Kuatunia Evers, 1949

Tshernyshev, S. E. & Shcherbakov, M. V., 2021, A new species of soft-winged flower beetle of the genus Kuatunia Evers, 1949 (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) from Nepal, Far Eastern Entomologist 426, pp. 1-9 : 3

Genus Kuatunia Evers, 1949

Type species: Kuatunia klapperichi Evers, 1949, by original designation.

SPECIES INCLUDED. There are 19 species in the genus: Kuatunia andreasi

Tshernyshev, sp. n. ( Nepal: Karnali Province); K. australis Wittmer, 1991 ( Madagascar); K. alutaceus (Wittmer, 1986) ( Taiwan: Nantou); K. bullosa Wittmer, 1995

( Nepal: 120 km S Kathmandu); K. chibaensis (Nakane, 1989) ( Japan: Honshû); K.

emeiensis Wittmer, 1995 ( China: Sichuan); K. guilinensis Wittmer, 1995 ( China:

Guangxi); K. horaiana (Nakane, 1991) ( Japan: Honshû); K. klapperichi Evers, 1949

( China: Fujian); K. matthiasi Tshernyshev, 2015 ( Nepal: Seti Province); K. nigroopaca Wittmer, 1995 ( China: Sichuan); K. nordica Tshernyshev, 2012 ( Russia:

Taimyr, Yakutia); K. oblongula (Kiesenwetter, 1874) ( Japan); K. chujoi Wittmer,

1954 ( Japan); K. oloyensis Wittmer, 1999 ( Russia: Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Maga-

danskaya Oblast); K. sichuana Wittmer, 1995 China: (Sichuan); K. soppongensis

Wittmer, 1995 ( Thailand); K. yamawakii (Nakane, 1985) ( Japan: Meshima and

Kamikoshiki Islands); K. wolongensis Tshernyshev, 2012 ( China: Wolong National

Nature Reserve).

The distribution of the genus Kuatunia is remarkable in that it ranges from Madagascar through South East Asia to the Arctic region of North Asia. Among the species of the genus, six are known from China and Taiwan, four from Nepal, two from

Russia, five from Japan, one from Thailand and one from Madagascar.

NOTES. A valuable contribution by Plonsky (2016) clarified the date of publi-

cation of the first description of the genus Kuatunia Evers in “Entomologische

Blätter” since it was earlier taken to be “1945–48” from the journal’s front page;

actually the journal was printed in 1949, so the correct and valid designation should be “ Kuatunia Evers, 1949 ”.