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Eleticinae Wellman 1910
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Subfamily Eleticinae
This subfamily of Meloidae (Bologna et al. 2008b) is mainly represented in Namibia by the tribe Derideini, genus Iselma. The new genus Namibeletica, a taxon incertae sedis, probably belongs to the tribe Eleticini, which is represented with certainty in Namibia by the genus Eletica Lacordaire, recognized for the first time in this study. Moreover, Bologna (2009) recorded two genera of the tribe Morphozonitini (Mimiselma Bologna, 2009 and Morphozonitis Pic, 1924) from southern Angola (in the Namib Desert and mopane savannah), just close to northern Namibia, which could be found in the extension of the same ecosystems in Namibia.
Notes
Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
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- Scientific name authorship
- Wellman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Meloidae
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eleticinae Wellman, 1910 sec. Bologna, Amore & Pitzalis, 2018
References
- Bologna, M. A., Di Giulio, A. & Pitzalis, M. (2008 b) Examples of disjunct distributions between Mediterranean and southern or eastern Africa in Meloidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea). Biogeographia, New Series, 29, 81 - 98.
- Bologna, M. A. (2009) Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the Afrotropical tribe Morphozonitini (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Eleticinae) with the description of three new taxa and a key to the genera. African Entomology, 17, 34 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.4001 / 003.017.0105