The Near Eastern species of Leptodirini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)

SummaryThe Near Eastern species of Leptodirini (from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Southwestern Russia, Syria and Turkey) are reviewed. The new monospecific genus Mixanigia n. gen. is described for faillei sp. Huetheriella pinargozu described. Catopsinus (Motschulsky, 1868) resurrected four previously placed in Bathysciola Jeannel, 1910: cavazzutii (Giachino, 1996) comb., C. lindbergi (Jeannel, 1957) peyronis (Abeille de Perrin, 1875) comb. pusillus 1840), plus three species: hlavaci sp., the first Syrian Leptodirini, loebli meybohmi from south Turkey. This solves long-term problem name “Bathysciola”, used since 1910 notwithstanding anteriority senior which it should have been considered as synonym. fausti Reitter, 1883 provisionally transferred to Sbordoniola Zoia & Rampini, 1994. caucasica Giachino, 1998 synonymized with brignolii 1996. New faunistic data provided pusillus, peyronis, suramensis 1930, Pisidiella spatulifera 1930 P. ovoidea 1955. geographical distribution discussed within frame “Anatolian diagonal”. Distribution maps identification tables all genera region Huetheriella.