Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes
Author
Bologna, Marco A.
Author
Amore, Valentina
Author
Pitzalis, Monica
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-16
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journal article
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Namylabris adamantifera
Bologna
sp. n.
(
Fig. 2Y
)
Types
.
Holotype
female,
1 male
,
1 female
(
SMWN
) and
1 male
paratypes
(CB) labelled “
Grillental
,
26°59’ S
15°22’ E
Diamond area
1,
29–30 sept. 1982
M. L. Penrith
–
J. Irish
”
.
1 female
paratype
(
SMWN
) “
Sargdeckel
,
Klinghardt Mts.
,
Diamond area
1,
27°24’S
15°41’ E
,
1–2 Oct. 1982
M. L. Penrith-Irish
”
.
1 female
paratype
(
SMWN
) “
Diamond area
1,
27°45’S
16°30’E
,
05–07.xi.1986
E. Griffin
,
Pres.
pitf.-traps”
.
2 females
paratypes
(
SMWN
) “
Obib Mts.
/
Dunes
, SE 2816
Ba
,
Diamond area
1,
28–30 Oct. 1977
,
Coll. S. Louw
M-L.
Penrith
; H35148” (one paratype with antennomeres X–XI almost fused).
1 female
paratype
, “
Northen
Cape
,
70 km
E
Porth Nolloth
, XI
” (CB)
;
1 female
paratype
, “
Northern
Cape
, on rd. to
Richtersveld NP
betw. Amis and Ooble,
28.20S
16.55E
,
20.ix.1997
F.W. & S.K. Gess
; visiting pink flowers
Mesembryanthemaceae
; 97/98/21” (
AMG
)
.
Some types have damaged parts of body, mostly legs.
Other
material examined:
[
Karas
]
Aurus Mts.
,
27.6500°S
16.3167°E
(
SAMC
)
;
Obib
,
28.0833°S
16.7500°E
(
SAMC
)
.
Type
locality.
The
type
locality is in the
Karas region
, district of Luderitz; coordinates in decimal degrees are:
26.9833°S
15.3667°E
. The species is distributed in a narrow area extended in both SW
Namibia
and NW
South
Africa
, and characterized by Namib desert and Succulent Karoo ecosystems.
Description.
Characters described for the genus (
Fig. 2Y
). Integuments shiny; body setation white-yellow, denser and longer on ventral side and legs, shorter and more scattered on head and pronotum, very short and scattered on elytra. Body length: 12.0–14.0 mm.
Head black, antennae variable in colour, black or antennomeres III–XI reddish or dark reddish; punctures deep and approached.
Pronotum (
Figs. 2Y
,
10E
) black with one orange triangular spot on each side, extended on dorsal surface, one another separate by black midle colouration; punctures as on head. Elytra (
Fig. 2Y
) orange with black pattern composed by two small spots on the anterior third, inner one sometimes reduced or absent, one middle biundulate fascia, and another wider biundulate fascia on posterior third. Tibiae and tarsi reddish.
Abdomen with last two urites black, previous urites orange or more or less extensively black on sides.
Etymology
. The name of this species refers to its distribution in the Diamond area and to the curious fact that most specimens of this species, living on sand dunes, are covered by granite sand grains, similar to minute diamonds.
Distribution
. Southwestern
Namibia
, northwestern
South
Africa
.