New species, synonymy and records of Mecynotarsus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)

Abstrakt: Three new species of Mecynotarsus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 are described: M. jebali sp. nov. (United Arab Emirates), M. salam sp. nov. (Saudi Arabia), and M. solomon sp. nov. (Solomon Islands). Mecynotarsus pallidipes (Pic, 1910) is redescribed. Mecynotarsus bison insignatus Pic, 1900 is raised to species level. Three new synonyms are proposed: Mecynotarus bison (A. G. Olivier, 1811) = M. semicinctus Wollaston, 1865 and M. bordonii Uhmann, 2004, syn. nov.), M. forticornis Kejval, 2011 (= M. antennalis Hashimoto et Sakai, 2011). Two new combination, Mecynotarsus viberti (Bonadona, 1964) comb. nov. (from Pseudonotoxus Pic, 1899) and M. pallidipes (Pic, 1910) comb. nov. (from Notoxus Geoffroy, 1762), are proposed. New records of thirty-seven Australian, Palaearctic and Oriental species are given.

Klíčová slova: Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Mecynotarsus, new species, new synonymy, new combination, taxonomy, faunistics