To the knowledge of the Near East species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) Author Nabozhenko, Maxim V. Author Háva, Jiří text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-24 4767 2 319 331 journal article 22558 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.7 7dddc276-7521-4b72-b606-2676a149ba8d 1175-5334 3771519 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C97C8B85-5C71-403E-87DF-F0ADD4615432 Key to species (based on males) of the genus Odocnemis from the Levant region and Cyprus 1. Elytra without distinct tubercles.............................................................. O. intrusicollis – Elytra with distinct tubercles which possess coeloconic sensilla ( Nabozhenko & Keskin 2016 )........................ 2 2. Elytra dorsally pubescent at apex. Metatibiae S-shaped in lateral view and C-shaped in frontal view; inner side of metatibiae depressed and covered with very dense long suberected hairs............................................ O. valga – Elytra bare at apex (but epipleura can be setose). Metatibia straight; inner side of metatibiae with simple recumbent hairs.. 3 3. Pro- and mesotrochanters with acute projected tooth. Apical piece of aedeagus curved upward, with ball-like thickening at apex................................................................................... O. evae sp. nov. – Pro- and mesotrochanters simple, without tooth. Apical piece of aedeagus straight or weakly bent, flattened at apex or with only small flattened thickness on dorsal side.................................................................... 4 4. Metatibiae with granules on inner side.......................................................... O. moabitica – Metatibiae without granules or teeth...................................................................... 5 5. Elytral striae consisting of large, deep separated punctures with unclear margins, elytral intervals with very sparse, fine punctation, with often barely visible punctures; elytral lateral margins emarginated before apex, with more or less expressed caudal extension (mucron). Ventrite 1 usually with small brush of short suberected setae in middle................ O. praelonga – Elytral striae consisting of small oval or dotted punctures, often merged in apical half, elytral intervals with distinct moderately coarse, sparse punctation; elytral lateral margins not emarginated before apex, elytra without mucron. Ventrite 1 without setated brush.............................................................................................. 6 6. Apical piece of aedeagus distinctly shortly thickened at apex....................................... O. amanosica – Apical piece of aedeagus evenly flattened at apex........................................................... 7 7. Outer margin of protibiae strongly curved inwards..................................................... O. clara – Outer margin of protibiae almost straight ......................................................... .. O. punctata