Revision of the genus Mniophila STEPHENS, 1831

126 NADEIN, K. S.: Revision of the genus Mniophila STEPHENS, 1831Fig. 7: Mniophila transcaucasica sp. n.: A – body outline, male; B – pronotum outline; C – metasternum;D – antenna; E – head; F – hind tibia of male; G – fore tibia of male; H – hind tarsus of male; I – fore tarsusof male; J – aedeagus, ventral view; K – aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bar: A – 1 mm, B-K – 0.5 mm.Description:Body brown to dark-brown with weak bronze luster or without one; legs reddish-brownish. Bodynearly elongated to clearly rounded. Head large, short; vertex covered with well developed, largeshagrination; frontal calli almost not convex; supracallinal sulci poorly visible; frontal ridge short,weakly convex; eyes flattened. Antennae with segments short and thick. Pronotum short, widelytransversal, with very widely rounded base, its surface usually covered with well developed, largeshagrination; punctures large, sparse, poorly visible. Elytra impunctate to well developed, densepunctation, punctures not large; striae partly confused, secondary punctation well developed.Notch between metathoracic cavities straight (Fig. 7C). Legs not very thick, tibiae moderatelycurved; metafemora wide; first protarsomere of male wide and thick. Aedeagus (Fig. 7J, K)ventrally with apical third gradually narrowed to apex; apex obtuse with well developed denticle;from lateral view nearly gradually curved from basal third, weakly and gradually narrowed towardapex.Body length – 1.34-1.47 mm, width – 0.91-1.05 mm.Differential diagnosis:From M. caucasica sp. n. differs: in structure of aedeagus (Fig. 7J, K), ventrally with apical thirdgradually narrowed to apex; apex obtuse instead of aedeagus ventrally with apical 1/4 more or less