Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Wusidong Road 180, 071002, Baoding City, Hebei Prov., China..
Department of Sciences, University Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi, 446, 00146 Roma, Italy..
Zootaxa. 2021 Jul 30;5007(1):1-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5007.1.1.
A morphological revision of the Meloe (Meloe) species from the Palaearctic Region, including the Transitional Chinese area is published. Groups and subgroups of species from the Palaearctic Region are defined for the first time and relationships with Afrotropical and Nearctic groups of species are discussed. Twenty-five species are considered, mostly after the examination of the types, with brief descriptions and figures of diagnostic characters. Ten species, from China and the Himalayan region, are described: Meloe chinensis n. sp., M. distincticornis n. sp., M. himalayensis n. sp., M. kashmirensis n. sp., M. kaszabi n. sp., M. lateantennatus n. sp., M. orientalis n. sp., M. poggii n. sp., M. shapovalovi n. sp., and M. xuhaoi n. sp. Both Meloe aegyptius and M. rathjensi are referred to M. proscarabaeus as subspecies. Four new synonymies are pointed out: M. sapporensis Kno, 1936 and M. tenuipes Jakowlew, 1897 = M. proscarabaeus exaratus Faldermann, 1832; M. medogensis Tan, 1981 = M. arunachalae Saha, 1979; M. patellicornis Fairmaire, 1887 = M. lobatus Gebler, 1832. Lectotype of M. subcordicollis is designated. M. formosensis is tentatively maintained as distinct species, with the suggestion that it could be a subspecies of M. gracilior. Meloe menoko is tentatively included in the intraspecific variability of M. auriculatus, a formal synonymy will be made by other authors. Meloe poteli is not considered in this revision, being the type is unavailable; other species (M. modestus, M. longipennis, M. elegantulus), previously considered in the nominate subgenus are excluded. A key to both sexes of the species is carried out and a catalogue of localities is recorded as Appendix 1. Ecological information about phenology, elevation range, host plants, is summarized in a table, and some biogeographical remarks are proposed.
本文发表了对古北区（包括过渡性的中国地区）的 Meloe （Meloe）物种的形态修订。首次定义了古北区的物种组和亚组，并讨论了与非洲热带和近北极区物种的关系。考虑了 25 个物种，主要是在检查了模式之后，对其进行了简短描述和鉴别特征的图形说明。来自中国和喜马拉雅地区的 10 个物种被描述为新种：中华泥蜣螂（Meloe chinensis n. sp.）、显角泥蜣螂（Meloe distincticornis n. sp.）、喜马拉雅泥蜣螂（Meloe himalayensis n. sp.）、克什米尔泥蜣螂（Meloe kashmirensis n. sp.）、卡兹别克泥蜣螂（Meloe kaszabi n. sp.）、晚触角泥蜣螂（Meloe lateantennatus n. sp.）、东方泥蜣螂（Meloe orientalis n. sp.）、 Poggi 泥蜣螂（Meloe poggii n. sp.）、沙波瓦洛夫泥蜣螂（Meloe shapovalovi n. sp.）和许好泥蜣螂（Meloe xuhaoi n. sp.）。将埃及泥蜣螂（Meloe aegyptius）和 Rathjen 泥蜣螂（Meloe rathjensi）都归入到 Proscarabaeus 亚种。指出了四个新的同物异名：札幌泥蜣螂（Meloe sapporensis Kno, 1936）和细角泥蜣螂（Meloe tenuipes Jakowlew, 1897）=Proscarabaeus exaratus Faldermann, 1832；墨脱泥蜣螂（Meloe medogensis Tan, 1981）=阿努拉查拉泥蜣螂（Meloe arunachalae Saha, 1979）；长角泥蜣螂（Meloe patellicornis Fairmaire, 1887）=宽背泥蜣螂（Meloe lobatus Gebler, 1832）。指定了 M. subcordicollis 的模式标本。暂定将台湾泥蜣螂（Meloe formosensis）作为独立的物种保留下来，同时建议它可能是 M. gracilior 的亚种。暂定将 Menoko 泥蜣螂（Meloe menoko）归入到 Auriculatus 种内的变异性中，其他作者将正式将其作为同义词处理。本次修订未考虑到 Poteli 泥蜣螂（Meloe poteli），因为模式标本不可用；其他以前被归入到指名亚种的物种（Meloe modestus、Meloe longipennis、Meloe elegantulus）也被排除在外。本文进行了两性的特征分析，并记录了一个物种的地方名录作为附录 1。本文还总结了有关物候学、海拔范围、寄主植物等生态信息，并提出了一些生物地理学的意见。
