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
88
journal article
10.11865/zs.201807
2095-6827
5366525
0FD73836-E490-433F-BD64-C305D6826F11
Meloe
(
Meloe
)
modestus
Fairmaire, 1887
Meloe modestus
Fairmaire, 1887: 129
.
Type
locality: “
Yunnan
” (
China
)
.
Type
depository:
MNHN
.
Meloe
(
Meloe
)
modestus
:
Bologna, 2008: 402
.
Material examined from
Xizang
. None.
Distribution.
China
:
Xizang
(
Bologna, 2008
) (Markam (
Tan, 1981
;
Wang
et al
., 2003
), Zogang (
Tan, 1981
;
Wang
et al
., 2003
)),
Shanxi
,
Anhui
,
Fujian
,
Jiangxi
,
Sichuan
,
Yunnan
.
Remarks. According to the point of M. A. Bologna (personal communication), this species should belong to an undetermined subgenus or the subgenus
Eurymeloe
. However, this result has not been published. Therefore, we reserve this species in the nominate subgenus tentatively.