Meligethes pratincola Gistel, 1857

Jelínek, Josef & Audisio, Paolo, 2009, The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 225-238 : 232

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5404440
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5337956
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scientific name	Meligethes pratincola Gistel, 1857
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Meligethes pratincola Gistel, 1857: 600 [88].

Type material. NEOTYPE: ♀, ‘München Umg. / O-Luterbach / 12.VII.1965 / leg. H. Freude / Cola // Meligethes / viridescens (F.) det. 1969 / Karl Spornraft // Neotypus / Meligethes / pratincola Gistel, 1857 / des. Jelínek & Audisio, 2007 // Meligethes / viridescens / det. J. Jelínek 2007’.

A metallic-green Meligethes with finely denticulate protibiae (‘Tibiis anticis inermibus’) clearly belongs to the M. aeneus species-group. Its rufo-testaceous legs correspond to the coloration of M. viridescens ( Fabricius, 1787) . Meligethes pratincola Gistel, 1857 is therefore considered as a junior synonym of Meligethes viridescens ( Fabricius, 1787) .