Berberomeloe Bologna, 1989

Bologna, M. A. & Pinto, J. D., 2002, The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis, Journal of Natural History 36 (17), pp. 2013-2102 : 2044

13. Berberomeloe Bologna, 1989

(gure 3)

Type species. Meloe majalis Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation. 2 spp. Geographic distribution. SW France, Iberian Peninsula, from Morocco to

W Tunisia.

References Taxonomy. Bologna (1989a); Garcia-Par ǵ s (1998 key and catalogue). Bionomics. Beauregard (1890); Cros (1912b); Valladares (1984); Bologna

(1989a, 1991a).

Larvae. Cros (1912b); Bologna (1989a). Anatomy. Beauregard (1890). Pharmacology. Beauregard (1890).

Notes

Garcia-Par ǵ s (1998) recently resurrected a second species, B. insignis Charpentier, 1818 , endemic to southern Spain. It had been considered a variety of majalis and its species status requires further study.

Berberomeloe is a parasitoid of Anthophoridae ( Anthophora, Eucera ) and Andrenidae (Andreana) bees, and perhaps also of Megachilidae (Osmia) .