Poecilotiphia CAMERON 1902

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Poecilotiphia CAMERON 1902

Restricted to South Western Palaearctic area the genus intrudes in the Afrotropical Region at Cabo Verde Islands, Senégal, Northern Sahel, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia where it almost gets Equator (kristenseni specimens from Brava, south of Mogadiscio). Here the hitherto recorded species (new taxa are included):

S. Europe: P. rousseli (GUÉRIN 1838) (&), P. oraniensis LUCAS 1849 (), P. parvula (F. SMITH 1855) (&), P. lacteipennis (E. SAUNDERS 1901) (&)......................................................................................................................................4 species N. Africa: P. aegyptiaca (GUÉRIN 1837) (&), P. nigripes (GUÉRIN 1837(&), P. gracilis (BRULLÉ 1833) (&), P. rousseli (&), P. ruficornis (LUCAS 1846)

(), P. oraniensis (LUCAS 1849) (), P. lacteipennis (&), P. fasciculata (E. SAUNDERS 1901) (), P. dakarensis (BUYSSON 1910) (&), P. diffinis (TURNER 1908) (), P. mogadorensis (TURNER 1911) (&), P. kristenseni (TURNER 1913)

(), P. endecamera (MENOZZI 1940) (), P. contrastata (GUIGLIA 1963) (), P. guichardi (GUIGLIA 1967) (), P. scorteccii ( GUIGLIA 1968) (), P. collarinata BONI BARTALUCCI 1997 () , P. oasicola BONI BARTALUCCI 2001 (), P. sahelica BONI BARTALUCCI 2001 (), P. ruvida BONI BARTALUCCI 2004 (), P. trichogastra BONI BARTALUCCI 2004 (), P. hoplomera nov.sp. (), P. kerena nov.sp. () ......... 23 species

SW Asia: P. aegyptiaca (GUÉRIN 1837) (&), P. nigripes (GUÉRIN 1837) (&), P.

lacteipennis (&), P. contrastata (GUIGLIA 1963) (), P. pseudofasciculata (GUIGLIA 1963) () , P. scorteccii (), P. triapitzini GORBATOVSKY 1979 (), P.

collarinata (), P. oasicola (), P. excavata BONI BARTALUCCI 2001 (), P.

dhofarensis BONI BARTALUCCI 2004 (), P. aramaica nov.sp. (&) ........... 12 species Central Asia: P. nigra (RADOSZKOWSKI 1887) (), P. rugosopunctata ( TOURNIER 1889) () , P. brevicauda (MORAWITZ 1890) (), P. ciliata (MORAWITZ 1894) (&

), albomaculata (CAMERON 1902) (), P. subpetiolata (CAMERON 1907) (), P.

hymalaiana (Masi 1933) (), P. contrastata (), P. mollis GORBATOVSKY 1979 (), P. lugubris GORBATOVSKY 1979 (), P. massageta GORBATOVSKY 1979 (), P.

sogdiana GORBATOVSKY 1979 (), P. turanica nov.sp. ()............................... 13 species

Total number of palaearctic taxa: 41 species.