Meligethes kelchii Gistel, 1857

Jelínek, Josef & Audisio, Paolo, 2009, The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 225-238 : 231

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5404440
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5337954
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scientific name	Meligethes kelchii Gistel, 1857
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Meligethes kelchii Gistel, 1857: 530 [18].

Type material. NEOTYPE: ♀, ‘Niederbayern / Tann 30.4.71 // Neotypus / Meligethes kelchii Gistel, 1857 des. Jelínek & Audisio, 2007 // Meligethes / aeneus (F.) / det Jelínek, 2007’.

This species is comparable to a ‘quite similar M. aenea ’ and was certainly based on a specimen of M. aeneus (F.). Therefore, it is considered here as a junior synonym of Meligethes aeneus ( Fabricius, 1775) .