Lytta (Lytta) roborowskyi ( Dokhtouroff, 1887 )

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 72-74

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Lytta (Lytta) roborowskyi ( Dokhtouroff, 1887 )
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Lytta (Lytta) roborowskyi ( Dokhtouroff, 1887) ( Fig. 11 View Figures 1–12 )

Cantharis roborowskyi Dokhtouroff, 1887: 343 . Type locality: “ Kontschun-tchu ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: HNHM .

Lytta thibetana Olivier, 1888 : lxi. Type locality: “ Thibet : Atentse ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: MNHN. Synonymized by Kaszab, 1962: 290 .

Lytta roborowskyi: Escherich, 1895: 277 .

Lytta (Lytta) roborowskyi: Selander, 1960: 27 .

Material examined from Xizang. 5 exs., Amdo, 1884, Przevalsky (paratypes, HNHM). Distribution. China: Xizang ( Dokhtouroff, 1887; Olivier, 1888; Borchmann, 1917; Kaszab, 1962; Bologna, 2008; Wang et al., 2014) (Amdo ( HNHM; Escherich, 1895), Jomda ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Markam ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Zogang ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)), Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, Xinjiang.

Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390.

Borchmann, F. 1917. Pars 69: Meloidae, Cephaloidae. W. Junk, Berlin. 208 pp.

Dokhtouroff, W. 1887. Insecta in itinere cl. N. Przewalskii in Asia centrali novissime lecta. VIII. Cantharides nouveaux du Thibet. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 21: 341 - 344.

Escherich, K. L. 1895. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte der Meloidengattung Lytta Fab. Verhandlungen der k. k. zoologische-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 44 ([1894]): 251 - 298, 4 pls.

Kaszab, Z. 1962. Uber das System der asiatischen Lytta-Arten, nebst Beschreibung drei neuer Arten (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 54: 289 - 298.

Olivier, E. 1888. Description d'une nouvelle espece de vesicants. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1888: lxi - lxii.

Selander, R. B. 1960. Bionomics, systematics, and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Illinois Biological Monographs, 28: i - vi, 1 - 295.

Tan, J. J. 1981. Coleoptera: Meloidae. In: The comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang plateau, CAS (ed.), Insects of Xizang (Vol. I). Science Press, Beijing. pp. 405 - 416.

Wang, B. H., Tan, R., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, C. L., Shi, Q. G. 2003. Investigation of blister beetles from Xizang. Tibet's Science and Technology, 121: 33 - 35, 40.

Wang, X. P., Wang, H. L., Ren, G. D. 2014. Notes on the genus Lytta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 36 (1): 45 - 50.

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Figures 1–12. Habitus, dorsal view. 1. Denierella minutiserra Tan. 2. Epicauta hirticornis (Haag-Rutenberg). 3. Epicauta interrupta (Fairmaire). 4. Epicauta sibirica (Pallas). 5. Epicauta wellmani Kaszab. 6. Lytta fissicollis (Fairmaire). 7. Lytta satiata Escherich. 8. Lytta selanderi Saha. 9. Lytta rubrinotata Tan. 10. Lytta bieti Wellman. 11. Lytta roborowskyi (Dokhtouroff). 12. Lytta sifanica Semenov.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Lytta