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 : 32

Catomus chikatunovi n. sp. ( Figs 1–6)

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4EBBC17B-B387-452F-898C-92F30AC5612A .

Etymology: The species is named in honour of Prof. Vladimir Il’ich Chikatunov (SMNHTAU), who made a significant contribution to the study of the Coleoptera fauna of the Central Asia and the Near East, and in connection with his 80 th birthday.