenly narrowed posteriorly, with oval not deep emargination in middle and with curved short apices, aedeagus specific, with curved under right-angle base and straight central lobe, apical lamella depressed, flat, with two sharp processes from both sides; inner sac lacking strong bristles ( Fig. 23 ); tegmen wide and elongate with strongly shortened thin appendages ( Fig. 24 ). MEASUREMENTS. Length 1.7 mm , width (at elytral base) 0.5 mm . Female Differs from male by somewhat shorter and more slender antennae; 5-segmented anterior tarsi lacking a comb on 2 nd tarsomere; 1 st antennomere pale-yellow, not compressed, with a weak depression near apex; the terminal palpomere subquadrate, flattened, the penultimate palpomere small and subtriangular; hind wings normally developed; length 1.7 mm , width (at elytral base) 0.6 mm . Distribution Iran (Minab), Oman (Bid Bid, Sama il Qaylah), United Arab Emirates ( Mayor 2007 ).