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Kirschenhofer, E.: New and little-known species of Carabidae from the Middle East and Southeast Asia Coleoptera, Carabidae: Lebiini, Brachinini)

26 E. Kirschenhofer Key words - Coleoptera, Carabidae, Afrotarus, Brachinus, Brachychila, Coptodera, Dolichoctis, Lebia, Mochtberus, Perseus, Pheropsophus, Poecilothais, Pseudocalleida, Serrimargo, Sofota, Stenaptinus, Taridius, Trichocoptodera, new species, new genus, new combination, taxonomy, identification keys, Israel, Nepal, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia. INTRODUCTION In this study a total of 23 species of carabid beetles belonging to the tribes Lebiini and Brachinini from Israel (1), Malaysia (9), China (2), Nepal (2), India (2), Thailand (1), Indonesia (2) and Vietnam (4) are described and illustrated, with nomenclatorial and taxonomical changes affecting several genera from the Oriental region. Identification keys are presented for the Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus

) aptinoides species group as well as for the genus Taridius CHAUDOIR, 1875. Measurements - Total body length is defined as the distance from the anterior margin of the labrum to the elytral apex. Width of the pronotum and width of the elytra are measured at the broadest point, respectively. Length of the pronotum is defined as distance from anterior to posterior margin along median line. Material examined - Acronyms for collections from which specimens were borrowed or are deposited (curator's names in parentheses): BMNH = Natural History Museum, London (C. Gillett); CAD = Coll. A. DOSTAL, Vienna; CDW = Coll. D. W. WRASE, Berlin; CHZ = Coll. H. ZETTEL, Vienna; CJF = Coll. J. FARKAC, Prague; CPS = Coll. P. SCHNITTER

, Halle; HNHM = Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (GY. SZÉL); MHNP = Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (T. DEUVE); MNG = Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova (R. POGGL); MNHUB = Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (B. JAEGER, M. UHLIG

); MRA.C = Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (M. MEYER

); NMP = National Museum in Prague (J. HÁJEK); NMW = Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (H. Schönmann, M. JACH); SMNS = Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (W. SCHAWALLER); ZSM = Zoologische Staatssammlung München (M. BALKE). Afrotarus golanensis sp. n. (Fig. 19) Type material - Holotype (female): "Israel - NE, Golan heights N Ein Zivan, Eichen Buschwald, 900 m, 05.V.1996, - BF, leg. Schnitter/Staven" (CPS). Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010