Meloides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783

Turco, Federica & Bologna, Marco A., 2011, Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini) 2853, Zootaxa 2853 (1), pp. 1-71 : 27

Subgenus Meloides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 stat. resurr.

Meloides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783: 39 .

Cerocoma (Meloides), Dvořák, 1990: 2 .

Type species. Meloides adamovichiana Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783: 39 , by monotypy.

Subgenus diagnosis. Body length: 9–11 mm. Male frontal calli only slightly raised over the head and not very close to each other, frontal area clearly visible between them ( Fig. 5D–E ). Male antennae strongly modified: antennomere I dorsally expanded to form a high and large keel, usually with a pointed and curved expansion on external side; II small and subcylindrical; III strongly enlarged and swollen, with a deep incision on external side; IV–V enlarged, flattened and very close to each other; VI subcylindrical with a pointed and curved expansion, starting apically on external side and directed backwards; VII–VIII slightly swollen and cup-like, VIII larger than VII; IX variously shaped, but always very swollen and enlarged. Male maxillary palpi distinctly modified: palpomere I usually small and slender; II enlarged, flattened and slightly curved; III enlarged and swollen; IV variously shaped. Male protibiae with a high dorsal keel, variously shaped and not directed outwards, as in the subgenus Metacerocoma (see below).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male head, dorsal view: A, C. schreberi; B, C. scovitzi; C, C. vahli; D, C. adamovichiana; E, C. kunzei; F, C. schaefferi. Scale bar = 1 mm.