Epicauta (Epicauta) velata (Gerstäcker, 1854)

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 : 37-38

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990537

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F72687E4-FFB3-FFE8-FF5F-F9C6FBD24CDB

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Plazi

scientific name

Epicauta (Epicauta) velata (Gerstäcker, 1854)
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Epicauta (Epicauta) velata (Gerstäcker, 1854) ( Fig. 2Q View FIGURE 2 )

Lytta velata Gerstäcker, 1854

Distribution. Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, northeastern Namibia (new species for this country), Tanzania, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Material examined. [Caprivi] Katima Mulilo Urban: Katima Mulilo, 17.5000°S 24.2667°E (CB). Kabe: Maningimanzi GoogleMaps , 17.5333°S 24.4667°E ( SMWN). [Kavango] Rundu Rural GoogleMaps : Kavango , 12 km of Rundu, River Okavango, 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB); Rundu GoogleMaps , 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB). Mukwe : Popa Falls on Kavango GoogleMaps , 18.1167°S 21.5833°E (MNB); Okavango River, Popa Falls GoogleMaps , Bagani, 18.1167°S 21.6333°E (CB); Mahango Park GoogleMaps , 18.1500°S 21.7000°E (MNB). [Otjozondjupa] Otavi: Grootfontein: Askavolt Farm 20 km E Otavi GoogleMaps , 19.6667°S 17.5500°E (MNB); Askavold 316. Kombat GoogleMaps , 19.7052°S 17.5923°E (SMWN); Tsumkwe: Gautscha Pan, 19.8000°S 20.5833°E (SMWN).

Remarks. Types of this species were not examined but specimens compared with them were studied at HMNH.

This species belongs to the group “II. velata ”, as defined by Kaszab (1953c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Epicauta

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