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Catalogue of ant-like flower beetles (Anthicidae) recorded for Russia

Publication of the list of Russian Anthicidae is very important. Anthicidae is a family of small (in our local fauna) and hardly identifiable beetles. More than 100 years there was nobody working on Anthicidae in Russia. Catalogue of Russian beetles by Jakobson (Якобсон, 1915) has been interrupted directly on this family. After that, no any other list has been prepared. Also no estimate data on the number of species of Anthicidae of Russian fauna has been given in the most important keys like L.N.Medvedev (1965) and Lafer (1996). In the data base of ZIN, the number of species of Anthicidae has been calculated for the USSR (120 species - by B.A.Korotyaev [1990]) and Russia (60 species - by G.S.Medvedev [1995]; 80 species - by A.L.Lobanov [1997]). Only Dmitry Telnov from Riga was able to establish complete list of ant-like flower beetles for Russia. he is working on that family Worldwide.

During 2003, Dmitry has prepared such list according to our appeal. The species diversity was surprisingly high, also for Dmitry himself. And now we do know that there are approximately 135-140 species of Anthicidae in the fauna of Russia and we also have a species list. Our best thanks to Dmitry for this excellent and very important work!

A. Lobanov
September 3, 2003.

 

Check-list of species and subspecies of Anthicidae presented below is prepared extra for the current web site. The list includes both published and unpublished data. At the moment, there are 5 subfamilies, 5 tribes, 21 genus and 136 species included into the list. The fauna of Anthicidae is very insufficiently studied in Russia. Higher taxa are listed systematically, species and subspecies - alphabetically. All known synonyms are listed except for invalid names.

Legends:
* - species described from "Caucasus" without other data on type locality and known only by type series (not found directly in Russian part of Caucasus mountains, for example Stricticollis giganteus); 
? - species, recorded for Russian fauna by mistake (misidentifications).

D. Telnov
April 2007.

Dmitry Telnov


Familia Anthicidae


     

    Subfamilia Steropinae

    Genus Steropes Steven, 1806:166
  1. caspius Steven, 1806:166
          = colon Illiger 1807:334 (Blastanus)
  2. latifrons Sumakov, 1908:133
  3. obscurans Pic, 1894:93 (var.)
     

    Subfamilia Tomoderinae

    Genus Pseudotomoderus Pic, 1892:240
  4. compressicollis Motschulsky, 1839:59 (Anthicus)
           = impressicollis Reitter, 1884:258 (Tomoderus)
           = melanophthalmus LaFerte-Senectere, 1842:255 (Anthicus)
     

     Genus Tomoderus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:1
  5. major Pic, 1895:174
  6. scydmaenoides Reitter, 1878:249
     

     Subfamilia Anthicinae

     Tribus Notoxini

    Genus Mecynotarsus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:1
  7. faustii Seidlitz, 1891:591
  8. minimus Marseul, 1876:461
  9. serricornis Panzer, 1796:17 (Notoxus)
          = immaculatus Latreille, 1804:355 (Notoxus)
          = nigripennis Latreille, 1804:355 (Notoxus)
          = rhinoceros Fabricius, 1798:66 (Notoxus)
  10. sinensis Heberday, 1942:472
  11. tenuipes Champion, 1891:189
     

    Genus Notoxus Geoffroy, 1762:356
  12. appendicinus Desbrochers des Loges, 1874:165
  13. binotatus Gebler, 1829:136 (Anthicus)
  14. brachycerus Faldermann, 1837:106 (Monocerus)
          = major Schmidt, 1842:83
          = szalavszkyi Laczo, 1912:4
  15. caucasicus Pic, 1900:65 (var.)
          = sareptanus Heberdey, 1936:160
  16. * eurycerus Kiesenwetter, 1861:244
  17. haagi Marseul, 1879:28
  18. hirtus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:8
          = semipunctatus Reitter, 1888:431
  19. monoceros Linnaeus, 1760:185 (Attelabus)
          = biinterruptus Pic, 1900:66
          = cucullatus Geoffroy, 1785:162
          = latemaculatus Pic, 1892:139
          = platycerus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:12
          = septemmaculata Roubal, 1933:139 (form)
  20. raddei Pic, 1903:88
  21. simulans Heberdey, 1935:304
  22. * transcaspicus Pic, 1899:19
  23. trifasciatus Rossi, 1792:45
          = armatus Schmidt, 1842:86
          = cornutus Fabricius, 1792:211
          = sexmaculatus Pic, 1893:16
     

    Tribus Formicomini

     Genus Anthelephila Hope, 1834:101 (subg.)
  24. hauseri Pic, 1897:62 (Formicomus)
          = sterbae Reitter, 1905:205 (Formicomus)
  25. pedestris Rossi, 1790:224 (Carabus)
          = brevipilis Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:42 (Formicomus)
          = cursor LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:10 (Formicomus)
          = equestris Panzer, 1800:8 (Notoxus)
          = fusca Geoffroy, 1799:344 (Cantharis)
          = nobilis Faldermann, 1837:107 (Anthicus)
          = rubidus Reitter, 1878:249 (Formicomus)
          = thomsoni Pic, 1901:90 (Formicomus)
          = thoracicus Panzer, 1794:6 (Notoxus)
          = tinctus Reitter, 1889:33 (Formicomus)
     

    Tribus Anthicini

    Genus Anthicus Paykull, 1798:253
  26. antherinus Linnaeus, 1760:228 (Meloe)
          = astrachanicus Csiki, 1901:113
          = cinctellus Rossi, 1792:46 (Notoxus)
          = tripustulatus Fabricius, 1792:169 (Cicindela)
  27. ater Thunberg, 1787:45 (Notoxus)
          = ater Panzer, 1796:15 (Notoxus)
  28. axillaris Schmidt, 1842:186
          = inflatus Kolenati, 1846:36
          = varians Kolenati, 1846:36
  29. balachanus Pic, 1906:49
  30. bimaculatus Illiger, 1801:80 (Notoxus)
          = dauricus Motschulsky, 1845:83
          = pallescens Pic, 1894:78
          = sagitta Krynicki, 1829:196
          = schilskyi Pic, 1894:56
  31. crinitus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:105
          = communimacula Fairmaire, 1896:47
          = flavisternus Marseul, 1879:149
          = laevaticeps Marseul, 1879:245
          = laeviceps Marseul, 1879:105
          = longipennis Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:45
          = manillanus Pic, 1903:646
  32. difformis Marseul, 1879:178
  33. diversus Marseul, 1879:174
  34. fenestratus Schmidt, 1842:181
  35. flavipes Panzer, 1796:22 (Notoxus)
          = rufipes Paykull, 1800:444
          = scoticus Rye, 1872:10
  36. gebleri Mдklin, 1881:46
  37. grandiceps Pic, 1902:10 (var.)
  38. * gratiosus Pic, 1896:179
  39. humeralis Gebler, 1841:596
  40. inaequalis Marseul 1879:173
  41. inderiensis Marseul, 1879:78
  42. korbi Pic, 1902:10 (var.)
  43. * latedecoratus Pic, 1892:140
  44. latefasciatus Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:46
  45. ? luteicornis Schmidt, 1842:187
          = picicornis Rey, 1892:101
  46. pilosus Marseul, 1876: 466
  47. pullulus Bonadona, 1964:233
  48. quadrioculatus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:102
          = quadriguttatus Waltl, 1835:75
  49. ruficeps Pic, 1913:146
  50. sabulosus Marseul, 1879:172
  51. schmidtii Rosenhauer, 1847:35
          = subfasciatus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:79
  52. semicupreus Pic, 1893:126
  53. sexmaculatus Gebler, 1829:137
  54. simplex Marseul, 1879:156
  55. staudingeri Pic, 1893:54
  56. steppensis Marseul, 1879:151
  57. thyreocephalus Solsky, 1867:93
  58. tristis Schmidt, 1842:172
          = discrepans Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928:106
          = elegans Steven, 1806:161
          = nigroapicalis Pic, 1913:145
          = truquii Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:44
  59. turkestanicus Pic, 1893:155
  60. umbrinus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:115
          = setulosus Boheman, 1851:220
  61. urganensis Pic, 1896:181
          = dachuricus Csiki, 1901:114
          = shishmareffi Csiki, 1901:114
  62. * vagesignatus Pic, 1940:1
  63. watarasensis Sakai et Ohbayashi
     

    Genus Cordicollis Pic, 1894:45
  64. baicalicus Mulsant et Rey, 1866:114 (Anthicus)
          = balcaicus Mulsant et Rey, 1866:114 (Anthicus) (lapsus)
  65. caucasicus Pic, 1893:175 (Anthicus)
          = margelanicus Pic, 1893:155 (Anthicus)
          = tournieri Pic, 1894:65 (Anthicus)
  66. gracilis Panzer, 1796:21 (Notoxus)
          = atricollis Abeille de Perrin, 1885:160 (Anthicus)
          = lateripunctatus Sturm, 1826:70 (Anthicus)
  67. gracilior Abeille de Perrin, 1885:159 (Anthicus)
  68. instabilis Schmidt, 1842:184 (Anthicus)
          = agilis Kuester, 1849:75 (Anthicus)
          = deslogesi Pic, 1892:43 (Anthicus)
          = mauritanicus Lucas, 1843:146 (Anthicus)
          = puberulus Rey, 1892:90 (Anthicus)
          = quittardi Pic, 1892:140 (Anthicus)
          = reyi Pic, 1892:212 (Anthicus)
          = talaris Schioedte, 1893:309 (Anthicus)
          = tibialis Curtis 1838:714 (Anthicus)
  69. kuthyi Csiki, 1901:113 (Anthicus)
  70. medius Pic, 1905:493 (Anthicus) (var.)
  71. scapularis LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:125 (Anthicus)
  72. sellatus Panzer, 1796:20 (Notoxus)
  73. tedjensis Pic, 1913:129 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Cyclodinus Mulsant et Rey, 1866:77 (subg.)
  74. angustulus Pic, 1892:18 (Anthicus)
  75. ataensis Pic, 1901:34 (Anthicus)
  76. bremei LaFerte-Senectere, 1842:252 (Anthicus)
          = impressithorax Pic, 1903:304 (Anthicus)
          = nigrolineatus Pic, 1892:26 (Anthicus)
          = stricticollis Fairmaire, 1903:217 (Anthicus) syn)
          = subconiceps Pic, 1955:1043 (Anthicus)
          = subustulatus Pic, 1894:16 (Anthicus)
  77. cerastes Truqui, 1855:355 (Anthicus)
  78. coniceps Marseul, 1879:83 (Anthicus)
  79. constrictus Curtis, 1838:714 (Anthicus)
          = albionis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:71 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
          = lameyi Marseul, 1879:88 (Anthicus)
          = marinus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:70 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
  80. dagestanicus Pic, 1919:10 (Anthicus)
  81. debilis LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:28 (Anthicus)
          = phoxus Marseul, 1879:87 (Anthicus)
  82. dentaticornis Pic, 1898:99 (Anthicus)
  83. dentatus Pic, 1895:52 (Anthicus)
  84. fatuus Truqui, 1855:350 (Anthicus)
  85. femoralis Marseul, 1879:82 (Anthicus)
          = imitator Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:61 (Anthicus) (subsp.)
          = lagunarum Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:62 (Anthicus) (subsp.)
          = magistri Gozis, 1882:203 (Anthicus)
          = marseulianus Desbrochers des Loges, 1899:171 (Anthicus)
          = parvulus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:61 (Anthicus) (subsp.)
          = schatzmayri Koch, 1931:68 (Anthicus)
          = sedjoumiensis Koch, 1931:67 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
  86. humilis Germar, 1824:6 (Anthicus)
          = adriaticus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:68 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
          = beckeri Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:43 (Anthicus)
          = depilis Rey, 1892:89 (Anthicus)
          = latinus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:69 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
          = nigrinus Zetterstedt, 1838:159 (Anthicus)
          = orientalis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919:69 (Anthicus) (ssp.)
          = siciliae Pic, 1892:270 (Anthicus)
  87. longipilis Brisout de Barneville, 1863:89 (Anthicus)
  88. lotus Marseul, 1879:98 (Anthicus)
  89. mediobrunneus Pic, 1893:128 (Anthicus)
  90. minutus LaFerte-Senectere, 1842:255 (Anthicus)
          = lateralis Kuester, 1849:77 (Anthicus)
          = sardous Schmidt, 1842:175 (Anthicus)
  91. montandoni Pic, 1909:171 (Anthicus)
  92. morawitzi Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:43 (Anthicus)
  93. nitidior Pic, 1892:269 (Anthicus)
  94. reitteri Pic, 1892:18 (Anthicus)
  95. * sareptanus Pic, 1893:126 (Anthicus)
  96. semiopacus Reitter, 1887:524 (Anthicus)
          = cerastoides Reitter, 1891:30 (Anthicus)
  97. sibiricus Pic, 1893:128 (Anthicus)
  98. * verticalis Pic, 1893:175 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Hirticollis Pic, 1894:69
  99. hispidus Rossi, 1792:46 (Notoxus)
          = bicolor Olivier, 1795:5 (Notoxus)
          = hirtellus Panzer, 1796:3 (Notoxus)
     

    Genus Leptaleus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:5 (subg.)
  100. uralensis Pic, 1905:490 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Omonadus Mulsant et Rey 1866:104 (subg)
  101. anticemaculatus Pic, 1900:78 (Anthicus)
  102. bifasciatus Rossi, 1792:48 (Notoxus)
          = kolenatii Kolenati, 1846:35 (Anthicus)
  103. confucii Marseul, 1876:464 (Anthicus)
          = curticeps Pic, 1923:18 (Anthicus)
  104. floralis Linnaeus, 1758:420 (Meloe)
          = basalis Villa et Villa, 1838:63 (Anthicus)
          = basillaris Say, 1824:279 (Anthicus)
          = breviculus Philippi, 1864:353 (Anthicus)
          = calycinus Panzer, 1793:3 (Notoxus)
          = fallax Broun, 1893:1168 (Anthicus)
          = formicarius Olivier, 1795:4 (Notoxus)
          = formicoides Geoffroy, 1785:156 (Cantharis)
          = fusca Marsham, 1802:486 (Lytta)
          = myrmicocephalus Rossi, 1792:46 (Notoxus)
          = pedicularius Schrank, 1781:224 (Meloe)
          = semirufus Fairmaire et Germain, 1860:3 (Anthicus)
  105. formicarius Goeze, 1777:706 (Meloe)
          = enodis Casey, 1895:684 (Hemantus)
          = picianus Koch, 1931:75 (Anthicus)
          = quisquilius Thomson, 1864:360 (Anthicus)
          = rixator Casey, 1895:686 (Hemantus)
          = scenicus Casey, 1895:685 (Hemantus)
          = semirufus Fairmaire, 1896:49 (Anthicus)
  106. lateriguttatus Marseul, 1879:107 (Anthicus)
  107. phoenicius Truqui, 1855:356 (Anthicus)
  108. signatellus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928:111 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Pseudoleptaleus Pic, 1900:603 (subg.)
  109. valgipes Marseul, 1875:38 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Sapintus Casey 1895:732
  110. cohaeres Lewis, 1895:430 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Stricticollis Pic 1894:41
  111. * adleri Pic, 1911:170 (Anthicus)
  112. coreanus Pic, 1938:13 (Anthicus)
          = nipponicus Nomura, 1960:47 (Anthicus)
  113. * giganteus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:60 (Anthicus)
  114. goebelii LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:91 (Anthicus)
  115. longicollis Schmidt, 1842:130 (Anthicus)
  116. tobias Marseul, 1879:125 (Anthicus)
          = binhanus Pic, 1927:30 (Anthicus)
          = mauritiensis Pic, 1898:182 (Anthicus)
          = mundulus Sharp, 1885:168 (Anthicus)
          = parisiensis Saint-Albin, 1952:21 (Anthicus)
          = postoculatus Fairmaire, 1896:49 (Anthicus)
          = tanakai Nomura, 1960:48 (Anthicus)
          = turanicus Reitter, 1889:118 (Anthicus)
  117. transversalis Villa et Villa, 1833:35 (Anthicus)
          = amoenus Schmidt, 1842:176 (Anthicus)
          = nigrovelutinus Pic, 1892:103 (Anthicus)
          = tenellus LaFerte-Senectere, 1842:251 (Anthicus)
     

    Tribus Microhorini

    Genus Clavicollis Pic, 1894:70
  118. desertus Marseul, 1879:134 (Anthicus)
  119. longulus Pic, 1905:491 (Anthicus)
  120. nigrocyanellus Marseul, 1876:470 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877:168 (subg.)
  121. caspia Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:45 (Anthicus)
  122. cyrtopyga Bonadona, 1952:236
  123. leptostemma Kolenati, 1846:35 (Anthicus)
  124. mollis Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:46 (Anthicus)
  125. nectarina Panzer, 1794:7 (Notoxus)
          = bicinctus Gebler, 1825:49 (Anthicus)
          = maltae Pic, 1892:66 (Anthicus)
  126. notata Pic, 1901:131 (Anthicus)
          = mutatus Pic, 1892:43 (Anthicus)
          = terminatus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:144 (Anthicus)
  127. piciceps Desbrochers des Loges, 1875:47 (Anthicus)
          = melanocephalus Marseul, 1879:216 (Anthicus)
  128. terminata Schmidt, 1842:128 (Anthicus)
          = chiosicola Reitter, 1889:259 (Anthicus)
          = sanguinicollis LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:140 (Anthicus)
          = stettini Pic, 1892:43 (Anthicus)
     

    Genus Tenuicollis Pic, 1894:69
  129. * depressus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:156 (Anthicus)
     

    Tribus Endomiini

    Genus Endomia LaPorte de Castelnau, 1840:259
  130. tenuicollis Rossi, 1792:47 (Notoxus)
          = elongatissimus LaPorte, 1840:259 (Anthicus)
          = melanocephalus Bonelli, 1812:173 (Anthicus)
          = melanocephalus Kьster, 1847:57 (Ochthenomus)
          = angustatus LaFerte-Senectere, 1847:381 (Ochthenomus)
  131. unifasciata Bonelli, 1812:174 (Anthicus)
          = sinuatus Schmidt, 1842:199 (Ochthenomus)
     

    Подсемейство Eurygeniinae

    Род Stereopalpus LaFerte-Senectere, 1849:1
  132. femoralis Lewis, 1895:424
  133. ? gigas Marseul, 1876:447 (Macratria)
     

    Subfamilia Ischaliinae

    Genus Ischalia Pascoe, 1860:54
  134. brachyptera Nikitsky, 1994:35
  135. kunashirica Nikitsky, 1994:33
  136. patagiata Lewis, 1879:463