Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909
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75. Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909
Type species. Zonitis viridipennis Fabricius, 1798 , by original designation. 15 spp.
Geographic distribution. Afrotropical region (except Madagascar).
References
Taxonomy. Péringuey (1909 partial key); Kaszab (1954d key and catalogue); Bologna (1978).
Anatomy. Gupta (1971, 1978).
Notes
This genus is tentatively treated as distinct but we are unable to separate it satisfactorily from Nemognatha . Most of the species have a characteristic metallic green elytra, a triangular-shaped elongate head and relatively elongate maxillary galeae. Exceptions include a species from Angola and Namibia ( posoka Wellman, 1908) with short galeae, and two species without metallic green elytra ( hayekae Kaszab, 1954, and ru pennis Pic, 1939).
Old World genera of Meloidae 2083
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