Horia Fabricius, 1787

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 : 2072

57. Horia Fabricius, 1787

Hoplozonitis Blackburn, 1892 . Type species: Hoplozonitis mira Blackburn, 1892 , by monotypy.

Type species. Lymexylon testaceum Fabricius, 1871 (= Horia fabriciana Betrem, 1929 ). 8 spp.

Geographic distribution. Africa south of the central Sahara (except Madagascar and the extreme southwestern areas), from the Nile Valley to the Mediterranean coast, S Arabian Peninsula, Oriental and Australasian regions (New Guinea; Australia [Cape York in N Queensland]).

References

Taxonomy. Blackburn (1892); Gahan (1908, 1909); Cros (1924a, 1927c); Betrem (1929, 1932 revision and key).

Bionomics. Bugnion (1910); Schroo (1920); Blair (1924); Cros (1938b); Mohamedsaid (1979); Bologna and Laurenzi (1994 for a synthesis).

Larvae. Bugnion (1910); Cros (1924a, 1929c, 1938a, 1938b); Bologna and Laurenzi (1994).

Notes

The rst-instar larvae of three species are described; they are phoretic and parasitoids of Anthophoridae bees.