Philothis (Farabius), Reichardt, 1930

Lackner, Tomáš, 2010, Review of the Palaearctic genera of Saprininae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 50, pp. 1-254 : 176

Subgenus Farabius Reichardt, 1930

Farabius Reichardt, 1930: 299 . Type species: Philothis (Farabius) hexeris Reichardt, 1930 , by monotypy.

Farabius : REICHARDT (1941): 340, 343; KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT (1976): 245, 249; MAZUR (1984): 109; MAZUR (1997): 268; MAZUR (2004): 96.

Diagnosis. Species of this subgenus are most similar to species of the nominotypical subgenus and differ from them chiefly by the well-developed carinal prosternal striae (see below and Key to subgenera).

Differential diagnosis. Species of the subgenus Farabius differ from the subgenus Philothis by the larger triangular prosternal apophysis with well-developed, strongly convergent carinal prosternal striae (absent in the subgenus Philothis ). From the subgenus Atavinus they differ by the absent dorsal elytral striae 3–5 as well as by developed rudimentary protarsi.

Biology. Biology of this subgenus is similar to the other two subgenera.

Distribution. Species of this subgenus occur in the deserts of Central Asia (Kara Kum and Kyzyl Kum in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).

Species examined. Philothis (Farabius) hexeris Reichardt, 1930 , P. (F.) reichardti Kryzhanovskij, 1966 .