Foranotum perforatum gen. et sp. nov. - a new troglobitic darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Kuhitangiinae: Foranotini trib. nov.) from a cave in Southern Zagros, Iran Author Nabozhenko, Maxim Author Sadeghi, Saber text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-24 4338 1 163 172 journal article 31757 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.9 460a9434-2c3d-4e00-a96d-7ce0b7fbb378 1175-5326 1035657 8C7874C5-BFF6-4970-AEF1-FD46866B9A0F Genus: Foranotum gen. n. Type species. Foranotum perforatum sp. n. Etymology. from Latin “foramen” (hole) and notum (the back); gender: neuter. Diagnosis. The same as for the tribe Foranotini. Taxonomic position. Foranotum belongs to the family Tenebrionidae based on the following combination of characters: tarsal formula 5-5-4, antennal insertions concealed from above, antennae 11-segmented, mesocoxal cavities laterally closed by meso- and metaventrite. Complex of characters that differentiate Foranotum from other darkling beetles enabled the authors to include it in the tenebrionid subfamily Kuhitangiinae Medvedev, 1962 : the third antennomere not elongate; procoxal cavities open externally and internally; 10 elytral striae. Some characters seems to be associated with adaptations to the cave life (as in some cavernicolous Tenebrionidae : Eschatoporiini ( Aalbu et al . 2017 )): absence of wings and eyes, coarse sculpture and setation to retain a dense soil layer on the body, deep hollows between abdominal ventrites for spiracles (unique character).