Abstract
Mythenteles Hall & Evenhuis is revised worldwide. Mythenteles is shown to have a disjunct Northern Hemisphere distribution. Eight new species in this genus are described and illustrated: Mythenteles deemingi Evenhuis, sp. n., from Cyprus, M. hellenicae Evenhuis, sp. n., from Greece, M. hispanicola Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta, sp. n. and M. infrequens Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta, sp. n. from northern Spain, M. coptopheles Evenhuis, sp. n., M. freidbergi Evenhuis, sp. n. and M. wadimurri Evenhuis & Theodor, sp. n., from Israel, and M. silus Evenhuis, sp. n. from the western United States. A lectotype is designated for Empidideicus indicus Brunetti and a key to species in the genus Mythenteles is presented.References
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