Chirodica Germar, 1834
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Chirodica Germar, 1834 Figs 30156-157303
References.
Germar 1834: 2; Baly 1876a: 441; Scherer 1983: 173; Biondi 1998b: 17, 45; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 406.
Type species.
Chirodica chalcoptera Germar, 1834: 16 (Cape of Good Hope), designation by monotypy.
Distribution.
Namibia and the Republic of South Africa (Fig. 303).
Ecology.
This genus is strictly associated with the plant family Proteaceae (mainly Protea spp. and Leucadendron spp.) ( Biondi 1998b).
Notes.
Eight species have been described.
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