Selasia homhilia Geisthardt, 2003

Trllova, Sarka & Kundrata, Robin, 2015, A review of the genus Selasia (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) in the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 3920 (4), pp. 563-571 : 567

Selasia homhilia Geisthardt, 2003

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Selasia homhilia Geisthardt, 2003: 104 .

Type depository. Holotype ( HLMD).

Type locality. Yemen: Socotra, Homhil, ca. 500 m, 12°34'13''N, 54°18'32''E.

Distribution. Yemen ( Socotra island).

Literature. Geisthardt (2003): original description; Bocak (2007) catalogue; Geisthardt (2009): comparison with S. sweihana Geisthardt, 2009 ; Kundrata (2012b): comparison with S. socotrana Kundrata, 2012b , discussion on the systematic placement.

Remarks. This species is being provisionally kept in Selasia , although the external morphology (e.g., mouthparts, antennae, pronotum) and the shape of male genitalia suggest its position outside of Drilini ( Kundrata 2012b) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Habitus images of Selasia species. 1, Selasia arabica Geisthardt, 2003 (holotype); 2, S. atriventris Pic, 1914 a (holotype); 3, S. boruckae Kundrata, 2012 a (paratype); 4, S. homhilia Geisthardt, 2003 (holotype); 5, S. merkli Kundrata, 2012 a (holotype); 6, S. socotrana Kundrata, 2012 b (holotype). Scale bars = 2.0 mm.