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, type species by original monotypy
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Magnano, 2009: 244
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<emphasis id="0DC7FC18BDB52D09B56A44F8977FAA59" italics="true">Brachymerinthus helferi</emphasis>
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. Fig.
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<label id="44FA54547F2F19DE4988548EF701A184">Figure 4.</label>
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, syntype:
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Body dorsal and lateral view;
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Head ventral view;
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Head apex and mandibles, dorsal view;
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Head dorsal view;
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Head lateral view;
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Antenna;
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Distal part of metatibia, lateral view;
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Metatibia apex posterior view showing narrow scaleless corbel bevel;
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Metatarsus;
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Labels. Abbreviations: mn-pc permanent mandibular process (pedicel);
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scar.
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<emphasis id="0F695C2FA118BA49649B53527DE14CCD" italics="true">Brachymerinthus densesquamosus</emphasis>
(Magnano, 2009: 245)
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,
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<heading id="2D3694FF0E9605160DF531A9055E0C1A" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
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A review of old collections in the Museum of Zoology in Dresden has revealed a
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of
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<emphasis id="592D0792033F62CE1244206E371DB429" italics="true">Brachymerinthus helferi</emphasis>
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. This species was described from an uncertain locality along the Euphrates River.
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was initially placed in the tribe
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Eustylini (
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)
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probably based on the presence of metatibial corbel and humeral calli of elytra. Faust affined this genus with
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Thomson, 1858
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belonging now to Episomini. Later
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was provisionally classified as
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF664FCDF6BEA863E9A17E45E0DEDD8D" author="Lona" editor="Schenkling S" firstAuthor="Lona" journalOrPublisher="W. Junk. Pars 162. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague" pagination="413-600" refId="B16" refString="Lona C (1938) Curculionidae: Otiorrhynchinae III. In: Schenkling S (Ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk. Pars 162. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 413600." title="Curculionidae: Otiorrhynchinae III." volumeTitle="Coleopterorum Catalogus." year="1938">Lona 1938</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1398680473C8052377F5FBC2A0191C44" author="Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal" firstAuthor="Alonso-Zarazaga" journalOrPublisher="Entomopraxis, Barcelona" refId="B1" refString="Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Lyal CHC (1999) A World catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona, 315 pp." title="A World catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae)." year="1999">Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999</bibRefCitation>
). Dorsal placement of antennal scrobes converging posteriorly, spatulate apex of protibia, mandibles with permanent process (pedicel; mn-pc) bearing scar (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESWAG" xlink_title="mandibular scar">mn-sc</abbrev>
) on its medial surface (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B991B3C0541E554ACEB87C76404FE496" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Brachymerinthus helferi, syntype: A, B. Body dorsal and lateral view; C. Head ventral view; D. Head apex and mandibles, dorsal view; E. Head dorsal view; F. Head lateral view; G. Antenna; H. Distal part of metatibia, lateral view; I. Metatibia apex posterior view showing narrow scaleless corbel bevel; J. Metatarsus; K. Labels. Abbreviations: mn-pc permanent mandibular process (pedicel); mn-sc scar." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e136994.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1203142">4 C</figureCitation>
), free tarsal claws, straight anterior margin of pronotum, and presence of metatibial corbel and glossy scaling of body reveal that this taxon belongs to the psammophilous tribe
<taxonomicName id="94A57DBF64FD4AC36798393D9B83375E" baseAuthorityName="Thompson" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Mesostyloidini">Mesostyloidini</taxonomicName>
, where it is closely related to, or even congeneric with,
<taxonomicName id="2015575AAF25C3D20DF3EABF72F96A5D" authority="Arnoldi 1960" authorityName="Arnoldi" authorityYear="1960" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Kasakhstania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="223D93030925993B030CD1E7E285C6E7" italics="true">Kasakhstania</emphasis>
Arnoldi 1960
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="E76425FAAD8E5AC10087CAA66C6532AA" name="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</collectingCountry>
and Middle Asia. Further morphological study is needed to resolve this taxonomic issue.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="07B5AF87E23FA0F783723F8D7EF8DF65">
Another monotypic genus
<taxonomicName id="D47DB394CAC44207E27304186BD1FE85" authority="Magnano, 2009" authorityName="Magnano" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Parakasakhstania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1D657464441176475D192303B5EE33C7" italics="true">Parakasakhstania</emphasis>
Magnano, 2009
</taxonomicName>
was described from the
<collectingCountry id="D5D95DD4A23EB99BE1B255C8BEA34FBF" name="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry>
without considering the existence of
<taxonomicName id="0FF0785411A327F267AD42ADD458465F" authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Brachymerinthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B8B017CA7BCD0ACEF17C795ACD31A99A" italics="true">Brachymerinthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A comparison of images given in the original description of
<taxonomicName id="7C0074A15977818ED160F682AC8A70B8" authority="Magnano, 2009" authorityName="Magnano" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Parakasakhstania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="densesquamosa">
<emphasis id="5A9A676201AA7AF279F87A560B5F5F81" italics="true">Parakasakhstania densesquamosa</emphasis>
Magnano, 2009
</taxonomicName>
, with
<taxonomicName id="EB18F6DB730B9024329FF5ECF18A0506" authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Brachymerinthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helferi">
<emphasis id="16354871C60832A1CCF99EAE544D1D5E" italics="true">Brachymerinthus helferi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
suggests that these taxa are at least closely related species, if not conspecific. Therefore, we establish a new synonymy of
<taxonomicName id="58DABF85CDAB7941AD684A9EF660FAB6" authorityName="Magnano" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Parakasakhstania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="33C581DA0E8AEDEF02CA1A0F67F3C122" italics="true">Parakasakhstania</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="88219EA8A87611432519E3BCB87BC037" authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Brachymerinthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8D1AC2EF65944AEF0A68135DA151673E" italics="true">Brachymerinthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, leaving the issue of species status for further study.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1YAG" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B68155A83342B533469043A23C153136">
<heading id="8A884B21EF06199B391D037C0D087B82" reason="title">Distribution notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="733C36FD7A6F858FB77AE037521F6E1C">
Based on recent investigations of Jan Vilém Helfers itinerary (
<bibRefCitation id="95452EE3E539EC548756B0D7C2DB613C" author="Mlikovsky" firstAuthor="Mlikovsky" journalOrPublisher="Sylvia" pagination="171-174" refId="B18" refString="Mlíkovský J (2012) Ornithological records made by Jan Vilém Helfer in Syria in 1836. Sylvia 48: 171174." title="Ornithological records made by Jan Vilém Helfer in Syria in 1836." volume="48" year="2012">Mlíkovský 2012</bibRefCitation>
), the type locality of
<taxonomicName id="5BB0150B48C0BFC203E67E5E036F0722" authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Brachymerinthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helferi">
<emphasis id="38D2066A98E2B73E1F19CE347183687D" italics="true">Brachymerinthus helferi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is potentially situated between Qalat Najm and Al-Salihiyah in
<collectingCountry id="C2C95351F71C111A933E64880DBF3D17" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
. This discovery, along with recent findings in the
<collectingCountry id="2C6DA90DF1A043693A82DA016D7777BC" name="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry>
, has enabled a reassessment of the taxonomic composition of
<taxonomicName id="0D4F3D5DE0450424DA450B54D10C8AE5" baseAuthorityName="Thompson" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Mesostyloidini">Mesostyloidini</taxonomicName>
and broadened the knowledge of its distribution. The distributional pattern of this tribe now links vast desert territories from Arabia to the lower Ural River.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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