Hycleus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1801)

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 : 73

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990601

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hycleus lavaterae
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Cd) Hycleus lavaterae species group

This group is composed by a few large-sized southern African species with mesosternum of Mesoscutatus - type, five basal antennomeres black and maxillary stipes not greatly modified. It includes at least H. haemactus (Fairmaire, 1888) , H. lavaterae (Fabricius, 1801) , H. plagiatus (Pallas, 1782) , H. testudo ( Marseul, 1872) , and perhaps H. capeneri ( Pardo Alcaide, 1963) and H. tettensis (Gerstäcker, 1854) . The possible conspecificity of some of these species must be tested.

Hycleus haemactus (Fairmaire, 1888) ( Fig. 4S View FIGURE4 )

Mylabris haemacta Fairmaire, 1888

Distribution. Southwestern Namibia and northwestern South Africa.

Material examined and literature records. [Erongo] Walvis Bay Rural: Kuiseb Canyon , 23.3667°S 15.6667°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . [Karas] Lüderitz : Plateau 38, 26.6667°S 16.5333°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps ; Aar 16, 26.7167°S 16.4667°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps ; Skorpion area , 27.8167°S 16.6000°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . Karasburg: Nukois 269, Warmbad , 27.3833°S 18.9667°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps ; Hobas 374, 27.6167°S 17.7167°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . Oranjemund: Ai-Ais Warmbad , 27.9167°S 17.4833°E ( SMWN); Fish River Canyon (CB) GoogleMaps ; Orange River, 28.0333°S 17.0667°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps .

Other records: Namibia ( Bologna 2000a) ; Namib Sand Sea desert ( Seely 2012).

Remarks. Types of this species were examined at MNHN.

This species is strictly related to H. lavaterae and H. testudo , and differs from both at least because of the antennomeres VI–XI distinctly orange and not infuscate. The study of types is necessary to confirm the validity of this complex.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Hycleus

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