Hycleus pallipes
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990599 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F72687E4-FFD0-FF8A-FF5F-FCFCFF194BD0 |
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Plazi |
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Hycleus pallipes |
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Cc) Hycleus pallipes species group
This group, as defined by Pardo Alcaide (1958a), is characterized by sharp and elongate mandibles and widened external spur of both pro- and mesotibiae. It is widely distributed in the sub-Saharan Africa and in western India.
Hycleus hilaris ( Péringuey, 1892) ( Fig. 4Q View FIGURE4 )
Mylabris hilaris Péringuey, 1892
Distribution. Northern Namibia (endemic).
Material examined and literature records. [Omusati] Anamulenge: C 46, 100 km ESE Ruacana , 17.5333°S 15.1167°E (CB). [Oshikoto] Oniipa: B1, 20 km SE Ondangwa, 17.9833°S 16.1333°E (CB). Onayena: B1, Ondangwa-Tsumeb, 26 km SE Ondangwa GoogleMaps , 18.0402°S 16.2037°E (CB). [Otjozondjupa] Otavi: B8, 5 km E Kombat, 19.7167°S 17.8000°E (CB). Omatako: Waterberg, 20.4167°S 17.2500°E (CP); Okosongomingo 148, 20.6167°S 17.1333°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps ; Waterberg, jct. C22-2512, 20.6333°S 17.1500°E (CB). [Erongo] Omaruru: Otjikoko-Sud 61, 21.2833°S 16.3667°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps .
Other records: Damaraland ( Kaszab 1956); Ovampoland ( Péringuey 1909; Kaszab 1955b, as ab. erikssoni); Namibia ( Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014).
Remarks. Types of this species were examined at SAMC.
Hycleus villosus (Fåhraeus, 1870) ( Fig. 4R View FIGURE4 )
Mylabris villosa Fåhraeus, 1870
Distribution. Botswana, Malawi, northern Namibia , South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Material examined and literature records. [Omusati] Anamulenge: C 46, 100 km ESE Ruacana, 17.5333°S 15.1167°E (CB). Ogongo : Ogongo Agric. College, Ovambo , 17.6833°S 15.2833°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . [Caprivi] Linyandi: Nkatwa, Mudumu Game riserve, 18.1833°S 23.4167°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps . [Kunene] Outjo: Abachaus , 19.7167°S 16.5800°E ( SMWN) GoogleMaps .
Other records: Namibia ( Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014).
Remarks. Types of this species were not examined.
Citations of H. holosericeus from southern Africa refer to H. villosus , being H. holosericeus a western African species.
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State Museum |
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Meloinae |
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Mylabrini |
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Hycleus pallipes
| Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica 2018 |
Mylabris hilaris Péringuey, 1892
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