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Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): Taxonomy and Faunistics with Biogeographic and Ecological Notes See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322525332 Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): Taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes Article in Zootaxa · January 2018 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1 CITATION READS 1 427 3 authors: Marco A. Bologna Valentina Amore Università Degli Studi Roma Tre Complutense University of Madrid 251 PUBLICATIONS 2,572 CITATIONS 30 PUBLICATIONS 37 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Monica Pitzalis Università Degli Studi Roma Tre 34 PUBLICATIONS 218 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Museum Vertebrate Collections: care, development, use and importance View project Investigating Phylogeny, Biogeography and Speciation Processes in the genus Hycleus (Coleoptera: Meloidae) - PhD Project View project All content following this page was uploaded by Marco A. Bologna on 18 January 2018. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Zootaxa 4373 (1): 001–141 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2018 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:202AFD20-7B37-405A-9CBA-051EF24E9FB2 ZOOTAXA 4373 Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes MARCO A. BOLOGNA1,2, VALENTINA AMORE1 & MONICA PITZALIS1 1 Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446 - 00146 Roma, Italy 2 Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by T. Grzymala: 1 Nov. 2017; published: 16 Jan. 2018 MARCO A. BOLOGNA, VALENTINA AMORE & MONICA PITZALIS Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes (Zootaxa 4373) 141 pp.; 30 cm. 16 Jan. 2018 ISBN 978-1-77670-298-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77670-299-2 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2018 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/j/zt © 2018 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 4373 (1) © 2018 Magnolia Press BOLOGNA ET AL. Table of contents Abstract . 4 Introduction . 4 Material and methods . 5 Results . 8 1. Commented catalogue . 8 Subfamily Eleticinae . 8 Tribe Derideini . 9 Genus Iselma Haag-Rutenberg, 1879 . 9 Iselma hobohmi species group . 9 Iselma brunneipes species group. 10 Tribe Eleticini . 11 Genus Eletica Dejean, 1834 . 11 Namibeletica Bologna gen. n. 11 Subfamily Meloinae . 20 Tribe Lyttini . 20 Genus Afrolytta Kaszab, 1959 . 20 Genus Australytta Bologna, 2003 . 22 Genus Lydomorphus Fairmaire, 1882 . 23 Lydomorphus Group VI (sensu Kaszab , 1955) . 23 Group XIV (sensu Kaszab, 1955) . 24 Group XIII (sensu Kaszab, 1955) . 26 Group X (sensu Kaszab, 1955) . 28 Dilatilydus Bologna gen. n. 29 Desertilydus Bologna gen. n. 30 Genus Prionotolytta Péringuey, 1909 . 31 Genus Prolytta Kaszab, 1959 . 33 Genus Cyaneolytta Péringuey, 1909 . 34 Tribe Epicautini . 36 Genus Epicauta Dejean, 1834 . 36 Genus Psalydolytta Péringuey, 1909 . 38 Tribe Mylabrini . 40 Genus Actenodia Laporte de Castelnau, 1840. 40 Genus Mimesthes Marseul, 1872. 42 Genus Paramimesthes Bologna gen. n. 42 Genus Namylabris Bologna gen. n. 44 Genus Ceroctis Marseul, 1870 . 46 Ceroctis angolensis species group . 46 Ceroctis aurantiaca species group . ..
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