Cerocoma GeoVroy, 1762

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34. Cerocoma GeoVroy, 1762

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Meloides Piller and Mitterpacher, 1783 . Type species: Meloides adamovichiana Piller and Mitterpacher, 1783 , by monotypy.

Metacerocoma Kaszab, 1951 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Cerocoma schreberi Fabricius, 1781 , by original designation.

Mesocerocoma Kaszab, 1951 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Cerocoma scovitzii Faldermann, 1837 , by original designation.

Cerocomina Kaszab, 1951 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Cerocoma vahli Fabricius, 1783 , by original designation.

Type species. Meloe schae V eri Linné, 1758, by subsequent monotypy (Fabricius, 1775). 26 spp. See Notes .

Geographic distribution. Central and S Europe, Maghreb, Egypt, Near East; central Asia east to Mongolia and W China.

References

Taxonomy. Kraatz (1863); Baudi di Selve (1878); Abeille de Perrin (1880); Reitter (1885); Maran (1944 partial key); Kaszab (1951b key and catalogue); Muche (1963); Pardo Alcaide (1977); Bologna (1979, 1994a); Dvorak (1990 partial key, 1993a, 1996a).

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Bionomics. Beauregard (1884, 1890); Fabre (1886); Bedel (1892); Cros (1919b, 1924b); Molitor (1931); Matthes (1969, 1970); Bologna (1983a, 1991a, 1994a); Prispinova (1987b). Larvae. Beauregard (1884, 1890); Fabre (1886); Cros (1919b, 1924b). Anatomy. Beauregard (1890); Matthes (1970); Gupta (1971, 1978). Pharmacology. Gorriz y Muñoz (1882); Beauregard (1890).

Notes

Fabricius (1775) was considered the author of Cerocoma by Selander (1991); however this was prior to publication of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature’s Opinion 1754 (ICZN, 1994) which conserves Cerocoma GeoVroy as an available name.

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