Leptopalpus Guérin de Méneville, 1829

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 : 2076

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scientific name	Leptopalpus Guérin de Méneville, 1829
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65. Leptopalpus Guérin de Méneville, 1829 –1844

Type species. Leptopalpus chevrolatii Guérin de Méneville, 1829 -1844, by monotypy (= Zonitis rostrata Fabricius, 1792 ). 2 spp.

Geographic distribution. Western Mediterranean Basin, Eritrea and S Yemen.

References Taxonomy. Escherich (1897a); Pardo Alcaide (1952); Bologna (1991a). Bionomics. Bedel (1892); Cros (1923); Pardo Alcaide (1981); Bologna (1991a). Larvae. Cros (1913a, 1923); MacSwain (1956); Pardo Alcaide (1981);

Bologna (1991a). Anatomy. Beauregard (1890).

Notes

The rst-instar larvae are phoretic; larvae are parasitoids of Anthophora (Anthophoridae) .