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Mylabris (Eumylabris) bolognai Pan sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Meanwhile, one newly recorded subgenus, Meloe (Meloegonius) Reitter, 1911, and two newly recorded species, Meloe (Meloegonius) cicatricosus Leach, 1815 and Mylabris (Argabris) impedita impedita (Heyden, 1883), from China are reported and illustrated. Furthermore, a list of meloid species from Xinjiang is carried out, and Euzonitis quadrimaculata (Pallas, 1782) is newly recorded from Xinjiang.

The blister beetle Meloe rugosus Marsham, ( Coleoptera : Meloidae ) was recorded for the first time as a serious insect pest attacking winter crops , particularly faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) and wheat ( Triticium aestivum ) in Farafra Oasis, western desert of Egypt. Beans, peas, alfalfa, Egyptian berseem, onion and the wild weed, Meliolotus indica L. were also recorded as host plants of this species. Adult beetles are phytophagous feeding plant foliage and flowers and under the stress of high population, plants may suffer death. Beetles occurred from early as November until late May. Through field observations in mid-January, the mating stage begins, where the male and female meet through the female sex pheromone. It was noted that the male searches for the female in the early morning, and when one of them meets the other, the mating stage initiate and the eggs are laid in the soil. During swarming and feeding, beetles secrete cantharidin fluid, a potent blister agent and long-term health threat to nearly all livestock feeding on plants hay. Field observations on insect behavior, eggs, crop damage, and activity and host plants were briefly explained.

A new species of the genus Mesomeloe (Meloidae) is described from Qatar on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Mesomeloe ottomerkli sp. nov., which is currently only known from the type locality, was previously identified as Meloe (Mesomeloe) coelatus. Both the morphological and molecular variability of M. coelatus across its wide distribution range are studied to determine the level of congruence between the morphological and genetic differentiation of M. coelatus and the new species. Mesomeloe ottomerkli is distinguishable from all other congeneric species in various traits: it presents a body tegument and appendages that are black in colour and shiny in appearance; an elytral surface absent of impressed longitudinal shallow ridges; a pronotal surface absent of depressed areas and longitudinal midline; and a pronotal base that is slightly arcuate. In addition, males of M. ottomerkli have antennae that gradually widen towards the apex; protarsomeres with a brush patch of yellowish setae on the ventral surface of the first two segments; genitalia in which the gonostyli, in lateral view, become slenderer towards the apex and an aedeagus that is relatively wide and rounded in the distal portion. The distribution records of M. coelatus are also updated and summarized., The visits of MG-P to the Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum of Budapest (HU-TAF) and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris (FR-TAF) were supported by the European Project SYNTHESYS (http://www.synthesys.info/) ‘European Community Research Infrastructure Action’. The visit of MG-P to Qatar was funded by the Qatar Foundation. This work was funded by the Spanish Government, project grant PID2019-110243GB-100 / AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain) to M. García-París.

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 Kôno, 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.

The larval instars of the genus Meloe L. are known to develop on provisions and immature stages of various species of ground-nesting bees. The first instar of Meloe, commonly known as a triungulin, attains its food source through phoresy on adult bees. In most species, the triungulins quest on flowers and attach to visiting bees. It has long been known that triungulins also attach to a variety of pilose flower visitors such as Diptera that do not serve as hosts. The fate of triungulins attaching to non-host visitors has been questioned and considered by some to be dead-end behavior. In this study of Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim in a coastal dune habitat we provide the first direct evidence that attachment to non-host insects can result in flower to flower dispersal and thus is not necessarily a mortality factor. In addition, we show that non-host attachments, largely on species of Tachinidae, are relatively common and constitute a significant fraction of the total triungulin load carried by flower visitors. A survey of variation in the COI mitochondrial gene of M. strigulosus throughout our study area reveals four haplotypes; their distribution also provides limited evidence for within habitat dispersal prior to final host attachment.

We focused on Meloe beetles that have lost all flight ability, and conducted molecular phylogeographic analyses based on their mitochondrial DNA COI and nuclear DNA EF1-α regions. Meloe beetles infiltrate bumblebee nests by attaching to bumblebees as they pollinate flowers and thereafter have a unique and specific life history as they complete their life-cycle within the host nest; flight-based dispersal is achieved by piggybacking on bumblebees. In fact, Meloe beetles, which cannot fly, even inhabit remote islands (i.e., “Oceanic Islands”). Regarding four species, i.e., Meloe coarctatus, Meloe proscarabaeus, Meloe violaceus and Meloe corvinus, the conventional morphological classification system based on morphological characteristics was strongly supported by the molecular markers. On the other hand, for two species, Meloe menoko and Meloe auriculatus, it was found that M. menoko may be evaluated as having a paraphyletic relationship with M. auriculatus. Furthermore, two other cryptic, undescribed species were also discovered in this study. One was collected in the Nikko Highland, and inhabited the area sympatrically with M. coarctatus. The other was collected from Hachijo-jima Island. These cryptic species were highly differentiated, independent lineages in terms of mitochondrial and nuclear gene regions. That is to say, a new level of species diversity was revealed among the Meloe beetle species, known for their unique and strange ecological and ethological characteristics.

Two species Meloe (Eurymeloe) mediterraneus J. Muller, 1925 and Meloe (Treiodous) autumnalis autumnalis A. G. Olivier, 1797 are newly recorded from Lebanon. A list of species is presented.

This paper is the second in a series providing distributional and biological notes for 52 species and subspecies of Meloidae in the U.S.A. and Mexico in the genera Epicauta Dejean, 1834, Eupompha LeConte, 1858, Gnathium Kirby, 1818, Linsleya MacSwain, 1951, Lytta Fabricius, 1775, Meloe Linnaeus, 1758, Nemognatha Illiger, 1807, Phodaga LeConte, 1858, Pyrota Dejean, 1834, and Rhyphonemognatha LeConte, 1854. These include three new country records, 35 new state records, three new adult activity dates, six new host records, and numerous range extensions.

This article explores the possibility of making Northern Norway and Sápmi the vantage point for poetological reflections. Starting with the contrast between the creative power of God’s words and human language, it latches on to the later Wittgenstein’s conception of how we learn to speak. Modifying some readings of Wittgenstein, it argues for a close, but complex connection between landscape and words, involving both instrumental and non-instrumental uses of language. Through readings of poems by the Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, the article argues that poetic use of language may be the ultimate expression of human connectedness to landscape, and vice versa, that poetic expressions of such connectedness might be brought to bear on how we view the nature and function of (some kinds of) literature., Artikkelen undersøker muligheten for å la Nord-Norge og Sápmi være utgangspunktet for poetologiske refleksjoner. Med utgangspunkt i kongrastenmellom skaperkraften i Guds ord og menneskespråket knytter den an til den sere Wittgesteins forestilling om hvordan vi blir språklige. Gjennom en modifisering av visse tolkninger av Wittgenstein argumenterer artikkelen for et nært, men komplekst forhold mellom landskap og ord, et forhold som forutsetter både en instrumentell og en ikke-instrumentell bruk av språket. Gjennom lesninger av noen av diktene til den samiske dikteren Nils-Aslak Valkeapää argumenterer artikkelen for at den poietiske bruken av språket kan være det ultimate uttrykket for menneskets tilknytning til landskapet, og vice verca, at poetiske uttrykk for en slik nærhet til landskapet kan legge vesentlige føringer på hvordan vi oppfatter funksjonen til (visse former for) litteratur.

Meloe (Eurymeloe) servulus Bates, 1879 (Fig. 14) Meloe servulus Bates, 1879: 483. Type locality: “no locality, probably between Leh and Yarkand” (Xinjiang, China). Type depository: BMNH. Meloe (Eurymeloe) servulus: Kaszab, 1981: 162. Material examined from Xizang. 1 ex., Wangda, Zogang County (elev. 4200 m), 2008.VII.15, Guodong Ren et al. leg. (MHBU). Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008) (Zogang (MHBU)), Xinjiang; India; Nepal; Afghanistan., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on pages 74-75, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Bates, F. 1879. Characters of the new genera and species of Heteromera collected by Dr. Stoliczka during the Forsyth Expedition to Kashgar in 1873 - 74. Cistula Entomologica, 2 ([1875 - 1882]): 467 - 484.","Kaszab, Z. 1981. Faunistische und taxonomische Studien uber Meloiden (Coleoptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 73: 159 - 185.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390."]}

Meloe (Eurymeloe) asperatus Tan, 1981 Meloe asperatus Tan, 1981: 415 (doubtful assignment). Type locality: West Rongbuk, Everest, Tingri, Xizang, China. Type depository: IZCAS. Meloe (Eurymeloe) asperatus: Bologna, 2008: 400. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008) (Tingri (Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)). Remarks. According to the original description (Tan, 1981), the species has the shape of pronotum typical in Eurymeloe, but has the elytral length conspicuously shorter than other members of the subgenus Eurymeloe. Thus, the subgeneric assignment of this species needs to be confirmed., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Tan, J. J. 1981. Coleoptera: Meloidae. In: The comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang plateau, CAS (ed.), Insects of Xizang (Vol. I). Science Press, Beijing. pp. 405 - 416.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390.","Wang, B. H., Tan, R., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, C. L., Shi, Q. G. 2003. Investigation of blister beetles from Xizang. Tibet's Science and Technology, 121: 33 - 35, 40."]}

Meloe (Meloe) subcordicollis Fairmaire, 1887 Meloe subcordicollis Fairmaire, 1887: 129. Type locality: “ Yunnan ” (China). Type depository: MNHN. Meloe (Meloe) subcordicollis: Bologna, 2008: 402. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008) (Nyalam (Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)), Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Fairmaire, L. 1887. Coleopteres des voyages de M. G. Revoil chez les Somalis et dans l'interieur du Zanguebar. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (6) 7: 69 - 186.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390.","Tan, J. J. 1981. Coleoptera: Meloidae. In: The comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang plateau, CAS (ed.), Insects of Xizang (Vol. I). Science Press, Beijing. pp. 405 - 416.","Wang, B. H., Tan, R., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, C. L., Shi, Q. G. 2003. Investigation of blister beetles from Xizang. Tibet's Science and Technology, 121: 33 - 35, 40."]}

Meloe (Meloe) auriculatus Marseul, 1877 Meloe auriculatus Marseul, 1877: 480. Type locality: “ Hiogo, Osaka ” (Japan). Type depository: MNHN. Meloe (Proscarabaeus) auriculatus: Kôno, 1936: 92. Meloe (Meloe) auriculatus: Kifune et al., 1973: 60. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008), Inner Mongolia; Japan. Remarks. Bologna (2008) firstly recorded this species from Xizang, but he did not provide any details or examined materials., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Marseul, S. A. de. 1877. Coleopteres du Japon recueillis par M. Georges Lewis. 2. memoire. Enumerationdes heteromeres avec la description des especes nouvelles. 2. Partie. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (5) 6 ([1876]): 465 - 486.","Kono, H. 1936. Neue und wenig bekannte kafer Japans. I. Insecta Matsumurana, 10 (3): 87 - 98.","Kifune, T., Maeta, Y., Sato, T. 1973. Biological notes on some Japanese species of the genus Meloe, with descriptions of their first instar larvae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) (Studies on Meloidae-II). Mushi, 47 (4): 47 - 65.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390."]}

Meloe medogensis Tan, 1988 Meloe medogensis Tan, 1988: 292. Type locality: Mêdog, Xizang, China. Type depository: IZCAS. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008) (Mêdog (Tan, 1988; Wang et al., 2003)). Remarks. This species, described based on a single male, has a typical Meloe (Meloe) pronotum but moniliform antennae. These characters are not belong to any subgenus of Meloe, like M. elegantulus. The subgeneric assignment should be confirmed in future., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Tan, J. J. 1988. Meloidae. In: Climbing Expedition of Chinese Academy of Science (ed.), Insects of Mt. Narjabarwa Region of Xizang. Science Press, Beijing. pp. 289 - 292.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390.","Wang, B. H., Tan, R., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, C. L., Shi, Q. G. 2003. Investigation of blister beetles from Xizang. Tibet's Science and Technology, 121: 33 - 35, 40."]}

Meloe (Meloe) modestus Fairmaire, 1887 Meloe modestus Fairmaire, 1887: 129. Type locality: “ Yunnan ” (China). Type depository: MNHN. Meloe (Meloe) modestus: Bologna, 2008: 402. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Bologna, 2008) (Markam (Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Zogang (Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)), Shanxi, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan. Remarks. According to the point of M. A. Bologna (personal communication), this species should belong to an undetermined subgenus or the subgenus Eurymeloe. However, this result has not been published. Therefore, we reserve this species in the nominate subgenus tentatively., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Fairmaire, L. 1887. Coleopteres des voyages de M. G. Revoil chez les Somalis et dans l'interieur du Zanguebar. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (6) 7: 69 - 186.","Bologna, M. A. 2008. Meloidae. In: Lobl, I., Smetana, A. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea). Apollo Books, Stenstrup. pp. 384 - 390.","Tan, J. J. 1981. Coleoptera: Meloidae. In: The comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang plateau, CAS (ed.), Insects of Xizang (Vol. I). Science Press, Beijing. pp. 405 - 416.","Wang, B. H., Tan, R., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, C. L., Shi, Q. G. 2003. Investigation of blister beetles from Xizang. Tibet's Science and Technology, 121: 33 - 35, 40."]}

Meloe elegantulus Semenov & Arnoldi, 1934 Meloe elegantulus Semenov & Arnoldi, 1934: 215. Type locality: “ Tibet inter.: ad fluv. Dza-tshu systematis fl. Yang-tse-kiang” (source section of the Yangzi river, Xizang, China). Type depository: ZIN. Material examined from Xizang. None. Distribution. China: Xizang (Semenov & Arnoldi, 1934; Bologna, 2008). Remarks. According to the original description of Semenov & Arnoldi (1934), the species has the shape of pronotum typical in Meloe (Meloe), but its antennomeres V–VII are not modified in both sexes, which is conspicuously different to the condition of species of the nominate subgenus of Meloe. Meanwhile, these two characters are not belong to any subgenus of Meloe. The subgeneric assignment should be confirmed in future.

Meloe (Meloe) scabrus sp. nov. (Figs 16, 26–33) Diagnosis. Body is unicolor black, almost without metallic blue. Head and pronotum with irregular large shallow punctures, but the frons. Male antennomeres V–VII are modified, as in Figs 26–27. Pronotum is slightly longer than wide, with a shallow large depression at center, sides sinuate. Mesonotum is triangularly stretch out, clearly visible (Fig. 29). Male parameres with three sub-rounded yellow spots on ventral surface. Penial distal hook is positioned almost in the middle between apex and the proximal hook, and slightly smaller than the proximal hook. The new species has similar pronotal punctures with four species/subspecies from the Himalayan region, M. semicoriaceus Fairmaire, M. proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus, M. proscarabaeus sericeorugosus Aksentjev, and M. arunachalae Saha. However, M. scabrus is distinguishable from them by the following features: 1) antennomere VII of M. semicoriaceus is triangluar; antennomere VII of M. scabrus is sub-quadrangluar (Fig. 27); 2) antennomere V of M. proscarabaeus proscarabaeus and M. proscarabaeus sericeorugosus are not transverse widened (fig. 132c in Bolonga, 1991), and their parameres have big yellow spot on ventral surface (fig. 4 in Aksentjev, 1987); but antennomere V of M. scabrus is widened (Fig. 27), and parameres with three small yellow spots (Fig. 30); 3) antennomere VII of M. arunachalae is conspicuously wider than VI (fig. 1 in Saha, 1979); but antennomere VII of M. scabrus is narrower than VI (Fig. 27). Description. Body unicolor black with, at most, antennae and legs slightly metallic blue; surface opaque. Body with sparse and very short black setae, also on ventral side, only with golden setae on tarsal pads. Body length (apex of mandiblesapex of abdomen) 20.3 mm (holotype, male), 32.4mm (paratype, female). Head subquadrate, approximately 0.8 as long as wide, subparallel on sides. Punctures large, irregular, and dense (its diameter conspicuously larger than the distance between punctures), but inconspicuous at center. Frons rugulose, with a finely impressed median line and an inconspicuous depression in middle, between eyes. Eye subreniform, weakly narrowed in ventral, with antero-dorsal margin slightly sinuate, just behind antennal insertion. Temple subparallel, only slightly curved posteriad and conspicuously longer than longitudinal diameter of eye. Clypeus posteriorly with large punctures and anteriorly almost smooth, posterior margin (frontoclypeal suture) obtuse-angled curved in middle. Labrum entire, anterior margin conspicuously sinuate; maxillary palpomeres slightly enlarged apically, palpomere IV slightly shorter than II; labial palpomere III conspicuously widening; mandibles curved and progressively narrowed on apical half. Antennae modified in male, but almost non modified in female (Figs 26–28): male antennomere III subequel in length to I, IV subequel in length to II, V–VII conspicuously modified (Figs 26–27), VI positioned almost in middle of V in dorsal view, VII slightly longer but narrower than VI in exteral lateral view, VIII slightly shorter than III, decreasing in width from VIII to IX, IX to XI similar in width, XI subfusiformed, nearly 1.8 as long as X; female antennomeres similar to male but slightly stronger, antennomeres V–VII not modified, only slightly wider than others, and XI subcylindrical (Fig. 28). Pronotum (Fig. 29) slightly longer than wide (length/width approximately equal to 1.05), sides sinuate, widest at apical third, and subparallel on sides on basal third; disk with a median shallow depression in basal half; punctures similar but slightly denser than those of head; posterior margin conspicuously sinuate in middle, fully visible from above. Mesonotum to triangularly stretch out, clearly visible (Fig. 29). Elytra obsolescently rugose, its length more than two times (ca. 2.5) of pronotal length. All tibiae with two spurs in both sexes; inner protibial spur longer than external spur, both slender; mesotibial spurs both slender either, in similar length; external metatibial spur widened, spoon-shaped at apex, longer and wider than inner one. Tarsal pads moderately developed on all legs in both sexes but absent on metatarsomere I of female. Posterior margin of last visible sternite shallowly emarginate in male, and almost straight in female. Parameres slightly shorter than phallobase, with three sub-rounded yellow spots in middle of parameres in ventral view (Fig. 30); apical lobe ca. 0.25 times of total length of parameres in lateral view (Fig. 31). Penis (Fig. 32) slender, distal hook positioned almost in middle between apex and proximal hook, and slightly smaller than proximal hook; endophallic hook small and slender. Spiculum gastrale as in Fig. 33. Material examined. Holotype ♂, 1 ♀ paratype (presented by Prof. Aimin Shi of CWNU, deposited in MHBU) with the following labels: “ 2010.VIII.14 // Comai, Xizang // Yongsheng Pan & Yunchun Li leg. // Museum of China West Normal University” (white, printed, in Chinese), “ HOLOTYPE (and PARATYPE respectively) // Meloe (Meloe) scabrus Pan & Ren det. 2016” (red or yellow, printed and handwritten). 1 ♂ paratype (MHBU) with the following labels: “ 2014.VIII.8 // Comai, Xizang // Guodong Ren, Xinglong Bai & Junsheng Shan leg. // Museum of Hebei University” (white, printed, in Chinese), “ 28°27.594'N // 91°25.643'E // Alt. 4262 m // Museum of Hebei University” (white, printed, in Chinese), “ PARATYPE // Meloe (Meloe) scabrus Pan & Ren det. 2016” (yellow, printed and handwritten). Distribution. China: Xizang (Comai (MHBU)). Etymology. The specific name “ scabrus ” is a Latin adjective (= scabrous), referring to its large and irregular punctation on head and pronotum., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Saha, G. N. 1979. Revision of Indian blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Meloinae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 74: 1 - 146."]}

3.4 Genus Meloe Linnaeus, 1758 Meloe Linnaeus, 1758: 419. Type species: Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Latreille, 1810: 430). Distribution. Worldwide (except Oceanica and South America)., Published as part of Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, pp. 66-88 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807, http://zenodo.org/record/5366525, {"references":["Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cumcharacteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Ed. Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 824 pp.","Latreille, P. A. 1810. Considerations generales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustaces, des arachnides, et des insectes; avec un tableau methodique de leurs genres, dispses en familles. F. Schoell, Paris. 444 pp."]}

This paper provides distributional and biological notes for 43 species and subspecies of North American Meloidae in the genera Epicauta Dejean, 1834, Eupompha LeConte, 1858, Gnathium Kirby, 1818, Linsleya MacSwain, 1951, Lytta Fabricius, 1775, Meloe Linnaeus, 1758, Nemognatha Illiger, 1807, Pleuropasta Wellman, 1909, Pseudozonitis Dillon, 1952, Pyrota Dejean, 1834, Rhyphonemognatha Enns, 1956, Spastonyx Selander, 1954, and Zonitis Fabricius, 1775. These include 22 new state records, 19 new hosts, and numerous range extensions.

Genus Meloe Linn��, 1758 The genus, primarily Holarctic, is distributed in the Afrotropical Region with two subgenera, the nominate and Afromeleoe, both represented in Namibia. The Afrotropical species of this genus were revised by Bologna & Pinto (1998). Meloe (Afromeloe) meridianus P��ringuey, 1892 (Fig. 5X) Meloe (Afromeloe) herero Schmidt, 1913 Distribution. Southern Mozambique, Namibia, northeastern South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Material examined and literature records. [Ohangwena] Ondose: Mafa, 17.5000��S 16.0833��E (Bologna & Pinto 1998; SAMC). [Oshikoto]: Omuthiyagwiipundi: Ovampoland, Omaramba, 18.7500��S 16.9833��E (P��ringuey 1909; Bologna & Pinto 1998; SAMC, holotype). [Otjozondjupa] Okahandja: Okahandja, 21.9833��S 16.9167��E (HNHM); Okahandja Gross Barmen, 22.1000��S 16.7500��E (CP). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Windhoek, Regenstein Farm 32, 22.7178��S 17.0317��E (Bologna & Pinto 1998; SMWN). [Karas] Keetmanshoop Rural: Noachabeb Farm 97, 27.3833��S 18.4667��E (Bologna & Pinto 1998; SMWN). Other records: Damaraland (Schmidt 1913, type locaity of M. herero; Bologna & Pinto 1998; BMNH); Ovampoland (Cros 1937; Bologna & Pinto 1998); Namibia (Bologna & Pinto 1998; Bologna 2000a). Remarks. Types of this species were examined at SAMC., Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722, {"references":["Bologna, M. A. & Pinto, J. D. (1998) A review of the Afrotropical species of Meloe (Coleoptera, Meloidae) with description of first instar larvae, a key to species and an annotated catalogue. Tropical Zoology, 11, 19 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1998.10539352","Peringuey, L. (1892) Third and fourth contributions to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. Transactions of South African Philosophical Society, 6, 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21560382.1889.9526255","Schmidt, K. (1913) Zur Kenntnis der athiopisch-afrikanischen Meloeformen (Coleopt.), Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem Entomologische Vereines zu Stettin, 74, 327 - 339.","Peringuey, L. (1909) Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa Family Meloidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 1, 165 - 297, 4 pls.","Cros, A. (1937) Sur une larve Meloide d'espece inconnue trouvee sur Anthia cavemosa Gerst. Bulletin de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie d'Egypte, 21, 153 - 166.","Bologna, M. A. (2000 a) Biodiversity of the Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the Brandberg Massif (Namibia). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. & Marais, E. (Eds.), Daures-Biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Cimbebasia, Memoir 9, 201 - 208."]}

Meloe lefevrei Guérin-Méneville, 1849 Material examined. SOCOTRA: Dixam plateau, Wadi Esgego, 12°28′09 ʺ N, 54°00′36ʺE, 300 m, 2.–3.xii.2003, 1 spec., J. Farkač lgt.; Homhil protected area, 12°34′27ʺN, 54°18′32ʺE, 364 m, 28.–29.xi.2003, 5 spec., J. Farkač lgt. (all in NMPC)., Published as part of Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, pp. 183-219 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 on page 219, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118, http://zenodo.org/record/5324218

Meloe trapeziderus Gahan, 1907 Material examined. SOCOTRA: way to... [illegible], 19.ix.1998, 1 spec.; Momi area, 29.xi.1999, 1 spec., W.Wranik lgt.; Homhil protected area, 12°34′27ʺN, 54°18′32ʺE, 364 m, 28.–29.xi.2003, 1 spec., D. Král lgt.; same data, 2 spec., J. Farkač lgt.; Kesa env., 12°39′37ʺN, 53°26′42ʺE, 220–300 m, 28.–29.i.2010, 1 spec., L. Purchart lgt.; Zemhon area, 12°30′58ʺN, 54°06′39ʺE, 270–350 m, 3.–4.ii.2010, 1 spec., L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt.; Homhil area, 12°34′25ʺN, 54°18′53ʺE, 400–510 m, 9.–10.ii.2010, 1 spec., L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt.; 12°34′58ʺN, 53°31′35ʺE, 490 m, iii.2012, 1 spec., S. Lvončík lgt. (all in NMPC)., Published as part of Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, pp. 183-219 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 on page 219, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118, http://zenodo.org/record/5324218

A new species, Meloe (Meloe) kulabensis sp. n., is described from southwestern Tajikistan (Kulob, = Kulyab). The new species is characterized by rather slender legs with an almost straight middle tibia, comparatively long and narrow tarsi, the 1st segment of the hind tarsus almost 5 times as long as wide, a comparatively large transverse eye diameter (the distance between the eyes are 3 times the transverse eye diameter), a free (not merging) punctation, and a peculiar structure of the male genitalia. Similarly to Meloe ovalicollis Reitt., the new species bears a narrow brush of short and not dense hairs on the ventral surface of the 1st-4th segments of the fore tarsus. Meloe ovalicollis is recorded for the first time for Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

A case of copulation between two mimic and repellent beetle species (a male of Timarcha fracassii, and a female of Meloe autumnalis), belonging to distinct families (Chrysomelidae, Meloidae), is recorded., Fragmenta Entomologica, Vol. 49 No. 2 (2017)