Oenas Latreille, 1802

Bologna, M. A. & Pinto, J. D., 2002, The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis, Journal of Natural History 36 (17), pp. 2013-2102 : 2052

25. Oenas Latreille, 1802

Type species. Lytta atrata Fabricius, 1775 (misidenti cation) = Meloe afer Linnaeus, 1767 , by monotypy (see Selander, 1991). 12 spp.

Geographic distribution. Mediterranean (from Morocco and Spain, east to Caucasus, Palestine and Iran).

References Taxonomy. Abeille de Perrin (1880); Kaszab (1951c key and catalogue);

Bologna (1991a, 1991b). Bionomics. Gorriz y Muñoz (1882); Beauregard (1890); Bedel (1892); Cros

(1922b); Valladares and Salgado (1983); Valladares (1984); Bologna (1991a, 1994a). Larvae. Cros (1922b); MacSwain (1956). Anatomy. Beauregard (1890); Gupta (1971, 1978). Pharmacology. Beauregard (1890).

Notes

The W Mediterranean species of the afer group are in particular need of revisionary study (see Bologna, 1991a).