A new species of soft-winged flower beetle of the genus Kuatunia Evers, 1949 (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) from Nepal Author Tshernyshev, S. E. Author Shcherbakov, M. V. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2021 2021-03-04 426 1 9 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.426.1 journal article 10.25221/fee.426.1 2713-2196 Genus Kuatunia Evers, 1949 Type species: Kuatunia klapperichi Evers, 1949, by original designation. SPECIES INCLUDED . There are 19 species in the genus: Kuatunia andreasi Tshernyshev, sp. n. ( Nepal : Karnali Province ); K. australis Wittmer, 1991 ( Madagascar ); K. alutaceus (Wittmer, 1986) ( Taiwan : Nantou ); K. bullosa Wittmer, 1995 ( Nepal : 120 km S Kathmandu); K. chibaensis (Nakane, 1989) ( Japan : Honshû); K. emeiensis Wittmer, 1995 ( China : Sichuan ); K. guilinensis Wittmer, 1995 ( China : Guangxi); K. horaiana (Nakane, 1991) ( Japan : Honshû); K. klapperichi Evers, 1949 ( China : Fujian ); K. matthiasi Tshernyshev , 2015 ( Nepal : Seti Province ); K. nigroopaca Wittmer, 1995 ( China : Sichuan ); K. nordica Tshernyshev , 2012 ( Russia : Taimyr, Yakutia); K. oblongula (Kiesenwetter, 1874) ( Japan ); K. chujoi Wittmer, 1954 ( Japan ); K. oloyensis Wittmer, 1999 ( Russia : Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Maga- danskaya Oblast); K. sichuana Wittmer, 1995 China : ( Sichuan ); K. soppongensis Wittmer, 1995 ( Thailand ); K. yamawakii (Nakane, 1985) ( Japan : Meshima and Kamikoshiki Islands); K. wolongensis Tshernyshev , 2012 ( China : Wolong National Nature Reserve). The distribution of the genus Kuatunia is remarkable in that it ranges from Madagascar through South East Asia to the Arctic region of North Asia. Among the species of the genus, six are known from China and Taiwan , four from Nepal , two from Russia , five from Japan , one from Thailand and one from Madagascar . NOTES . A valuable contribution by Plonsky (2016) clarified the date of publi- cation of the first description of the genus Kuatunia Evers in “Entomologische Blätter” since it was earlier taken to be “1945–48” from the journal’s front page; actually the journal was printed in 1949, so the correct and valid designation should be “ Kuatunia Evers, 1949 ”.