Microhoria yemenita (Nardi, 2004) comb. nov. Anthicus yemenitus Nardi, 2004: 138 (replacement name). Anthicus (Immicrohoria) scotti Pic, 1957: 448 (junior homonym, see Remarks). Type locality. Yemen, Jabal Jihaf, alt. 2310 m [13°45′38.5″N 44°40′35.6″E]. Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♀ [lacking head], ‘Type H.T. [p; round label, red circle] // W. ADEN. PROT. Jebel Jihaf, ca. 7,000 ft. 7.x.1937 [p; yellow line] // B.M.Exp. to S.W.Arabia H.Scott & E.B.Britton B.M.1938- 246 [p] // AT EDGE OF CULTIVATION [p] Goudet.. [h; illegible] // Anthicus (Immicrohoria) scotti Pic:TYPE [h] // Anthicus (Immicrohoria) Scotti n sp. [h]’ (BMNH). Additional material. YEMEN: 1 ♀ ‘AT EDGE OF CULTIVATION [p] // W. ADEN. PROT. Jebel Jihaf, ca. 7,000 ft. 7.x.1937 [p; yellow line] // B. M.Exp. to S. W.Arabia H.Scott & E. B.Britton B. M.1938-246 [p] // Anthicus scotti n sp [h]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN). Diagnosis. Probably Microhoria schimperi species-group; largely pale reddish species, with darker, oval head and rather convex, ovoid elytra (probably apterous or at least brachypterous). Female sternum VII simple; tergum VII simple. Distribution. Yemen. Remarks. PIC (1957) described Anthicus scotti from a single type specimen that lacks its head, which was confirmed by C. N. Hawkins (PIC 1957: remark on page 435). Consequently, an additional female present in MNHN does not belong to the type series, despite having identical locality data and Pic’s identification label. NARDI (2004) found this name preoccupied by Anthicus tolanus var. scotti Pic, 1951, and proposed the replacement name Anthicus yemenita. He preserved its generic placement, based on examination of type material by D. Telnov (NARDI 2004). Despite the lack of male specimens, there is no doubt about the new placement of Anthicus yemenita in Microhoria. The holotype possesses all the important characters, e.g. the arcuate lateral margins of the mesoventrite that has a distinct, nearly completely developed submarginal sulcus, submedian carinae of the mesoventrite are indicated, and the mesepimera have a distinct, longer setose fringe.

Published as part of Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), pp. 95-154 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.007, http://zenodo.org/record/3880221