Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5080417 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/417A2844-FFEC-FFCC-B6CD-AB7AFAD9FEB9 |
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Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914 |
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Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914
A valid species, Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914 .
Types. Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914: 170 . Syntypes ♀, “Spanien: Valencia, Orihuela.”. Lectotype ♀, hereby designated, ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.757868, ZSM). Type locality: Spain: Alicante: Orihuela. Paralectotype: 1 ♀ “ Valencia ” (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.757832, MNCN_ Ent 81539, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 10089).
Discussion. The species belongs to the phaenicius complex of Megalodontes . Taeger (2002: 465) discussed the validity of the species. Meanwhile, five females are known, and this material supports the validity of the taxon. Apart from the areas around Murcia and Valencia, one female was collected near Madrid (Vaciamadrid).
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