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FAMILY ANTHICIDAE (Antlike flower beetles) Y. Bousquet This family comprises 54 species in Canada and Alaska. The adults are usually found under debris and in leaf litter on the ground or on flowers and foliage; the larvae live in the soil and in decayed vegetation. Apparently, members of many species are scavengers; those of some species are known to be egg predators. The North American species of this family are usually grouped into two subfamilies, the Notoxinae and the Anthicinae. Thanks to the works of Werner and Chandler, the taxonomy of most of the groups occurring in North American has been worked out. AK (2); YK (2); NT (5); BC (29); AB (24); SK (24); MB (19); ON (25); PQ (15); NB (9); NS (5); PE (1); NF (3); I (3) Subfamily NOTOXINAE Tribe Notoxini Genus MECYNOTARSUS LaFerté-Sénectère Key to New World species: Chandler (1977) M. candidus LeConte - - - - AB - - - - - - - - - Genus NOTOXUS Fabricius Ceratoderus Blanchard Monocerus Faldermann Key to North American species: Chandler (1982) N. anchora Hentz - - NT - AB SK MB ON PQ NB - PE - - N. bifasciatus (LeConte) - - - - - - MB - - - - - - - N. cavicornis LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - breviusculus Fall obesulus Blaisdell N. desertus Casey - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - constrictus Casey N. intermedius Fall - - - - AB SK - - - - - - - - parvidens Fall N. manitoba Chandler - - - - - - MB - - - - - - - N. marginatus LeConte - - - - AB - - - - - - - - - N. montanus Casey - - - - AB - - - - - - - - - microcerus Casey similis Fall N. pictus Casey - - - BC AB - - - - - - - - - N. robustus Casey - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - humboldti Casey N. schwarzi Horn - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - N. serratus (LeConte) - - - BC AB SK - - - - - - - - digitalis LeConte vandykei Blaisdell N. subtilis LeConte - - - - AB SK MB ON - - - - - - Subfamily ANTHICINAE Tribe Anthicini Genus AMBLYDERUS LaFerté-Sénectère A. granularis LeConte - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - A. obesus Casey - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - A. pallens LeConte - - - BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB - - - - Genus ANTHICUS Paykull Nathicus Casey Key to North American species: Werner (1964) A. ancilla Casey - - - - AB SK - - - - - - - - caseyi Pic parallelus Casey A. bellulus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - helvinus Casey minusculus Champion A. biguttulus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - ovicollis Casey protectus Casey A. cervinus LaFerté-Sénectère - - - BC AB SK MB ON PQ - - - - - bifasciatus Say bizonatus LaFerté-Sénectère gilensis Casey seminotatus Casey terminalis LeConte A. coracinus LeConte AK YK NT BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB NS - - - A. cribratus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - hecate Casey A. ephippium LaFerté-Sénectère - - - BC AB SK MB ON PQ - - - - - confusus LeConte difficilis LeConte luteolus LeConte pinguescens Casey simiolus Casey A. flavicans LeConte - - NT BC AB SK MB ON - NB NS - - - A. haldemani LeConte - - NT - AB SK - ON - - - - - NF decorellus Casey quadriguttatus Haldeman saucius Casey A. hastatus Casey - - - BC AB SK MB - - - - - - - solidus Casey subcalvus Casey A. heroicus Casey - - - - - - - - - NB - - - - A. lecontei Champion - - - BC AB SK - ON PQ - - - - - auriger Casey junctus Casey stellatus Casey vulneratus Casey A. lutulentus Casey - - - BC AB SK - ON - - - - - - agilis Casey herifugus Casey mundus Casey A. melancholicus LaFerté-Sénectère - - - - - - - ON PQ - - - - - facilis Casey latebrans LeConte spretus LeConte A. nanus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - amoenus Casey innocens Casey inscitus Casey nympha Casey obliquus Casey peninsularis Casey vagans Casey A. nigritus Mannerheim AK YK NT - - - - - - - - - - - A. praeceps Casey - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - A. punctulatus LeConte - - - BC AB SK MB - - - - - - - cephalotes Casey decrepitus Casey mercurialis Casey monticola Casey A. scabriceps LeConte - - - - AB SK MB ON PQ NB NS - - NF compositus Casey Genus SAPINTUS Casey Key to North American species: Werner (1962) S. fulvipes (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - BC - - MB ON - - - - - - colonus Casey rusticus Casey S. lemniscatus Werner - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - S. pubescens (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - - - - - ON PQ - - - - - S. pusillus (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - - - - MB ON PQ - NS - - - binominatus Pic festinans Casey mollis Casey Genus STRICTICOMUS Pic S. tobias (Marseul)+ - - - - - - - - PQ - - - - - Genus OMONADUS Mulsant & Rey Hemantus Casey Key to North American species: Werner (1964) O. floralis (Linné)+ - - - BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB - - - NF ?basillaris (Say) O. formicarius (Goeze)+ - - - BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB - - - - enodis (Casey) rixator (Casey scenicus (Casey) Genus MALPORUS Casey M. cinctus (Say) - - - - - SK - ON - - - - - - M. formicarius (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - - - SK MB ON PQ NB NS - - - Genus THICANUS Casey T. mimus Casey - - - BC AB SK MB - - - - - - - Genus EUVACUSUS Casey E. coloradanus Casey - - - BC AB SK MB - - - - - - - Genus VACUSUS Casey Key species: Werner (1961) V. formicetorum (Wasmann) - - - - AB SK - - - - - - - - desertorum Casey prominens Casey suspectus Casey V. nigritulus (LeConte) - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - arcanus Casey Genus ISCHYROPALPUS LaFerté-Sénectère Lappus Casey Key to North American species: Werner (1973) I. cochisei Werner - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - I. nitidulus (LeConte) - - - BC - - - ON PQ - - - - - alacer (Casey) asperulus (Casey) cursor (Casey) nubilatus (Casey solivagans (Casey) vigilans (Casey) I. obscurus (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - - - - - ON PQ - - - - - I. turgidicollis (Casey) - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - animatus (Casey) I. sturmi (LaFerté-Sénectère) - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - elegans (LaFerté-Sénectère) Genus TANARTHRUS LeConte Key species: Chandler (1975) (subgenus TANARTHROPSIS Casey) T. salicola LeConte - - - - - SK - - - - - - - - densus Casey mormon Wickham nubifer Casey tricolor Casey virginalis Wickham .
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    Baltic J. Coleopterol. 18(2) 2018 ISSN 1407 - 8619 Descriptions of two new Australian genera of Anthicidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Dmitry Telnov Telnov D. 2018. Descriptions of two new Australian genera of Anthicidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Baltic J. Coleopterol., 18(2): 199 - 218. Two new Australian Anthicidae genera, Australosteropes gen. nov. (Steropinae) and Sahulanthicus gen. nov. (Anthicinae: Anthicini) are described, diagnosed, and illustrated. Some critical morphological characters of these new groups and the subfamilies to which they belong are discussed. New combinations are made for the following 18 taxa: Australosteropes davidsonae (Armstrong, 1948) comb. nov. (from Macratria Newman, 1838), Sahulanthicus abundans (Lea, 1922) comb. nov., S. apicalis (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. baudinensis (Champion, 1895) comb. nov., S. brevicollis (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. cavifrons (Champion, 1895) comb. nov., S. crassipes (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., S. crassus (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. discoideus (Champion, 1895) comb. nov., S. immaculatus (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. inglorius (Lea, 1896) comb. nov., S. laticollis (MacLeay, 1872) comb. nov., S. luridus (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. monostigma (Cham- pion, 1895) comb. nov., S. obliquefasciatus (King, 1869) comb. nov., S. permutatus (Pic, 1897) comb. nov., S. scutellatus (Lea, 1896) comb. nov. (all from Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877), and S. dilatipennis (Pic, 1900) comb. nov. (from Anthicus Paykull, 1798). Lectotype is designated for Sahulanthicus dilatipennis (Pic, 1900). Key words: Anthicinae, Macratriinae, Steropinae, taxonomy, morphology, Australia, Papuan Region. Dmitry Telnov (ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-0089). Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom & Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera iela 3, Salaspils, LV-2169, Latvia.