Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909

Bologna, M. A. & Pinto, J. D., 2002, The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis, Journal of Natural History 36 (17), pp. 2013-2102 : 2082-2083

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110062318

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A66487B2-FFB8-FF9E-9990-FB183518B258

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scientific name

Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909
status

 

75. Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909

Type species. Zonitis viridipennis Fabricius, 1798 , by original designation. 15 spp.

Geographic distribution. Afrotropical region (except Madagascar).

References

Taxonomy. Péringuey (1909 partial key); Kaszab (1954d key and catalogue); Bologna (1978).

Anatomy. Gupta (1971, 1978).

Notes

This genus is tentatively treated as distinct but we are unable to separate it satisfactorily from Nemognatha . Most of the species have a characteristic metallic green elytra, a triangular-shaped elongate head and relatively elongate maxillary galeae. Exceptions include a species from Angola and Namibia (posoka Wellman, 1908) with short galeae, and two species without metallic green elytra (hayekae Kaszab, 1954, and ru pennis Pic, 1939).

Old World genera of Meloidae 2083

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Zonitis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

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