Cymindis Latreille, 1806

Rasool, Iftekhar, Felix, Ron F. F. L., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2017, A review of subtribe Cymindidina Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) in Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4236 (1), pp. 157-171 : 168

Cymindis Latreille, 1806

Type species. Buprestis humeralis Geoffřoy, 1785

Cymindis Latreille, 1806 is the largest genus in subtribe Cymindidina with more than 220 taxa in 15 subgenera. It is the most speciose and widespread genus that extends to Nearctic, Neotropical, and Palaearctic zoogeographical regions ( Bousquet 2012), with exception of Australia ( Ball & Hilchie 1983). The Palaearctic region contributes most of the diversity with 167 species ( Kabak 2003; Bousquet 2012). The members of the subgenus Cymindis sensu stricto from the South of the Arabian Peninsula can be separated from these genera and subgenera by: last labial palpomeres dilated and truncate at apex; temples pubescent; pronotum cordiform; elytra with complete striae; wings usually reduced; males with 1–3 dilated protarsomeres and with serrate adhesive setae underneath; tarsal claws pectinate ( Lindroth 1974; Ball & Hilchie 1983: Bousquet 2010). Hitherto only three species of Cymindis have been recorded from Saudi Arabia, C. andreae Ménétriés 1832 , this species was recently transferred to the subgenus Arrhostus Motschulsky 1864 ( Sundukov, 2005) ; C. (s. str.) suturalis Dejean, 1825 ( Mateu 1986; El-Hawagry et al. 2013) and C. (s. str.) laevistriata Lucas, 1846 ( Basilewsky 1979) . During the present work only C. andreae and C. suturalis were collected in the southwestern Saudi Arabia.