Hycleus lunatus (Pallas, 1781) Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis, 2018

Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, Zootaxa 4373 (1), pp. 1-141 : 60

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:202AFD20-7B37-405A-9CBA-051EF24E9FB2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990584

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F72687E4-FFAC-FFF6-FF5F-FC44FDF549D0

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scientific name

Hycleus lunatus
status

 

Ba) Hycleus lunatus species group

We refer to this group H. lunatus and, at least, H. bissexnotatus (Pic, 1910) , distributed in NE South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and southern Congo. Both species are characterized by ten visible antennomeres and the fore inner yellow spot semilunar in shape.

Hycleus lunatus (Pallas, 1781) comb. n. ( Fig. 3V View FIGURE 3 )

Meloe lunata Pallas, 1781

Mylabris lunata, Pardo Alcaide 1958 Coryna lunata, Bologna 1978

Type. The type of this very common and characteristic species is lost.

Distribution. Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, northeastern Namibia (new species for this country), South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Material examined. [Otjozondjupa] Tsumkwe: Kremetartkop , 19.8667°S 20.9167°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps ; 3 km W Kuru , 19.9333°S 20.6333°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Hycleus

Loc

Hycleus lunatus

Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica 2018
2018
Loc

Coryna lunata

Bologna 1978
1978
Loc

Mylabris lunata

Pardo Alcaide 1958
1958
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