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A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)

2009; PAGEPress (Italy); Volume: 88; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4081/memoriesei.2009.117

2282-1228

Stefano Zoia,

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

A revision of the Afrotropical genus Mecistes Chapuis, 1874 is provided and its relations to the Oriental genus Apolepis is pointed out. Five new taxa are described: <em>M. audisioi </em>n. sp. (Rep. South Africa), <em>M. grobbelaarae</em> n. sp. (Rep. South Africa), <em>M. thompsoni</em> n. sp. (Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Rep. South Africa), <em>M. ziliolii</em> n. sp. (Rep. South Africa), <em>M. zimbabweensis</em> n. sp. (Zimbabwe); a lectotypus is designated for <em>M. chapuisi </em>Jacoby, 1900 and a neotypus is designated for <em>M. tarsalis </em>Chapuis, 1874. The following synonymies are established: <em>M. saudica </em>Medvedev, 1997 n. syn. of <em>M. seriatus</em> Lefèvre, 1885, <em>M. indigaceus</em> Jacoby, 1898 n. syn. of <em>M. tarsalis </em>Chapuis, 1874. A key to species is given