Two New Species of Meloidae (Coleoptera) from Mexico

Pinto, John D.

doi:10.1649/0010-065x-73.4.1007

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“…An insect group, historically studied and well represented in scientific collections, due to their historical pharmacological usage are beetles of the family Meloidae (Dioscorides 1636, Fisher 1827, Beauregard 1890, Percino et al 2011). Among Meloidae, Epicauta Dejean 1834 is the second most speciose genus of the family, with circa 366 described species , Bologna and Pinto 2002, Batelka and Hájek 2015, Liu et al 2016, Pinto 2019, Pan and Ren 2020. Epicauta is almost worldwide distributed except in Australia, Madagascar and New Zealand (Bologna and Pinto 2002), with almost 73% of their diversity occurring in the New World (Pinto and Bologna 1999, Bologna and Pinto 2002, Pinto 2019.…”

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“…Among Meloidae, Epicauta Dejean 1834 is the second most speciose genus of the family, with circa 366 described species , Bologna and Pinto 2002, Batelka and Hájek 2015, Liu et al 2016, Pinto 2019, Pan and Ren 2020. Epicauta is almost worldwide distributed except in Australia, Madagascar and New Zealand (Bologna and Pinto 2002), with almost 73% of their diversity occurring in the New World (Pinto and Bologna 1999, Bologna and Pinto 2002, Pinto 2019. A recent checklist of American Epicauta lists a total of 264 species for the entire continent (Campos-Soldini et al 2018).…”

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An Overview of the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Venezuelan Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

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The incomplete knowledge of the species distribution ranges represents a serious barrier for many areas of study in Biology that goes from Systematics to conservation of Biodiversity. One of the most important available resources to deal with the lack of geographic information are scientific collections. Epicauta with more than 366 species described is one of the most speciose lineages within Meloidae. Almost 73% of its diversity occurs in America. In Venezuela, the tenth richest country in biodiversity of the world, only nine species of Epicauta have been recorded and most of them are known from one or two localities. The revision of the specimens of Epicauta held at the entomological collection of the Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola "Francisco Fernandez Yépez" (MIZA) of the Universidad Central de Venezuela at Maracay, with additional data from other American and European collections allowed us to improve significantly the knowledge of the geographic distribution of the Venezuelan taxa. Besides, the morphological study of the specimens resulted in the addition of some species not previously recorded in Venezuela, the description of a new species, and the redescription of the almost unknown and forgotten species E. subvittata (Erichson 1848).

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