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Elodes rousseli Solier, 1849 (Figs 2F, 3F, 10) Elodes Rousselii Solier, 1849: 460 (locus typicus: Calbuco) Helodes Rousseli Solier: Gemminger & von Harold 1869: 1619 Elodes rousseli: Pic 1914: 26 (checklist; Chile); Blackwelder 1944: 266 (checklist; Chile); Moroni 1985: 173 (Chile, prov. Llanquihue, Calbuco) Type material. Lectotype (present designation), ��� Elodes \ rousseli Sol \ Calbuco��� [handwritten with brown ink, probably by Solier]; ���dans les broussailles, \ sur les arbres - \ contrefa��t tr��s bien \ le mort en applicant \ et t��te et pattes sur le \ ventre. \ Calbuco. Mauldler��� [handwritten with brown ink, probably by Solier]; ���9 \ 45��� [handwrit- ten on a green, round label]. The specimen is missing head and pronotum, and lateral portion of its right elytron is damaged. Description. EL = 9.7 mm. Elytra with subparallel lateral sides, with 3 longitudinal carinae (costulae of Libonatti & Ruta 2003), covered with relatively long yellow setae that form peculiar patchy pattern. Penis (L 1.54 mm, W 0.57 mm) with oblong oval pala, parameroids with subparallel sides, outer margins of apical portions subtly serrate, trigonium divided into two long and thin rod-like processes, ca. 0.7 �� as long as parameroids; tegmen (L 1.75 mm, W 0.94 mm) massive, parameres wide at bases, gradually narrowing toward apices, outer margins subtly serrate, inner margins of apical portions with minute setae, apices pointed; tergite VIII (L 1.44 mm, W 1.12 mm) with subrectangular apical plate, covered with setae, apical margin with short setae, apodemes shorter than apical plate; tergite IX (L 1.15 mm, W 0.87 mm) membranous, without setation, apodemes short, distinctly shorter than apical plate; sternite VIII (L 0.75 mm, W 0.78 mm) u-shaped, with sparse and short setae on apical margin; sternite IX (L 0.80 mm, W 0.92 mm) consisting of two subtriangular hemisternites, covered with distinct setae on apical portion. Remarks. The original description includes no information on the number of specimens examined by Solier. A lectotype is designated in order to preserve the stability of nomenclature by selecting one specimen as the sole, name-bearing type of the taxon. The species belongs to an undescribed genus (Ruta in litt.). The additional label gives information on behavior of the species (���on the shrub, on the trees, it imitates very well the death by applying the head and the legs alongside the abdomen���), which was included in the note supplementing the original descrip- tion (Solier 1849)., Published as part of Ruta, Rafa��, 2020, An overview of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) described by Antoine Joseph Jean Solier (1792 - 1851), pp. 563-577 in Zootaxa 4767 (4) on page 572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3774939, {"references":["Solier, A. J. J. (1849) Cyphonoideos. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Zoologia. Tom. 4. Insectos. Orden III. Coleopteros. Chile, en el Museo de historia natural de Santiago, En casa del autor, Paris, pp. 454 - 461.","Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (1869) Familia XLI. Dascillidae. In: Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (Eds.), Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. 6. Rhipidoceridae, Dascillidae, Malacodermidae, Cleridae, Lymexylonidae, Cupesidae, Ptinidae, Bostrychidae, Cioidae. Monachii, sumptu E. H. Gummi, Paris, pp. 1613 - 1625. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089","Pic, M. (1914) Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, 10 (58), pp. 1 - 65.","Blackwelder, R. E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185 (2), 266 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.2","Moroni, J. C. (1985) Addenda y corrigenda al elenco sistematico, sinonimico y distribucion de coleopteros acuaticos chilenos. Revista chilena de entomologia, 12, 169 - 176."]}

Elodes velutina Solier, 1849 (Fig. 4) Elodes velutinus Solier, 1849: 460 (locus typicus: Calbuco) Helodes velutinus Solier: Gemminger & von Harold 1869: 1620 Elodes velutinus: Moroni 1985: 173 (Chile, prov. Llanquihue, Calbuco) Elodes velutina: Pic 1914: 26 (checklist; Chile); Blackwelder 1944: 266 (checklist; Chile) Remarks. The type specimen was not found in the collection of the MNHN. Specimens resembling the beetle il- lustrated in Gay (1854) and identified in 1800s and early 1900s by other coleopterists as Elodes velutina belong to an undescribed genus (Ruta in litt.). A supposed larva of Elodes velutina was described by Ruta et al. (2018)., Published as part of Ruta, Rafa��, 2020, An overview of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) described by Antoine Joseph Jean Solier (1792 - 1851), pp. 563-577 in Zootaxa 4767 (4) on pages 572-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3774939, {"references":["Solier, A. J. J. (1849) Cyphonoideos. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Zoologia. Tom. 4. Insectos. Orden III. Coleopteros. Chile, en el Museo de historia natural de Santiago, En casa del autor, Paris, pp. 454 - 461.","Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (1869) Familia XLI. Dascillidae. In: Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (Eds.), Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. 6. Rhipidoceridae, Dascillidae, Malacodermidae, Cleridae, Lymexylonidae, Cupesidae, Ptinidae, Bostrychidae, Cioidae. Monachii, sumptu E. H. Gummi, Paris, pp. 1613 - 1625. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089","Moroni, J. C. (1985) Addenda y corrigenda al elenco sistematico, sinonimico y distribucion de coleopteros acuaticos chilenos. Revista chilena de entomologia, 12, 169 - 176.","Pic, M. (1914) Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, 10 (58), pp. 1 - 65.","Blackwelder, R. E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185 (2), 266 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.2","Gay, C. (1854) Atlas de la historia fisica y politica de Chile. Tomo Segundo. Imprenta de E. Thunot y Ca, Paris, 135 pp.","Ruta, R., Klausnitzer, B. & Prokin, A. (2018) South American terrestrial larva of Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea): the adaptation of Scirtidae larvae to saproxylic habitat is more common than expected. Austral Entomology, 57, 50 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / aen. 12270"]}

Elodes elongata Tournier, 1868 Erstnachweis für TI. 1 ♂ 1.– 10.06.1996, det. Herger., Published as part of Herger, Peter, Germann, Christoph, Uhlig, Manfred, Vogel, Jürgen, Geiser, Michael & Kirejtshuk, Alexander, 2015, Käfer aus Lichtfängen am Monte San Giorgio bei Serpiano, Kanton Tessin (Coleoptera), pp. 89-96 in Entomo Helvetica 8 on page 92, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7706118

Key to identification of species of Elodes sericea species-group The following identification key supplemented with Tables 2 and 3 is proposed for the group. As the colour variation is insufficiently known, the traits on penis and tegmen as well as tergite 8 and sternite 8 must be employed for reliable identification. 1 Parameroids markedly prolonged behind lateral tooth, 0.08–0.15 mm long (Fig. 29, 34), not very distinctly detached from rest of penis. Fore tibiae in JJ arcuately dilated inwards somewhat before their midlength.................................................................................. 2 1* Distal prolongation behind lateral tooth of parameroid markedly shorter, 0.03–0.06 mm long (Figs. 10, 22) with the exception of E. persica (0.10 mm long; Fig. 44); parameroids slightly detached from rest of penis, only in E. persica distinctly detached from rest of penis (Fig. 43). – Parameres more or less straight (Figs. 8, 19, 46) except in E. persica (parameres somewhat arcuate; Fig. 42). Sternite 8 (J) without tooth-shaped structure at anterior corners of pterygia (Figs. 5, 17, 39, 47). Posterior margin of tergite 8 (J) either very slightly to distinctly emarginate (depth of emargination 0.02–0.03 mm; Fig. 6) or nearly straight to somewhat arcuate (Figs. 18, 41). Base of bursal sclerite little dilated, not dentate, less narrowed posteriorly or subparallel (Figs. 16, 48). Sternite 8 (♀) emarginate or splitted posteriorly (♀♀ of E. persica and E. gerdmuelleri sp. nov. unknown)........ 3 2 Tegmen with short, distinctly curved parameres (Figs. 30, 31). Sternite 8 (J) with more or less distinct tooth-shaped structure at anterior corners of pterygia (Figs. 32, 33). Posterior margin of tergite 8 (J) straight to feebly arcuate. Head blackish-brown, clypeus and labrum brown. Antennomeres 1–3 and base of 4 yellowish-brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown, or antennae unicolorous, brown (maybe teneral specimens?). Pronotum and scutellum yellowish-brown. Elytra brown, apex dark brown (Fig. 35). Body slender, 2.14–2.27 (2.17) times as long as wide. Body length 4.30–5.00 mm. Bursal sclerite with broader dentate base, distinctly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 36). Sternite 8 (♀) neither emarginate nor splitted posteriorly (conspecificity of ♀♀ not quite certain). Ukraine (Carpathians), Caucasus, Iran............................................... E. eberti Klausnitzer, 1970 2* Parameres more or less straight (Fig. 27). Sternite 8 (J) without tooth-shaped structure at anterior corners of pterygia (Fig. 25). Posterior margin of tergite 8 (J) more or less straight (Fig. 26). Head brown to reddish-brown, labrum light brown. Antennomeres 1–3 brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown. Pronotum brown to reddish-brown, scutellum reddish-brown. Elytra brown, suture, lateral margin and apex with a more or less extended blackish-brown coloration. (Fig. 23). Body slender, 2.14–2.33 (2.26) times as long as wide. Body length 4.40–5.20 mm. Tadzhikistan................................................................................................................. E. orientalis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 (♀ unknown) 3 Parameroids of penis very distinctly detached (Fig. 43), 0.23 mm long, behind lateral tooth 0.10 mm long. Fore tibiae in JJ bulged inwards somewhat before their midlength, the bulge with weak edge. Sternite 7 with distinct semicircular, 0.07 mm deep emargination (Fig. 37). Plate of tergite 8 hardly emarginate (Fig. 41). Stalk of sternite 8 (Fig. 39) up to bifurcation ca. 0.50 mm long; sternite 8 with triangular sclerotization in middle (Fig. 40). Lateral thorns of parameroids sharply detached, knife-shaped and narrowed outwards (Fig. 44). Head blackish-brown. Antennomeres 1–3 and base of antennomere 4 yellowish-brown. Pronotum and scutellum yellowish-brown. Elytra brown, narrowly infuscate besides scutellum, apex blackish-brown (Fig. 45). Variation unknown. Body slender, 2.53 times as long as wide. Body length 4.75 mm. Iran........................................................................................................... E. persica Klausnitzer, 1975 (♀ unknown) 3* Parameroids of penis not very distinctly detached (Figs. 10, 21), behind lateral thorn 0.03–0.07 mm long. Fore tibiae in JJ not bulged. Sternite 7 with parabolic, 0.06–0.12 mm deep emargination (Fig. 3). Body somewhat stouter, 1.98–2.38 times as long as wide (JJ)............................................................................................................................... 4 4 Parameres slender, more parallel, base not abruptly widened, tip not distinctly detached, transverse structure absent (Fig. 46). Sternite 8 in the middle between pterygia with clearly delimited triangular sclerite (Fig. 47). Bursal sclerite distinctly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 48). Head dark brown to blackish-brown. Antennomeres 1–3 light brown, dorsal side of antennomere 1 somewhat darker, base of antennomere 4 narrowly yellowish-brown, rest of antennae dark brown to blackish-brown, or antennae plain brown (antennomeres 1–3 somewhat lighter). Pronotum light brown, scutellum brown. Elytra brown, at suture dark brown (many specimens with broad dark sutural stripe beginning around scutellum), lateral margin behind humerus up to apex more or less broadly dark brown, apex mostly blackish-brown, or entire body unicolorous, light brown. Body slender, 1.98–2.38 (2.14) times as long as wide. Body length 3.90–5.50 mm. Greece (western continental Greece and western Greek islands).............................................. E. sericea Kiesenwetter, 1859 4* Parameres (Figs. 8, 19) straight, broad at base, gradually tapering distad, posteriorly projecting into distinctly detached tip (Figs. 9, 20). Sternite 8 in the middle between pterygia without distinctly delimited triangular sclerite (Figs. 5, 17). Bursal sclerite subparallel (Fig. 16) (♀ of E. gerdmuelleri sp. nov. unknown)...................................................... 5 5 Parameroids before lateral tooth narrowed but not constricted (Fig. 10), without transverse edge. Tips of parameres knife-shaped (Fig. 9), 0.05–0.07 mm long, with transverse structure near the tip. Parameres wider and shorter. Tergite 8 feebly emarginate posteriorly, emargination 0.02–0.03 mm deep. Penis, tegmen, sternite 8 and tergite 8 smaller (for measurements see Table 2). Head brown and anteriorly lighter (J) or completely light brown (♀). Antennomeres 1–3 yellowish-brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown (J), in ♀ also the base of antennomere 4 slightly lighter. Pronotum plain yellowish-brown (Figs. 1, 2). Scutellum light brown. Elytra brown, area around scutellum, lateral margins behind humeri and apex dark brown, humeri light (Fig. 1), dark colour less developed in ♀ (Fig. 2). Legs light brown. Body elongate, subparallel (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 ♀. Uzbekistan............................. E. jelineki sp. nov. 5* Parameroids before lateral tooth strongly narrowed, almost constricted (Fig. 21, arrow), base of lateral tooth with raised transverse edge (Fig. 22, arrow). Tips of parameres not knife-shaped (Fig. 20), 0.15 mm long, without any transverse structure near the tip. Parameres more slender and longer (Fig. 19). Tergite 8 feebly rounded posteriorly (Fig. 18). Penis, tegmen, sternite 8 and tergite 8 larger (for measurements see Table 2). Head brown. Antennomeres 1–3 brown, rest of antennae blackish-brown. Pronotum plain light brown. Scutellum brown. Elytra brown, becoming gradually blackish-brown posteriorly, light broad stripe running obliquely up to the middle of elytra. Legs light brown. Body elongate, subparallel, 2.11–2.26 times as long as wide. Body length 4.79–4.89 mm. Kazakhstan............................................................. E. gerdmuelleri sp. nov. (♀ unknown), Published as part of Klausnitzer, Bernhard, 2009, Contribution to the knowledge of Elodes sericea species-group with description of two new species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) *, pp. 711-728 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2) on pages 713-715, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324808, {"references":["KLAUSNITZER B. 1970: Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Helodes Latr. (Col., Helodidae). Entomologische Nachrichten 14 (12): 177 - 184.","IABLOKOFF-KHNZORIAN S. M. 1973: [A new species of the genus Helodes Latreille from Tadjikistan (Coleoptera, Helodidae)]. Doklady Akademii Nauk Armenskoy SSR 57: 112 - 114 (in Russian).","KLAUSNITZER B. 1975: Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Helodes Latreille aus der Palaearktis (Col., Helodidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie 25: 329 - 333."]}