Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 102. (Budapest 2010)
Kirschenhofer, E.: New and little-known species of Carabidae from the Middle East and Southeast Asia Coleoptera, Carabidae: Lebiini, Brachinini)
New and little-known species of Car abidaefrom Asia (Coleoptera, Carbidae) 27 Description - Habitus: Fig. 19. Length 6.3 mm, width 2.0 mm. Colour and lustre: head black; pronotum blackish brown, lateral margin rather broadly lightened to reddish brown; elytra pitchy brown, with large yellowish humeral spot hardly reaching elytral middle posteriorly; intervals 1 to 4 pitchy brown like remainder of the elytra; marginal groove narrowly yellow, margin of lateral oblique declivity not lighter; dorsum moderately shiny, distinctly and densely punctate throughout, setation scattered and fine; palps, antennae and legs reddish brown; mandibles darkened; venter blackish brown, with weak lustre, setation scattered and fine, pronotal and elytral epipleura yellow. Head: with large, hemispherically protruding eyes; genae weakly convex, slightly longer than half of longitudinal eye diameter, arcuately attenuating towards neck. Pronotum: cordiform, 1.37 times as wide as long, weakly convex; anterior margin straight; sides narrowing anteriorly in a shallow curve; anterior angles barely deflexed, sides extending shortly and weakly in front of acute but indistinctly outward protruding posterior angles; base shortly declivous laterally; marginal groove fairly broadly separated in front, feebly widening posteriorly; median line distinctly incised but not reaching anterior margin or base. Elytra: broadly ovoid; sides distinctly and arcuately broadening posteriorly; feebly convex; apex feebly declivous, indistinctly emarginate; humeri rounded, weakly produced; striae rather deep, weakly punctate; intervals densely and finely but irregularly punctate. Distribution - Israel. Etymology - The species is named after its geographical origin. Remarks - With the exception of A. scotti BASILEWSKY, 1848 (Yemen) and A. golanensis sp. n. (Golan), all other species of this genus occur in East Africa. With the new species from the Golan the genus is now also represented in the Mediterranean subregion of the Palaearctic Region. The genus, closely related to Cymindis LATREILLE, 1806, was revised by BASILEWSKY (1962). The types in MRAC were examined by the author of the present paper. Comparisons - Afrotarusgolanensis sp. n. is closely related to the Ethiopian species A. raffrayi (FAIRMAIRE, 1882). Differences from A. raffrayi-. pronotum more strongly extended towards the base, posterolateral angles more acute, dorsal colour darker, matter, elytra more strongly punctate. List and distribution of the species of Afrotarus JEANNEL, 1949 Afrotarus golanensis sp. n. - Israel: Golan Afrotarus kilimanus (KOLBE, 1897) (Cymindis ) (type species) - Tanzania: Mt. Kilimanjaro = Cymindis kolbei ALLUAUD, 1908 = Afrotarus alluaudi JEANNEL, 1949 Afrotarus leleupi BASILEWSKY, 1962 - Tanzania: Mt. Kilimanjaro Afrotarus meruanus BASILEWSKY, 1962 - Tanzania: Mt. Meru Afrotarus raffrai (FAIRMAIRE, 1882) ( Cymindis ) - Ethiopia Afrotarus scotti BASILEWSKY, 1848 - Yemen Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010
