Hycleus ligatus (Marseul, 1870) Bologna & Turco, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1625.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BB259DD-7895-44CB-82D6-0C7905049320 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB4051-D65F-DC14-229F-F871B0AD60BE |
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Felipe |
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Hycleus ligatus (Marseul, 1870) |
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comb. nov. |
Hycleus ligatus (Marseul, 1870) n. comb.
Distribution. Recorded from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya; it is another Afrotropical element new for the Arabian Peninsula.
New records. Saudi Arabia: Arabia , 1 ex. ( MNHN) .
Remarks. This species belongs to the Mesoscutatus - type lineage. According to the shape of male maxillary palpi, anteriorly depressed and enlarged, it seems related to the group of H. dubiosus , an Afrotropical complex of species, still not studied in detail.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Hycleus ligatus (Marseul, 1870)
Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica 2007 |
Mylabris ligata
Klug 1845 |