ADDITIONS TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN MELIGETHES OF THE SUBGENUS CHROMOGETHES AND TAXONOMIC NOTES ON OTHER SOUTHERN AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS (COLEOPTERA, NITIDULIDAE)

摘要

The 20 known South African species of the subgenus Chromogethes Kirejtshuk, 1989 in the genus Meligethes Stephens, 1830, are listed, and four new species (Meligethes albens n. sp., Meligethes draco n. sp., Meligethes mastax n. sp., and Meligethes vulpinoides n. sp.), are described and illustrated. Distributional and ecological data on some southern African Chromogethes, all associated to inflorescences of Asteraceae for their larval development, are also included. Taxonomic notes on a few other southern African species of the genus Meligethes are finally included, and M. rugipusillus Audisio, 1997, recently synonymized by a Russian author, is resurrected to a specific rank.