Paractenodia Péringuey, 1904

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Type Geographic species distribution. Paractenodia . Namibia parva Pèringuey and W South, 1904 Africa, xed. by monotypy. 4 spp.

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Downloaded Notes catalogue Although); Bologna treated (as 1991 distinct a). by Kaszab (1969a) and Dvorak (1993a), the validity of Paractenodia has been questioned by other authors. Pardo Alcaide (1952) considered it a probable synonym of Actenodia (as Rusadiria ), and Selander (1991) listed it as a junior synonym of that genus (as Arithmema ). While treating it as distinct, Bologna (1991a) also questioned its separation from Actenodia . The recent discovery of the rst instar of P. parva , the type species (Bologna, unpublished), now convinces us that Paractenodia is a valid genus close to Hycleus . The larvae of the other three species assigned here are unknown and, although adults are phenetically very similar to P. parva , their placement here is tentative. The seven-segmented antennae can be used to separate adults of these species from Hycleus where antennal segment number varies from 8 to 11.

The genus is endemic to the western part of S Africa. As indicated above, we are transferring the Syrian species described as a Paractenodia by Dvorak (1993a) to Actenodia .

The rst-instar larva of P. parva is known but undescribed (CB); larval biology is unknown.

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