title: Revision of the checkered beetle genus Eunatalis Schenkling,  1909 (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae).
abstract: The genus Eunatalis Schenkling, 1909 is taxonomically revised to include twenty-two species. The following species are described as new: Eunatalis auricoma, Eunatalis flavopilosa, Eunatalis foveata, Eunatalis ninae, Eunatalis pernodulosa, Eunatalis punctata, Eunatalis schopfi, Eunatalis spadicea and Eunatalis villosa. Eunatalis blackburni (Waterhouse, 1894), n. syn. is placed in synonymy with Eunatalis lugubris (Blackburn, 1890), Eunatalis longicollis (Blackburn, 1890), n. syn. is placed in synonymy with Eunatalis hirta (Blackburn, 1890); Eunatalis lata (Waterhouse, 1894), n. syn. and Eunatalis alternicostata (Kuwert, 1893), n. syn. are synonymized with Eunatalis semicostata (Blackburn, 1888). A key to the species, color photographs, genital figures and distribution maps are provided.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität München, Department Ökologie und Ökosystemmanagement, Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85350 Freising, F.R.G.  r.gerstmeier@tum.de
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerstmeier
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seitner
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009510:New Caledonia; D009512:New Guinea; D013045:Species Specificity