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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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
)
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
)
.
[
Karas
] Lüderitz
:
Plateau
38,
26.6667°S
16.5333°E
(
SMWN
)
;
Aar
16,
26.7167°S
16.4667°E
(
SMWN
)
;
Skorpion area
,
27.8167°S
16.6000°E
(
SMWN
)
.
Karasburg
:
Nukois
269,
Warmbad
,
27.3833°S
18.9667°E
(
SMWN
)
;
Hobas
374,
27.6167°S
17.7167°E
(
SMWN
)
.
Oranjemund
:
Ai-Ais Warmbad
,
27.9167°S
17.4833°E
(
SMWN
); Fish
River
Canyon (CB)
;
Orange
River
,
28.0333°S
17.0667°E
(
SMWN
)
.
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.