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have the elytra without humeral angle (Figs 7-8, 19, 24-26, 39); these are placed in Bryodaemon gen. n. Two species, however, have the elytra with distinct humeral angle (Fig. 1), and another new genus, Humeromima gen. n., is erected for them. In 1995, I found clear-cut differences among the specimens collected in the Muntii Bretcu (Háromszéki-havasok), the Muntii Gurghiului (Görgényi-havasok) and the Muntii Harghitei (Hargita), Eastern Carpathians, Romania. I was able to distinguish three different forms while the literature mentions only Omiamima hanakii and its vari­ety, var. montanus Petri, 1912 to occur in the Eastern Carpathians. Petri (1912) did not specify the differences between the nominate form of hanakii Frivaldszky and his var. montanus. Instead, he compared it to brandisi Apfelbeck from Bosnia. I dissected the genitalia of the collected specimens and found two different types of aedeagus (Figs 9, 21, 31, 36). Formánek (1904) published a drawing on an aedeagus with the figure caption as "Penis von Omias Hanaki Frivaldsky". It is different from the aedeagi I dissected and his description does not fit the specimens I collected. When describing hanakii, Frivaldszky (1865) did not designate holotype. His syntype series comprises only females and all are from the Máramaros Mountains. Frivaldszky (1865) stated that "Máramaros megyében Hanák János által találtatott" [it was found in Máramaros county by János Hanák] but this sentence was not translated to Latin and apparently overlooked by Formánek and others. Later, when male specimens collected in the same area became available, I investigated their aedeagi and it provided evidence that Formánek's (1904) figure was based on a new species and not on hanakii. MATERIALS This study is based on the examination of more than 300 specimens which are pre­served in the museums and collections referred to in the text; the following acronyms are used (the curators responsible for loans are in parentheses): AP - private collection of A. Podlussány, Budapest, Hungary. HNHM - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary (O. Merkl). 10 - private collection of I. Oszonics, Debrecen, Hungary. IR - private collection of I. Rozner, Budapest, Hungary. IZJU - Institute of Zoology, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland (B. Petryszak). JF - private collection of J. Fremuth, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. JK - private collection of J. Krátky, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. JS - private collection of J. Strejcek, Prague, Czech Republic. MH - private collection of M. Holecová, Bratislava, Slovakia. MINS - Muzeul de Istorie Natural, Sibiu, Romania (I. Antonie). MIZPAN - Museum & Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland (T. Huflejt). MM - private collection of M. Mazur, Krakow, Poland. MMBC - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (J. Kolibác). MNHU - Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany (M. Uhlig). MNSS - Muzeul National Secuiesc, Sfintu Gheorghe, Romania (I. Kocs). NMPC - National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic (J. Jelinek). NMWA - Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria (H. Schönmann).

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