Lyubarsky G.Yu. 2025. Long progress in taxonomy: Collection of V.I. Motschulsky, family Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera). Part 2. Atomariinae and some Erotylidae // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.4: 502–517 [in English].
Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia.
Georgy Lyubarsky: lgeorgy@rambler.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-8607
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.4.08
ABSTRACT. Beetles of the family Cryptophagidae (subfam. Atomariinae) from the collection of V.I. Motschulsky stored in the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University have been studied and identified. Beetles of this subfamily in the Motschulsky’s collection are represented by 5 genera and 53 species. The species that were not published by Motschulsky but planned by him for description are discussed. The assessment of V. Motschulsky's “taxonomic intuition” is given: how well he distinguished the species represented in his collection. The identification key of the species of the subgenus Atomaria (Anchicera) from North America is given. Representatives of several subfamilies of the family Erotylidae counting 7 genera and 18 species, which V.I. Motschulsky assigned to the family Cryptophagidae, were detected in his collection and determined. The abundance of species in the Motschulsky collection is estimated.
KEY WORDS: ZMMU, Atomaria, Hypocoprus, Arrowcryptus, Loberus, Toramus, Xenocryptus.