Hycleus sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1811)

Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica, 2007, The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist, Zootaxa 1625 (1), pp. 1-33 : 18

Hycleus sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1811)

Distribution. From Ukraine and south Russia to Kazakhstan, Anatolia, Caucasus, Iran, Levant. The very old record from Arabia (see below) could refer to some areas of the northern Arabian Desert in Jordan or Iraq.

Remarks. Species belonging to the H. sexmaculatus group previously discussed.

In the MNHU we examined the Type of Mylabris bimaculata Klug, 1845 , which was always considered as a distinct species of the same group. The female Type, associated with four other specimens, probably Syntypes (two from Arabia and two from Syria), has the following labels: “ bimaculata N. Arab. Ol. ” (yellow, original, handwritten), “28658” (printed); “Hist. Coll. Nr. 28658” (printed); Zool. Mus. Berl.” (printed, recent). These specimens actually refer to H. sexmaculatus ; consequently, we propose the new synonymy Mylabris bimaculata Klug, 1845 = Hycleus sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1811) .