Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes Author Bologna, Marco A. Author Amore, Valentina Author Pitzalis, Monica text Zootaxa 2018 2018-01-16 4373 1 1 141 journal article 30985 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1 6c17414c-fd9d-47b0-b9b0-b9c538aa8cf0 1175-5326 1151722 202AFD20-7B37-405A-9CBA-051EF24E9FB2 Genus Synhoria Kolbe, 1897 Synhoria testacea (Fabricius, 1801) ( Fig. 6 A ) Horia testacea Fabricius, 1801 Horia hottentota Péringuey, 1886 Distribution. Namibia and South Africa. Material examined and literature records. [ Kavango ] Rundu Rural: 10 km S Rundu, 18.0000°S 19.6833°E ( SMWN ). [ Erongo ] Walvis Bay Rural: Walwis Bay ( Péringuey 1892 ). Karibib: Damaraland (Goagas), 23.2333°S 15.8000°E ( Péringuey 1909 ). Other records : Damaraland ( Cros 1924 ; Betrem 1932 ); Ovampoland ( Péringuey 1909 ; Cros 1924 ; Betrem 1932 ); Namibia ( Bologna 2000a ) . Remarks. The holotype of this species was not examined. The taxonomy of the genus is still unsatisfactory being the distinctive characters quite variable (see Bologna 1994). S. testacea seems distributed only in southern Africa, but the differences with S. cephalotes (Kolbe, 1897) and S. senegalensis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) , both widely spread in the intertropical fascia of Africa, and S. betsimirasaka Paulian, 1956, from Madagascar and Comores Islands, are not well defined ( Bologna & Laurenzi 1994 ).