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Zonabris Harold, 1879 . Type species: Meloe cichorii Linné, 1758 , according to Selander (1991), by xation as type species of Mylabris Fabricius. Invalid replacement name for Mylabris Fabricius.

Megabris Des Gozis, 1881 . Type species: Meloe cichorii Linneaus, 1758 , according to Selander (1991), by xation as type species of Mylabris Fabricius. Invalid replacement name for Mylabris Fabricius.

Androplicata Pardo Alcaide, 1948 , without type species designation (as section, not an available name; = Mylabris (Micrabris) Kuzin, 1954 ).

Mesosulcata Pardo Alcaide, 1950 (as section; currently valid subgenus). Type species: Mylabris hieracii Gräells, 1849 , by monotypy (see Selander, 1991 for invalid designation).

Lachnabris Kuzin, 1953 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris mannerheimi Gebler, 1845 , by monotypy.

Monabris Kuzin, 1953 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris undecimpunctata Fischer von Waldheim, 1842 , by monotypy.

Ammabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris elegans Olivier, 1811 , by original designation.

Argabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe ocellata Pallas, 1773 , by original designation.

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Chalcabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe festiva Pallas, 1773 , by original designation.

Chrysabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Meloe trifascis Pallas, 1773 , by original designation.

Eumylabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris decempunctata Fabricius, 1792 (= Mylabris fabricii Soumacov, 1924 ), by original designation.

Glaucabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; = Mylabris (Mesosulcata) Pardo Alcaide, 1950 ). Type species: Mylabris hieracii Gräells, 1849 , by original designation.

Micrabris Kuzin, 1954 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris geminata Fabricius, 1798 , by original designation.

Mesolaevigata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 (as section; = Mylabris (Micrabris) Kuzin, 1954 ). Type species: Mylabris geminata Fabricius, 1798 , by original designation; name originally proposed by Pardo Alcaide (1950) without designation of a type species.

Mesopunctata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 (as section of Mylabris ; = Mylabris (Mylabris) Fabricius, 1775 ). Type species: Meloe quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1767 , by original designation; name originally proposed by Pardo Alcaide (1950) without designation of a type species.

Mesorbata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 (as section; = Mylabris (Ammabris) Kuzin, 1954 ). Type species: Mylabris elegans Olivier, 1811 , by original designation. Synonymized in error with Mylabris (Argabris) by Bologna, 1991a.

Neabris Kaszab, 1958 (as subgenus; = Mylabris (Eumylabris) Kuzin, 1954 ). Type species: Mylabris klapperichi Kaszab, 1958 , by original designation.

Calydabris Kaszab, 1960 (herein as subgenus). Type species: Calydus allousei Kaszab, 1960 , by original designation.

Mauritabris Pardo Alcaide, 1969 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris tenebrosa Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 , by original designation.

Zitunabris Pardo Alcaide, 1969 (as subgenus; currently valid). Type species: Mylabris oleae Chevrolat, 1837 (not Laporte de Castelnau , 1840, as erroneously indicated by Selander, 1991), by original designation .

Type species. Meloe cichorii Linné, 1758 , by subsequent designation (Latreille, 1810), according to Selander (1991) and other authors (but see Notes).

Geographic distribution. Central and S Palaearctic region, and areas transitional to the Oriental region (W India, Himalayas, W China).

References

Taxonomy. Billberg (1813); Marseul (1870, 1872 keys and catalogues); Escherich (1899); Soumacov (1915, 1930 catalogue); Pardo Alcaide (1948, 1950, 1954a, 1969a); Kuzin (1953, 1954); Kaszab (1958b), Bologna (1978, 1979, 1991a, 1994a); Aksentjev (1988).

Bionomics. Beauregard (1890); Chobaut (1890); Buysson (1902); Portchinsky (1914); Cros (1929b); Zachvatkin (1931); Paoli (1932, 1937); Paoli and Boselli (1947); Greathead (1963); Bologna (1991a review).

Larvae. Gorriz y Muñoz (1882); Beauregard (1890); Chobaut (1890); Cros (1926, 1928a, 1929b); Paoli (1932, 1937); MacSwain (1956); Juchnevitsh (1955); Prjamikova and Juchnevitsh (1958); Bologna (1991a review).

Anatomy. Beauregard (1890); Gupta (1971, 1978).

Pharmacology. Beauregard (1890); Wang (1989).

Notes

The fact that Meloe cichorii is the type species of Mylabris is problematic. Ignoring the designation of this species as type by Latreille (1810), Kuzin (1954) transferred it to Hycleus [as Mylabris (Euzonabris) , a synonym of Hycleus ] and its placement there has been adopted by other workers (e.g. Bologna, 1991a: 207). Following Kuzin’s de nition of cichorii will result in extensive nomenclatural Old World genera of Meloidae 2067

disruption in two of the most speciose genera of Meloidae . However, a recent examination of the type series of M. cichorii (BMNH) shows that it is mixed and includes not only Hycleus cichorii as de ned by recent authors, but also Mylabris variabilis (Pallas) . Consequently there are two options available that will preserve current generic de nitions: (1) Designation of the representative of M. variabilis as lectotype of Mylabris cichorii ; or (2) petition the International Commision of Zoological Nomenclature to set aside the designation of Meloe cichorii as type species and accept the designation of Meloe quadripunctata Linné. The latter was inappropriately designated the type species by Pardo Alcaide (1954a) but is in accordance with the modern de nition of Mylabris (Kuzin, 1954; Bologna, 1991a). Bologna (1991a) recognized 12 subgenera of Mylabris . As proposed by Bologna (1991a: 207) and as indicated above, we treat Calydabris Kaszab as a subgenus of Mylabris . It previously was considered a subgenus of the lyttine genus Calydus

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