Abstract
The net-winged beetle genus Benibotarus Kôno, 1932 (Erotinae: Dictyopterini) is reviewed. Currently, the genus includes two subgenera, Benibotarus s. str. and B. subgen. Sibetarus Bocak et Bocakova, 1991, and three species. Benibotarus is known to occur only in the Palaearctic, from central Europe and the Caucasus (subgen. Sibetarus) to East Asia (subgen. Benibotarus s. str.), with a considerable gap between distribution ranges of its subgenera. A fourth species of the genus, B. (s. str.) rubrohumeralis sp. nov., is described from central China. B. (S.) taygetanus (Pic) is reported from Montenegro for the first time. Photographs of Benibotarus and of some morphological details are presented, with the female copulatory organs of B. arnoldii (Barovskij, 1932) and B. spinicoxis (Kiesenwetter, 1874) illustrated for the first time. An identification key to the Benibotarus subgenera and species is provided.
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