Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909
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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
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