Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species
Author
Pan, Zhao
Author
Ren, Guodong
text
Zoological Systematics
2018
43
1
66
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journal article
10.11865/zs.201807
2095-6827
5366525
0FD73836-E490-433F-BD64-C305D6826F11
Meloe medogensis
Tan, 1988
Meloe medogensis
Tan, 1988: 292
.
Type
locality:
Mêdog
,
Xizang
,
China
.
Type
depository: IZCAS.
Material examined from
Xizang
. None.
Distribution.
China
:
Xizang
(
Bologna, 2008
) (Mêdog (
Tan, 1988
;
Wang
et al
., 2003
)).
Remarks. This species, described based on a single male, has a typical
Meloe
(
Meloe
)
pronotum but moniliform antennae. These characters are not belong to any subgenus of
Meloe
, like
M. elegantulus
. The subgeneric assignment should be confirmed in future.