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Decatoma Dejean, 1821 [nec Decatoma Spinola, 1811 (Hymenoptera) ; replaced by

Decapotoma Voigts ].

Decapotoma Voigts, 1902 . Type species: Meloe lunata Pallas, 1782 , by monotypy as type species of Decatoma Dejean ; new name for Decatoma Dejean. (Pars) .

Euzonabris Kuzin, 1954. Type species: Meloe cichorii Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation

(as subgenus of Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 ).

Sphenabris Kuzin, 1954 . Type species: Meloe balteata Pallas, 1782 , by original designation (as subgenus of Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 ); name originally proposed by Kuzin (1953) without designation of a type species.

Tigrabris Kuzin, 1954 . Type species: Meloe atrata Pallas, 1773 , by original designation (as subgenus of Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 ); name originally proposed by Kuzin (1953) without designation of a type species.

Gorrizia Pardo Alcaide, 1954. Type species: Mylabris duodecimpunctata Olivier, 1811 , by original designation (as subgenus of Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 ); name originally proposed by Pardo Alcaide (1950) without designation of a type species.

Mesogorbata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 . Type species: Mylabris apicipennis Reiche, 1865 , by original designation [as section of Mylabris (Gorrizia) Pardo Alcaide, 1954 ; = Sphenabris Kuzin,

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Mesoscutata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 . Type species: Mylabris duodecimpunctata Olivier, 1811 , by original designation (as section of Mylabris (Gorrizia) Pardo Alcaide, 1954 ).

Androfoveata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 . Type species: Mylabris duodecimpunctat a Olivier, 1811, by original designation [as subsection of Mylabris (Gorrizia) section Mesoscutata Pardo Alcaide, 1954 ]; name originally proposed by Pardo Alcaide (1950) without designation of a type species.

Mesotaeniata Pardo Alcaide, 1955 . Type species: Meloe lunata Pallas, 1782 , by original designation [as section of Mylabris (Gorrizia) Pardo Alcaide, 1954 ].

Type species. Mylabris argentata Fabricius, 1792 , by subsequent designation (Blanchard, 1836–1849). Ca 430 spp.

Geographic distribution. Widespread in the Palaearctic, Oriental (to Timor) and Afrotropical regions (Also see Notes).

References

Taxonomy. Marseul (1870, 1872 partial keys and catalogues); Escherich (1899); Wellman (1908); Péringuey (1909 partial key to South African spp.); Soumacov (1915, 1930 catalogue of Palaearctic spp.); Borchmann (1940); Gridelli (1940); Pardo Alcaide (1950, 1954a, 1955, 1958a, 1958b, 1963, 1968); Kuzin (1954); Kaszab (1957a, 1983); Saha (1979 partial key to Indian spp.); Bologna (1978, 1990, 1991a).

Bionomics. Beauregard (1890); Portchinsky (1914); Cros (1927a); Zachvatkin (1931); Verbeek (1932); Greathead (1963); Hall (1984); Gahukar et al. (1989); Bologna (1991a review).

Larvae. Beauregard (1890); Cros (1927a, 1929b, 1931b); MacSwain (1956); Juchnevitsh (1955); Prjamikova and Juchnevitsh (1958); Bologna (1991a review, 1991c).

Anatomy. Beauregard (1890); Deobhakta (1957); Gupta (1971, 1978); Yadav (1973); Yadav et al. (1977); Sidhra et al. (1983, 1984).

Physiology. Chockalingam and Manoharan (1980); Thakare et al. (1980); Sidhu et al. (1982); Dhillon et al. (1983a, 1983b); Gäde (1995).

Pharmacology. Beauregard (1890); Theodoridès (1950); Tagwireyi et al. (2000).

Notes

With over 400 described species, Hycleus is the largest genus of Meloidae . The group has been confused with Mylabris and other Mylabrini taxa by several authors. The very complex synonymies and generic de nitions involved are explained by Bologna (1978, 1991a). This speciose genus is badly in need of revision. Pardo Alcaide (1952, 1954a, 1955) described three distinct sections characterized by the shape of mesosternal structures; the same author (Pardo Alcaide, 1955, 1958a, 1958b, 1963, 1968) and Bologna (1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991a, 1994a, 1994b) de ned various Afrotropical and Palaearctic groups of species.

Three distribution records of Hycleus require corroboration. Previously unrecorded from Madagascar, we have examined a single specimen (LACM) of an undetermined species [with 11 antennal segments belonging to the ‘ Mesotaeniata ’ type (see Pardo Alcaide, 1954a; Bologna, 1991a) collected from the Berenty Lemur Reserve (July 1982)]. Another record from the malagasy region is cited by Marseul (1872) who described ‘ Mylabris ’ mauritia from Mauritius, a possible synonym of the east African kersteni Gestaecker. A doubtful record from the Canary Islands also was recently noted by Bologna (1994c).

The rst-instar larvae of ca 20 species have been described, and larvae of about

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10 additional species are known but undescribed (CB, UCRC). Larvae appear to be most commonly associated with the eggs of various Acrididae ; however, two species are recorded as parasitoids of Osmia bees ( Megachilidae ).