Reconsidering Pholeuon C. Hampe (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with the description of a new subgenus Author Moldovan, Oana Teodora Author Racoviţă, Gheorghe Author Dunay, Gejza text Zootaxa 2007 1449 31 43 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176197 58504779-43c2-4ff3-aeb5-2e01b59e0dce 1175-5326 176197 Key to subgenera of Pholeuon (numbers represent average values for the two sexes; see also Table 1 ) 1 Median lobe of the aedeagus without dorsal invagination ( Fig. 8 a). Small body (length 3.6–3.8 mm ) and small pronotum (length/maximum width ratio 0.91–0.93 mm ); ellongated elytra........................................ ........................................................................................................................ Protopholeuon Jeannel, 1923 - Median lobe of the aedeagus with dorsal invagination .................................. Pholeuon C. Hampe 1856 ... 2 2 Dorsal invagination of the median lobe present, more or less deep ........................................................... 3 - Dorsal invagination of the median lobe reduced in its median part ( Fig. 8 b); aedeagus small, but with relatively long basal and apical blades; apex of the parameres thin and slightly inflected. Body small (less than 3.5 mm ), with short antennae (less than 2.3 mm ); pronotum relatively large (length/maximum width ratio 0.93–0.95 mm ), very narrow anteriorly (anterior/maximum widths ratio 0.55–0.56 mm ); elytra covered by short and dense pubescence ............................................................................................................. ................................................... Pholeuon (Mesopholeuon Moldovan, Racoviţă & Dunay, new subgenus) 3 Median lobe with deeper dorsal invagination ( Figs. 8 , c-d); apex of parameres thin, inflected and Sshaped. Body robust (length more than 4.3 mm ); pronotum relatively large (length/maximum width ratio 0.94–0.98 mm ); elytra longer than 3.1 mm , with rare and rough punctation at the apex .. Pholeuon ( s. str. ) - Median lobe with less deep invagination ( Fig. 8 e); apex of parameres clubed and not inflected. Body smaller (less than 4.3 mm ); pronotum relatively small (length/maximum width ratio 0.86–0.89 mm ); elytra narrow ( 1.75–1.77 mm width) with uniform punctation; very long antennae .................................... ................................................................................................ Pholeuon ( Parapholeuon Ganglbauer, 1887 )