Eur. J. Entomol. 103 (1): 137-161, 2006 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.019

Revision of the genus Teratolytta (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Marco A. BOLOGNA, Andrea DI GIULIO
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi "Roma Tre", Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Roma, Italy; e-mail: bologna@bio.uniroma3.it

The blister beetle genus Teratolytta, belonging to the tribe Lyttini, is revised and a classification is proposed. Two main sections of the genus - one including five groups of species and the other three groups - are tentatively defined. Four new species from Eastern and Southern Anatolia are described (T. carlae sp. n., T. dvoraki sp. n., T. monticola sp. n., T. taurica sp. n.), and a key to the 17 recognized species is proposed. A diagnosis of the species as well as taxonomic remarks are proposed, and a catalogue of localities is presented. In particular, Teratolytta tricolor (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880) comb. n. is re-established as a distinct species, T. cooensis G. Müller, 1936 is confirmed as a synonym of T. gentilis (Frivaldszky, 1877), T. bytinskii Kaszab, 1957 as a synonym of T. senilis (Abeille de Perrin, 1895), and T. holzschuhi Dvořák, 1983 is proposed as a synonym of T. eylandti Semenow, 1894; some infraspecific forms are referred to the variability of T. gentilis and T. flavipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1858). The first instar larva of T. gentilis is described and figured, and the sexual behaviour of this species is also briefly studied.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Meloidae, Teratolytta, key, catalogue, synonymy, new species, distribution, larval morphology, courtship

Received: May 12, 2004; Revised: October 25, 2005; Accepted: October 25, 2005; Published: January 30, 2006  Show citation

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