Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 76-77

Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Fig. 15 )

Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758: 419 . Type locality: no record. Type depository: LSUK.

Meloe punctatus Fabricius, 1792: 518 (homonym). Type locality: “Anglia Muf. Britann” ( Sweden) . Type depository: ZMUC. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114 .

Meloe atratus Meyer, 1793: 15 . Type locality: “ Hildefiae capta” ( Germany) . Type depository: unknown. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114 .

Meloe brunsvicensis Meyer, 1793: 25 . Type locality: “Brunsuigiae Dom.” ( Germany) . Type depository: unknown. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114 .

Meloe tectus Panzer, 1793: 14 . Type locality: England. Type depository: ZMHB. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114.

Meloe volgensis Tauscher, 1812: 148 . Type locality: “ Sareptae haud frequens” ( Lebanon) . Type depository: unknown. Synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 2127.

Meloe incertus Tauscher, 1812: 149 . Type locality: “ Sareptae ” ( Lebanon) . Type depository: unknown. Synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 2127.

Meloe rugipennis Mannerheim, 1825: 31 . Type locality: Germany. Type depository: MZH. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114.

Triungulinus andrenatarum Dufour, 1828: 64 . Type locality: “ Allemague ” ( Germany) . Type depository: MNHN. Synonymized by Bologna, 1991: 380 .

Meloe cyanellus Brullé, 1832: 229 . Type locality: France. Type depository: MNHN. Synonymized by Dejean, 1837: 242.

Meloe exaratus Faldermann, 1832: 210 . Type locality: Iran. Type depository: ZIN. Synonymized by Borchmann, 1917: 130.

Meloe rugicollis Stephens, 1832: 66 . Type locality: “ London and Devonshire ” ( England) . Type depository: BMNH. Synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 2127 .

Meloe vulgaris Stephens, 1832: 66 . Type locality: “ Hertfords ” ( England) . Type depository: BMNH. Synonymized by Brandt & Erichson, 1832: 114 .

Meloe megacephalus Fischer von Waldheim, 1842: 27 . Type locality: “sibiria orientali” ( Russia) . Type depository: ZMUM. Synonymized by Bologna, 1991: 380 .

Meloe cyaneus Mulsant, 1857: 47 . Type locality: “ Gallia ” ( France) . Type depository: MHNL. Synonymized by Reitter, 1911: 387 .

Cnestocera proscarabaeus: Thomson, 1859: 27 .

Meloe proscarabaeus var. gallicus Baudi di Selve, 1878: 351 . Type locality: “ Parisiis ” ( France) . Type depository: MIZT .

Meloe proscarabaeus var. pannonicus Baudi di Selve, 1878: 351 . Type locality: “ Illyria , ins. Lusina ” ( Bosnia and Herzegovina) . Type depository: MIZT .

Meloe proscarabaeus var. tauricus Baudi di Selve, 1878: 351 . Type locality: “ Podolia austr. Besser, Ross. merid.” ( Russia) . Type depository: MIZT .

Meloe proscarabaeus ab. undulatus Baudi di Selve, 1878: 351. Type locality: “ Turcia et Creta ” ( Turkey and Crete of Greece) . Type depository: MIZT .

Meloe crispatus Fairmaire, 1884: 173 . Type locality: “ Akbès ” ( Turkey) . Type depository: MNHN. Synonymized by Bologna, 1991: 380 .

Meloe (Proscarabaeus) proscarabaeus: Reitter, 1895: 4 .

Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus: MacSwain, 1956: 97 .

Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus proscarabaeus: Bologna, 1991: 380 .

Material examined from Xizang. None.

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Bologna, 2008) (Zayü ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)), Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu, Xinjiang; Mongolia; Russia; Korea; Iran; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Turkmenistan; Kyrgyzstan; Kazakhstan; Turkey; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Lebanon; Syria; Armenia; Israel; Jordan; Europe; Africa.

Remarks. The species is firstly recorded in Xizang by Tan (1981), and the following reports are all based on her record ( Wang et al., 2003; Bologna, 2008). We do not find any specimens from Qinghai-Xizang Plataeu. As the species is quite similar to the new species M. scabrus sp. nov., we doubt the validity of its distribution in Xizang. However, the hypothesis can not be confirmed until a futher study of Prof. Tan’s work.

Figures

Figures 13–25. Habitus, dorsal view. 13. Lytta taliana Pic. 14. Meloe servulus Bates. 15. Meloe proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus. 16. Meloe scabrus sp. nov. 17. Hycleus cichorii (Linnaeus). 18. Hycleus dorsetiferus Pan, Ren & Wang. 19. Hycleus medioinsignatus (Pic). 20. Hycleus phaleratus phaleratus (Pallas). 21. Pseudabris hingstoni (Blair). 22. Pseudabris latimaculata Pan & Bologna. 23. Pseudabris longiventris (Blair). 24. Pseudabris przewalskyi (Dokhtouroff). 25. Pseudabris regularis Pan & Bologna.