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Sexual and cleaning behavior and related morphology in the genus Cerocoma (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
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The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updating of the Arabian checklist
No full textThis is the first contribution on the blister beetles (Meloidae) of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), but new records
from all countries of the Arabian Peninsula are also included, with the addition of some species never recorded before
from this region, thus updating the previous checklist. Two species from U.A.E. are described: Hycleus pirata n. sp. (distributed
also in Oman) and Hycleus dunalis n.sp., both belonging to different groups of species characterized by an
unmodified mesosternum. Mylabris (Mylabris) desertica n.sp., Hycleus pintoi n.sp., and Hycleus fraudulentus n. sp.
from Saudi Arabia, are also described. The following species previously referred to different mylabrine genera are here
included in the genus Hycleus as new combinations: H. arabicus (Pallas, 1781), H. borchmannianus (Kaszab, 1983), H.
gratiosus (Marseul, 1870), H. ligatus (Marseul, 1870), H. pseudobrunnipes (Kaszab, 1983), H. scabratus (Klug, 1845),
H. scapularis (Klug, 1845). Coryna pitcheri Kaszab, 1983 is doubtfully referred to Hycleus. The new synonymies
Deridea notata minor Kaszab, 1960 = Deridea notata Thomas, 1897, Mylabris bimaculata Klug, 1845 = Hycleus sexmaculatus
(Olivier, 1811), and Zonabris rugosissima Pic, 1909 = Hycleus aestuans (Klug, 1845), are proposed. New
information on the relationships of several species, particularly of the genera Lydomorphus and Hycleus, are also provided
Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini)
No full textThe taxonomy of the Palaearctic genus Cerocoma is revised using a classical morphological approach. A catalogue to
species with current synonyms, type information and repositories is provided as well as diagnostic keys to species (male
and female) and subspecies (only male), illustrations of male dimorphic and diagnostic characters and detailed distribution
data, including literature and collection records. The biology of Cerocoma is summarised, based on available literature
and original field observations.
Three new species are described and figured: Cerocoma confusa sp.n. (= C. syriaca Auctorum), C. longiseta sp.n.
and C. martae sp.n. New status is assessed for two taxa: C. latreillei sterbai stat.n. and C. marginiventris stat.n. New
synonymies are proposed as follows: C. syriaca Abeille de Perrin, 1880 = C. barthelemyi Baudi, 1878 syn. nov.; C.
latreillei schah Kaszab, 1968 = C. latreillei sterbai Mařan, 1944 syn. nov.; C. scovitzi mirabilis Dvořák, 1993 = C. scovitzi
intermedia Mařan, 1944 syn. nov.
Adult morphological characters and molecular datasets (nuclear ITS2 and mitochondrial 16S) are used, separately
and combined, to carry out the first attempt to elucidate the Cerocoma phylogeny, using Maximum Parsimony and
Bayesian Inference. The resulted phylogeny supports the arrangement of Cerocoma into five subgenera: Cerocomina,
Mesocerocoma and Metacerocoma as previously defined; the nominate subgenus, restricted to the species group of C.
schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758; and Meloides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783, recently resurrected on morphological data only
Sexual and cleaning behaviour of Lydus trimaculatus Fabricius and remarks on the courtship of the Lyttini tribe (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
No full textRevision of the genus Diaphorocera Heyden, 1863 (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Cerocomini)
No full textDiaphorocera, a Saharo-Sindian genus belonging to the tribe
Cerocomini, is revised and a new synonymy is proposed. A cladistic
classifi cation is proposed as well, on a set of adult morphological
characters. The available bionomical records, both original
and from literature, concerning phenology, elevation, habitat
preference, and host plants, are summarised. Adult morphology
of all species is described and fi gured, the catalogue of localities
with maps of distribution is reported, and a biogeographical
analysis is proposed
Revision of the genera Anisarthrocera, Rhampholyssa and Rhampholyssodes with the description of the new genus Somalarthrocera and a phylogenetic study of the tribe Cerocomini (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
No full textFour genera of the blister beetle tribe Cerocomini are revised, including the new genus Somalarthrocera. The genera
Rhampholyssa Kraatz, 1863 and Somalarthrocera comprise two species each, whereas Anisarthrocera Semenow, 1895 and Rhampholyssodes
Kaszab, 1983 are monotypic. S. savanicola sp. n. from Kenya is described, S. semirufa (Fairmaire, 1882) comb. n. is
proposed, as well as new synonymy: A. batesi (Marseul, 1872) = A. batesi villiersi Kaszab, 1968. Phylogenetic relationships among
the six genera of the tribe are defined by a cladistic analysis, which indicates three clades, one basal, represented by the genus Cerocoma
Geoffroy, 1762, the second including Anisarthrocera and the pair Rhampholyssa and Rhampholyssodes, and the third
including Diaphorocera Heyden, 1863 and Somalarthrocera. Bionomical information available for the four revised genera is summarised.
Keys to these genera and to the species of the two non-monotypic genera are presented, as well as diagnoses of genera and
species and catalogue of localities. Anisarthrocera is distributed in the northern Persian Gulf, Rhampholyssa in the Turanian depression,
Rhampholyssodes is endemic to the eastern Arabian Peninsula, and Somalarthrocera is distributed in Somalia and Kenya. A
brief biogeographical analysis of this primarily Palaearctic tribe is also presented
Schede naturalistiche (Riserva naturale di Tor Caldara; Villa Borghese in Nettuno; Litorale, Poligono di Torre Astura e Zone umide ad Ovest del fiume Astura; Bosco di Foglino; Lido dei Gigli; Macchia della Spadellata-Fosso di S. Anastasio; Bosco del Padiglione). In: Le emergenze naturalistiche
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