The African species of Mecynotarsus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) and a World checklist of the genus

Abstrakt: The Afrotropical species of Mecynotarsus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 are revised. Three species are newly described: Mecynotarsus antipoda sp. nov. (South Africa), M. coachei sp. nov. (Benin, Ivory Coast), and M. okavango sp. nov. (Namibia, South Africa, Zambia). Eleven new synonyms are proposed: Mecynotarsus bison (A. G. Olivier, 1811) (= Mecynotarsus semicinctus var. basalis Pic, 1950, syn. nov.), Mecynotarsus casperi Pic, 1913 (= Mecynotarsus jebali Kejval, 2017, syn. nov.), Mecynotarsus nigronotatus Pic, 1914 (= Mecynotarsus sellatus Brancsik, 1914, syn. nov.), Mecynotarsus subangulicollis Pic, 1914 (= Mecynotarsus simplicicornis Pic, 1914, M. adumbratus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1923, M. bredoi Pic, 1952, M. paulosignatus Pic, 1951, and M. paulosignatus var. innotatus Pic, 1951, syn. nov.), Mecynotarsus subparallelus Pic, 1895 (= Mecynotarsus franzi Bonadona, 1962, syn. nov.), Mecynotarsus truquii Marseul, 1879 (= Mecynotarsus longipennis Pic, 1949 and M. punctatus Pic, 1952, syn. nov.). Lectotypes are designated for the following taxa: Mecynotarsus apicalis Pic, 1939, M. casperi Pic, 1913, M. longipennis Pic, 1949, M. nigronotatus Pic, 1914, M. paulosignatus Pic, 1951, M. sellatus Brancsik, 1914, M. sellatus var. evanescens Brancsik, 1914, M. simplicicornis Pic, 1914, M. subangulicollis Pic, 1914, and M. subparallelus Pic, 1914. A key to species occurring in Africa and Madagascar and a world checklist of the species of the genus are provided.

Klíčová slova: Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Mecynotarsus, new species, new synonymy, taxonomy, faunistics, checklist, Afrotropical region