Hycleus congoensis (Pic, 1909) Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis, 2018

Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, Zootaxa 4373 (1), pp. 1-141 : 60

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990582

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hycleus congoensis
status

 

Ae) Hycleus congoensis species group

Hycleus congoensis (Pic, 1909) comb. n. ( Fig. 3U View FIGURE 3 )

Zonabris (Decatoma) congoensis Pic, 1909

Types. The holotype of this species was examined at MNHN.

Distribution. Northeastern Namibia (new species for this country), South Africa, and R. D. Congo.

Material examined. [Kavango] Mukwe: Popa Falls , eastern bank, W . Caprivi, 18.1167°S 21.5833°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . [Otjozondjupa] Omatako: Okosongomingo 148, 20.6167°S 17.1333°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. In this species the mesosternum is smooth and without distinct “scutum”. The elytral pattern is similar to that of H. arabicus (Pallas, 1872) , a species from the Arabic peninsula, belonging to the same macrolineage (see Bologna & Turco 2007). Possible relationships between these two species need additional study.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Hycleus

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