Meloe Linné, 1758

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53. Meloe Linné, 1758

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Proscarabaeus Schrank, 1781. Type species: Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 , by absolute tautonymy.

Melittophagus Kirby, 1818 . Type species: Pediculus melittae Kirby, 1802 (= Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802 ), by original designation.

Triungulinus Dufour, 1828 . Type species: Triungulinus andrenatarum Dufour, 1828 , by monotypy.

Cnestocera Thomson, 1859 . Type species: Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation.

Treiodous Dugès, 1869 . Type species: Treiodous barranci Dugès, 1869 (= Meloe laevis Leach, 1815 ), by monotypy. Currently considered as subgenus (Pinto and Selander, 1970; Bologna, 1991a).

Lampromeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe variegatus Donovan , by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988).

Lasiomeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe olivieri Chevrolat, 1833 , by monotypy.

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Meloegonius Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe cicatricosus

Leach, 1815, by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988).

Coeloemeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe tuccius Rossi,

1792, by monotypy.

Taphromeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe erythrocnemus

Pallas, by monotypy.

Chiromeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe nigropilosellus

Reitter, 1900, by monotypy.

Listromeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe hungarus Schrank,

1776, by monotypy.

Micromeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe uralensis Pallas,

1773, by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988).

Meloenellus Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe nigropuberulus

Reitter, 1890, by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988).

Eurymeloe Reitter, 1911 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe brevicollis Panzer, 2014 Mesomeloe 1793 , by Reitter subsequent, 1911 (designation as subgenus (; Pinto currently and valid Selander). Type, 1970 species).: Meloe sulcicollis Kraatz,

1882 (= Meloe xanthomelas Solsky, 1881 ), by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988). February Afromeloe Trapezimeloe 1815 , by Schmidt subsequent Pliginskij, 1913, 1935 designation (as subgenus [as subgenus (; Aksentjev currently; = Meloe , valid 1988 ( Micromeloe )).. Type species) Reitter: Meloe, 1911 angulatus]. Type species Leach:, 13 Meloe conradti Heyden, 1888 , by monotypy.

Desertimeloe Kaszab, 1964 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe centripubens 15: Reitter, 1897, by original designation. 23 Anchomeloe IablokoV- Khnzorian, 1983 [as section of the nominate subgenus, = Meloe at ( Treiodous ) Dugès, 1869]. Type species: Meloe autumnalis Olivier, 1795 , by monotypy.] Alveomeloe Prispinova, 1987 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe tadzhikistan- Bath icus Prispinova, 1987, by original designation. of University (Old Latreille Type Geographic World, species) 1810.. distribution) (see Meloe Bologna proscarabaeus . Primarily, 1989a, Linnaeus Holarctic Selander,, 1758 but 1991, widespread). by Ca subsequent 155 spp also. designation (ca in E 130 and in [by S Africa and Madagascar. Also occurring in areas transitional to the Oriental region Downloaded (References N India, S China, Taiwan).

Taxonomy. Brandt and Erichson (1832); Escherich (1890 partial key); Reitter

(1895 partial key; 1911 key to Palaearctic subgenera); Schmidt (1913 key to

Afrotropical species); Maran (1942b partial key); Pinto and Selander (1970 revision of New World spp. including key); Kaszab (1964, 1981); Selander (1985, 1988b);

Prispinova (1987a); Bologna (1988a partial key and catalogue, 1991a); Bologna and

Pinto (1992, 1995, 1998 review Afrotropical spp. including key); Pinto and

Bologna (1993).

Bionomics. Beauregard (1890); Cros (1914a, 1918, 1927d, 1931a, 1935, 1941,

1943); Pinto and Selander (1970); Pinto (1972b); Erickson et al. (1976); Bologna and Havelka (1985); Bologna and Marangoni (1986); Bologna (1988a, 1991a review); Bologna and Pinto (1998); Hafernik and Saul-Gershenz (2000).

Larvae. Beauregard (1890); Cros (1918, 1922a, 1927d, 1929a, 1931a, 1941,

1943); Blair (1943); Emden (1943); MacSwain (1956); Pinto and Selander (1970);

Kifune et al. (1973); Selander (1985, 1988b, 1989); Bologna et al. (1989); Bologna

(1991a); Bologna and Pinto (1992, 1995, 1998); Pinto and Bologna (1993).

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