taxonID	type	description	language	source
0386CB09FFC90821CD7AFC8FFDA7ADED.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 16)	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC90821CD7AFC8FFDA7ADED.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Uzbekistan, Aman Kutan, 39 ° 19 ′ N, 66 ° 56 ′ E. Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, Uzbekistan, Aman Kutan, Samarkand env., 1200 m, 16.05. – 18.05.1974, leg. A. Pfeffer (NMPC). PARATYPES: 2 JJ 1 ♀, the same data as in holotype (NMPC, BKDC).	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC90821CD7AFC8FFDA7ADED.taxon	description	Description. Body elongate, nearly parallel-sided (Figs. 1 – 2), 2.05 – 2.16 (2.11) times as long as wide in JJ and 2.13 times as long as wide in ♀. Body length 3.45 – 3.79 (3.74) mm in JJ and 4.26 mm in ♀. Head brown and anteriorly lighter in J and completely light brown in ♀; densely punctate with light pubescence, hairs directed anteriorly. Labrum light brown, maxillary palpi light brown. Antennomeres 1 – 3 light brown, remaining ones blackish-brown (J), in ♀ also base of antennomere 4 somewhat lighter. Lengths of antennomeres 1 – 4: 0.20 mm, 0.07 mm, 0.04 mm and 0.35 mm in J and 0.18 mm, 0.09 mm, 0.05 mm and 0.35 mm in ♀. Pronotum plain yellowish-brown (Figs. 1, 2); strongly punctate, with light vestiture, hairs directed laterally and posteriorly. Posterior corners distinctly explanate, anterior margin broadly rounded. LP 0.74 – 0.88 (0.79) mm in J and 0.88 mm in ♀. BP 1.13 – 1.25 (1.19) mm in J and 1.38 mm in ♀. Scutellum light brown, shallowly punctate. Elytra brown, around scutellum as well as at lateral margins behind humeri and at apex infuscate, humeri consequently light (Fig. 1), dark coloration less developed in ♀ (Fig. 2); elytra with dense light vestiture. BE 0.84 – 0.94 (0.87) mm in J and 1.00 mm in ♀; LE 2.71 – 3.09 (2.95) mm in J and 3.38 mm in ♀. Legs light brown. Ventral surface brown. Sternites brown, infuscate in the middle. Male. Sternite 7 with parabolic, 0.06 – 0.07 (0.07) mm deep emargination (Fig. 3); 0.45 – 0.52 (0.50) mm long and 0.95 – 1.08 (1.01) mm wide. Tergite 7 plate-shaped, with bacilla lateralia (Fig. 4); 0.49 – 0.58 (0.53) mm long. Plate 0.70 – 0.72 (0.71) mm wide and 0.35 – 0.42 (0.39) mm long in the middle; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.34 – 0.40 (0.36) mm long. Sternite 8 (Fig. 5) with large, posteriorly broadly rounded pterygia; 0.56 – 0.62 (0.59) mm long and 0.45 – 0.50 (0.48) mm wide. Stalk narrow, 0.27 – 0.30 (0.28) mm long and posteriorly 0.06 – 0.07 (0.06) mm broad, bifurcate and strengthening base of pterygia. Narrow rod-shaped sclerotization in the middle reaching base of pterygia (arrow). Tergite 8 (Fig. 6) with sclerotized, posteriorly shallowly emarginate plate (emargination 0.02 – 0.03 mm deep) and heavily sclerotized bacilla lateralia. Tergite 0.67 – 0.74 (0.71) mm long; plate 0.49 – 0.53 (0.51) mm wide; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.51 – 0.57 (0.54) mm long. Tergite 9 with sclerotized bacilla lateralia, plate little sclerotized posteriorly. Tergite ca. 0.60 – 0.65 mm long; plate 0.27 – 0.31 mm (0.29 mm) wide; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.40 – 0.50 (0.45) mm long. Sternite 9 (Fig. 7) with area of longer setae posteriorly, lateral margin strengthened, the strengthened borders interconnected by fine membrane anteriorly. Sternite 0.80 – 0.87 (0.83) mm long; plate 0.26 – 0.32 (0.29) mm wide. Tegmen (Fig. 8) with parameres straight, broad at base and gradually tapering, projecting posteriorly into distinctly detached, knife-shaped, 0.05 – 0.07 mm long tips (Fig. 9) with transverse structure near the tip (arrow). Tegmen 0.81 – 0.92 (0.86) mm long and 0.18 – 0.19 (0.19) mm wide. Penis slender, 1.11 – 1.18 (1.14) mm long and 0.12 – 0.13 (0.13) mm wide; slenderness index 8.5 – 9.4 (9.0). Parameroids 0.21 – 0.22 (0.22) mm long, posteriorly with well defined lateral tooth (up to apex 0.06 mm long), densely covered with sensory pores (Fig. 10). Female. Sternite 7 with rectilinear posterior margin (Fig. 11), 0.53 mm long and 1.16 mm wide. Tergite 7 developed as membranous plate with more sclerotized anterolateral areas (Fig. 12, arrow). Bacilla lateralia with a loop-like structure slightly behind their midlength (arrow). Tergite 0.65 mm long; plate 0.60 mm wide and in the middle 0.40 mm long; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.40 mm long. Sternite 8 (Fig. 13) developed as homogeneous, posteriorly split plate; interior with weakly sclerotized stripe (arrow), vanishing anteriorly. Sternite 0.85 mm long and 0.40 mm wide. Tergite 8 (Fig. 14) with a little sclerotized plate and strong bacilla lateralia, 1.18 mm long; plate 0.50 mm wide; bacilla lateralia 0.90 mm long. Ovipositor (Fig. 15) in total 1.72 mm long; baculi 1.22 mm, coxite 0.43 mm and styli 0.07 mm long. Base of coxite narrowly sclerotized (arrow). Tips of styli with tuft of sensory setae. Bursal sclerite in two parts, subparallel-sided (Fig. 16), 0.69 mm long and 0.15 mm wide.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC90821CD7AFC8FFDA7ADED.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This new species is dedicated to Josef Jelínek, a long-standing curator of Coleoptera in the National Museum, Prague, with whom we are united by a bond of friendship lasting tens of years.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC90821CD7AFC8FFDA7ADED.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from the type locality, Aman Kutan in Uzbekistan, ca. 40 km south of Samarkand (39 ° 19 ′ N, 66 ° 56 ′ E).	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC10829CE98FC73FC55AC9C.taxon	description	(Figs. 17 – 22) Type locality. Kazakhstan, Talas Alatau, 1200 m a. s. l. Type material, HOLOTYPE: J, Kazakhstan, Talasskii Alatau, 1200 m, 18.05.1990, leg. Karasew (DEI). PARATYPES: 1 J, the same data as in holotype (BKDC); 1 J, Dzhabagli, Taldy-Bulak, 20.05.1990, leg. Konstantinov (BKDC). Description. Body elongate, subparallel, 2.11 – 2.26 times as long as wide. Body length 4.79 – 4.89 mm. Head brown, densely punctate, hairs light, directed anteriorly. Antennomeres 1 – 3 brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown. Lengths of antennomeres 1 – 4: 0.25 mm, 0.13 mm, 0.05 mm and 0.44 mm. Pronotum plain light brown, strongly punctate with light vestiture, hairs directed laterally and posteriorly; posterior corners distinctly explanate, anterior margin broadly rounded. LP 1.02 – 1.04 mm; BP 2.12 – 2.15 mm. Scutellum brown, shallowly punctate. Elytra brown, becoming gradually blackish-brown posteriorly, with light broad stripe running obliquely almost to middle of elytra. Longitudinal ridges distinctly developed. Vestiture light and dense. BE 1.06 – 1.16 mm; LE 3.77 – 3.85 mm. Legs brown. Male. Tergite 7 plate-shaped, with bacilla lateralia making up a loop in anterior third. Tergite 0.71 – 0.78 mm long; plate 1.05 – 1.10 mm wide and in the middle 0.61 – 0.64 mm long; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.40 – 0.50 mm long. Sternite 8 (Fig. 17) with large, posteriorly rounded pterygia. Stalk in the middle with narrow rod-shaped sclerotization, the rod reaching just base of pterygia (arrow); stalk bifurcate laterally and strengthening base of pterygia. Entire sternite 0.89 – 1.00 mm long and 0.75 – 0.80 mm wide, stalk up to base of pterygia 0.58 – 0.65 mm long. Tergite 8 (Fig. 18) with sclerotized, posteriorly almost straight plate and with bacilla lateralia reaching midlength of plate. Tergite 0.96 – 1.12 mm long; plate 0.59 – 0.76 mm wide; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.70 – 0.80 mm long. Tergite 9 with sclerotized bacilla lateralia, plate weakly sclerotized posteriorly. Tergite ca. 0.88 mm long; plate 0.43 mm wide; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.65 mm long. Sternite 9 posteriorly with patch of longer setae, lateral margins strengthened, anteriorly interconnected by fine membrane. Sternite 1.30 mm long; plate 0.48 mm wide. Tegmen (Fig. 19) with parameres straight and narrow, gradually tapering distad and projecting into distinctly detached, narrow, approximately 0.15 mm long tip (Fig. 20). More strongly sclerotized area at base between parameres (arrow). Tegmen 1.97 – 2.18 mm long and 0.35 – 0.36 mm wide. Penis very slender (Fig. 21), distinctly constricted behind the detached apex (arrow), 2.26 – 2.51 mm long and 0.16 – 0.19 mm wide; index of slenderness 13.2 – 14.1. Parameroids 0.22 – 0.23 mm long, posteriorly with well defined lateral tooth (up to apex 0.04 mm long), densely covered with sensory pores (Fig. 22), base with transverse ridge (arrow). Female. Unknown.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC10829CE98FC73FC55AC9C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This new species is named in honour of my dear friend Gerd Müller-Motzfeld (Zoological Institute, Greifswald University), who died during an expedition to Kyrgyzstan on 24 July 2009, to recognize his special effort in the research of the beetle fauna of Middle Asia.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC10829CE98FC73FC55AC9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. By now known only from the Alatau mountains. The type locality in Talas Alatau in Kazakhstan is situated in the mountains north of Talas in Kirgizia. The mountain chain, called also the Kirgizskij Khrebet, extends from ca. 42 ° 45 ′ N to ca. 42 ° 55 ′ N, and from ca. 71 ° 34 ′ E to ca. 73 ° 31 ′ E. Taldy-Bulak lies somewhat north of Alatau (43 ° 20 ′ N, 75 ° 16 ′ E) and the locality Dzhabagli is situated in the western part of the Talas Alatau.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC00834CE18FB5DFCB2ABFD.taxon	description	(Figs. 23 – 29)	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC00834CE18FB5DFCB2ABFD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. TADZHIKISTAN: Ziddy, Hissar Mts., Anzob pass [39 ° 10 ′ N, 68 ° 49 ′ E], 2100 – 2700 m a. s. l., 12. – 20. vii. 1992, 3 spec., leg. Kasantsev; Hissar Mts., Romit gorge, 1600 – 1700 m a. s. l., 26. v. 1975, 1 spec., 23. v. 1978, 1 spec., leg. Muche; Pamir, Muksu-territory, Sukrahn gorge, 2800 m a. s. l., vii. 1990, 1 spec., leg. Schmidt (all specimens in BKDC).	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
0386CB09FFC00834CE18FB5DFCB2ABFD.taxon	description	Redescription. Body elongate, subparallel-sided (Fig. 23), 2.14 – 2.33 (2.26) times as long as wide. Body length 4.40 – 5.22 (4.74) mm. Head brown to reddish-brown, densely punctate, with light vestiture, hairs directed anteriorly. Labrum and maxillary palpi light brown. Antennomeres 1 – 3 brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown. Lengths of antennomeres 1 – 4: 0.22 mm, 0.11 mm, 0.04 mm and 0.45 mm. eberti n = 2, E. jelineki n = 1. Pronotum monochrome, brown to reddish-brown (Fig. 23); strongly punctate, vestiture light, hairs directed laterally and posteriorly; posterior angles distinctly explanate, anterior margin broadly rounded. LP 0.89 – 1.10 (0.96) mm; BP 1.44 – 1.66 (1.52) mm. Scutellum reddish-brown, shallowly punctate. Elytra brown, suture, lateral margins and apex to various extent blackish-brown (Fig. 23); densely punctate and with dense light vestiture; longitudinal ridges distinctly developed. BE 1.03 – 1.12 (1.06) mm; LE 3.50 – 4.12 (3.84) mm. Legs light brown. Anterior tibiae near base with angulate extension. Sternites blackishbrown. Male. Sternite 7 posteriorly with subtriangular, 0.11 – 0.14 (0.12) mm deep emargination (Fig. 24); 0.61 – 0.65 (0.64) mm long and 1.24 – 1.29 (1.27) mm wide. Tergite 7 plate-shaped, with bacilla lateralia. Tergite 0.68 mm long; plate 0.90 mm wide and in the middle 0.53 mm long; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.50 mm long. Sternite 8 (Fig. 25) with large, posteriorly rounded pterygia. Stalk narrow, in the middle with narrow rod-shaped sclerotization reaching just the base of pterygia; stalk bifurcated laterally at base, strengthening pterygia. Sternite 0.72 – 0.82 (0.77) mm long and 0.56 – 0.62 (0.59) mm wide; stalk up to base of pterygia 0.45 – 0.56 (0.51) mm long. Tergite 8 (Fig. 26) with sclerotized, posteriorly almost straight plate and heavily sclerotized bacilla lateralia. Tergite 0.81 – 0.95 (0.88) mm long; plate 0.60 – 0.68 (0.64) mm wide; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.62 – 0.65 (0.63) mm long. Tergite 9 with sclerotized bacilla lateralia, plate posteriorly weakly sclerotized. Tergite ca. 1.05 mm long; plate 0.40 – 0.48 (0.46) mm long; bacilla lateralia (irrespective of curvature) 0.50 – 0.52 (0.52) mm long. Sternite 9 with patch of longer setae posteriorly, lateral margins strengthened, interconnected by fine membrane. Sternite 1.11 – 1.30 (1.20) mm long; plate 0.33 – 0.38 (0.35) mm wide. Tegmen (Fig. 27) with parameres gently curved outwards, broad at base and projecting distally in a distinctly detached, 0.12 – 0.13 (0.13) mm long tip (Fig. 28). Tegmen 1.47 – 1.60 (1.53) mm long and 0.21 – 0.31 (0.26) mm wide. Penis slender, 1.80 – 1.90 (1.86) mm long and 0.14 – 0.28 (0.21) mm wide; index of slenderness 6.40 – 13.60. Parameroids 0.35 – 0.42 (0.39) mm long, posteriorly with well defined lateral tooth, behind it narrowly elongate (up to apex 0.08 – 0.13 mm long), densely covered with sensory pores (Fig. 29). Female. Unknown. Notes. Elodes orientalis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 was considered as a synonym of Elodes eberti Klausnitzer, 1970 by KLAUSNITZER (1974) because the original description was insufficient and the type specimens could not be revised. Now, freshly available specimens make possible a better interpretation of the data by IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN (1973). Especially the shape of the parameroids suggests the appurtenance of the specimens to E. orientalis and the other characters do not contradict this conclusion. IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN (1973) gives the type locality as ‘ Tadzhikistan, upper stream of Surkhob, gorge Maidan-Tau’ (supposedly Sarinay on Surkhob near the boundary with Kirgizia). The geographic coordinates of this locality are 39 ° 24 ′ N and 71 ° 41 ′ E.	en	Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2009): Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 711-728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808
