86 urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:47AADF58-3955-566F-B500-C73B1BA74A8D Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” TRAVAUX 1223-2254 2247-0735 Pensoft Publishers 10.3897/travaux.63.e48000 48000 Checklist Histeridae Insects Cenozoic Moldova Checklist of the clown beetles (Coleoptera, Histeridae) from the Republic of Moldova Neculiseanu Zaharia zneculiseanu@yahoo.com 1 The Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of The Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau Moldova, Republic of

Corresponding author: Zaharia Neculiseanu (zneculiseanu@yahoo.com).

Academic editor: Melania Stan

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The fauna of Histeridae (Coleoptera) from the Republic of Moldova is summarized. During the study period, more than 600 individuals were identified, totaling in 68 species belonging to 23 genera, 8 tribes and 6 subfamilies. The Histeridae from the Republic of Moldova currently contain the follow- ing subfamilies, with genera and species count: Abraeinae W. S. Macleay, 1819 (3 species, 3 genera), Dendrophilinae Reitter, 1909 (5 species, 4 genera), Haeteriinae Marseul, 1857 (1 species, 1 genus), Histerinae Gyllenhal, 1808 (30 species, 8 genera), Onthophilinae W. S. Macleay, 1819 (1 species, 1 genus), Saprininae C. É. Blanchard, 1845 (28 species, 6 genera). Pachylister inaequalis (Olivier, 1789), Saprinus maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792) and Margarinotus marginatus (Erichson, 1834) are reported as new taxa to the fauna of the Republic of Moldova. The checklist of the Histeridae of Republic of Moldova is given.