Megatrachelus Motschulsky, 1845

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66. Megatrachelus Motschulsky, 1845

(gure 16) Schroetteria Reitter, 1911 . Type species: Zonitis polita Gebler, 1832 , by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988).

Type species. Zonitis polita Gebler, 1832 , by subsequent designation (Aksentjev, 1988). 3 spp.

Geographic distribution. Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan.

References

Taxonomy. Abeille de Perrin (1880); Escherich (1897a); Reitter (1911 partial key); Kono (1940).

Anatomy. Gupta (1971, 1978).

Notes

The number of species of Megatrachelus indicated above is tentative. We are aware of a probable new species from S China (Kwangtung) in the CASC. Also, the validity of M. pallidipennis Motschulsky, 1845 , from Dauria, cited by Maran (1942a), should be con rmed as should the synonymy of the Japanese megacephalus Kono, 1936, with politus (Kono, 1940) . Also Zonitis quadricollis Fairmaire, 1892 , never cited after the original description, may be assignable to Megatrachelus .

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