Revision of the subgenus Kabakovia Kirejtshuk, 1979 of the genus Cryptarchopria Jelínek, 1975 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and notes on systematics and evolution of the subfamily Meligethinae
The new studies revealed two new species of the subgenus Kabakovia Kirejtshuk, 1979, stat. nov. [Cryptarchopria (K.) nepalensis sp. nov. from Nepal and C. (K.) ivoriensis sp. nov. from the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire] and made it possible to revise the subgenus and the composition of the genus Cryptarchopria Jelínek, 1975 including the subgenera Kabakovia and Horakia Jelínek, 2000, stat. nov., and also to make some assumptions on evolution of the groups related to this subgenus associated with palm inflorescences, and to offer some proposals on systematics of the subfamily. Also, the synonymy of Cornutopria Endrödy-Younga, 1978 and Palmopria Endrödy-Younga, 1978, syn. nov. as well as the synonymy of Microporum C. Waterhouse, 1876 and Lucanopria Audisio et Cline, 2009, syn. nov. were proposed, while other“genera” erected by Audisio et al., 2009 are still regarded as problematic.