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Issue: Vol. 5862 No. 3: 6 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5862.3.2
Page range: 429-450
Abstract views: 148
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Taxonomic review of the genus Alcinoeta E. Strand, 1929 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with a key to wingless Tentyriini of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences; M. Gadzhiev str.; 45; Makhachkala; Republic of Dagestan 367000; Russia; Dagestan State University; M. Gadzhiev str.; 43a; Makhachkala; Republic of Dagestan 367000; Russia
Urgench State Pedagogical Institute; Gurlan str. 1; Urgench 220100; Uzbekistan
Department of Entomology; Faculty of Agriculture; Tarbiat Modares University; Tehran; Iran
Urgench State University; Kh. Alimdjan str.; 14; Urgench 220100; Uzbekistan
Coleoptera darkling beetles Pimeliinae metathorax sand deserts asian deserts Iran

Abstract

The genus Alcinoeta E. Strand, 1929 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini) is reviewed. Two new species are described: Alcinoeta noctivaga N. Bekchanov & Nabozhenko sp. nov. from Uzbekistan (Amudarya delta, coast of former Aral Sea and Ustyurt Plateau) and A. seyedabadii Nabozhenko & Eshraghi Mofrad sp. nov. (Haj Aligholi desert, Semnan Province, Iran). The lectotype of Alcinoe helopioides Ménétriés, 1849 is designated. A key and map of distribution for all species of Alcinoeta are given. The unusual structure of metathorax in the genera Alcinoeta, Dengitha Reitter, 1887 and Eschatostena Kelejnikova, 1977 is discussed. A key to genera of wingless Tentyriini of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia is compiled for the first time.

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How to Cite

Nabozhenko, M.V., Bekchanov, N.K., Mofrad, F.E. & Bekchanov, M.K. (2026) Taxonomic review of the genus Alcinoeta E. Strand, 1929 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with a key to wingless Tentyriini of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Zootaxa, 5862 (3), 429–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5862.3.2