Bestimmungstabelle der palaearktischen Helopinae. (Col. Tenebrionidae)

Taxonomic review of the genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Turkey

“…The nominotypical subspecies was listed for Anatolia by . Reitter [1922] recorded H. caeruleus stevenii for "Kleinasien". Later Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko [2011] corrected that H. caeruleus stevenii is distributed in North Eastern Anatolia.…”

“…All characters of two species of the subgenus Mesohelops are identical to the nominatypical subgenus. As a result, the following synonymy is established: Helops Fabricius, 1775 = Mesohelops Reitter, 1922, syn. n.…”

“…The Reitter's system of Palaearctic Helops was supported by other entomologists and it is used to the present time. Reitter [1922] also described the subgenus Mesohelops Reitter, 1922 with two species: Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877and H. valdani Guérin-Méneville, 1859. Later Grimm [1991 added Helops thoracicus Grimm, 1991 to the subgenus.…”

“…It included almost all known Helopini without subgeneric division [Küster, 1850[Küster, , 1851 or with multiple subgenera and sections [Laporte, 1840;Seidlitz, 1896]. Allard [1876Allard [ , 1877 included to the genus species of Helops and Probaticus Seidlitz, 1896 sensu Reitter [1922]. The last revision was made by Reitter [1922] who reduced the genus to 7 species and 1 subspecies and synonymized the genus Anteros Laporte, 1840 with Helops.…”

“…Allard [1876Allard [ , 1877 included to the genus species of Helops and Probaticus Seidlitz, 1896 sensu Reitter [1922]. The last revision was made by Reitter [1922] who reduced the genus to 7 species and 1 subspecies and synonymized the genus Anteros Laporte, 1840 with Helops. The Reitter's system of Palaearctic Helops was supported by other entomologists and it is used to the present time.…”