Abstract
This paper includes a review of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Lichenophanes Lesne, 1899. It contains a description of the new species, Lichenophanes juxtaorientalis n. sp., which occurs in Cyprus and Crete. A new subspecies, Lichenophanes varius turanicus n. subsp.-occurring in Crete, Cyprus, and the Middle East-was separated from the species Lichenophanes varius (Illiger) and described. Moreover, this paper characterizes L. carinatus (Lewis) n. stat., which had been treated as a synonym of L. carinipennis (Lewis). Two maps present the geographic distribution of particular species, and the final part of this paper contains keys to identify them.