Catomus chikatunovi, Nabozhenko, 2020

Nabozhenko, Maxim V., 2020, A new psammophilic species of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from the Negev Desert, Israel, with a key to all known species from the Near East, Israel Journal of Entomology 50 (2), pp. 31-37 : 35

Key to species of the genus Catomus from the Near East

1 Margins Of prOnOtum and elytra with lOng erect sparse hairs, but dOrsal side Of elytra bare. Body reddish or yellowish, often translucent. [ Israel] ...................... .................................................................................................. chikatunovi sp. n.

– Margins Of prOnOtum and elytra withOut lOng erect hairs, but dOrsal side Of elytra can be setated. Body reddish, brown or black, non-translucent.........................2

2 Lateral margins Of prOnOtum nOt beaded; prOnOtum with cOarse and dense lOngitudinal punctation (additional character).Illustrations in Nabozhenko et al. (2012). [ Turkey: Ankara prov.]..................................................... kuesteri (Weise, 1878)

– Lateral margins Of prOnOtum distinctly beaded .................................................3