Meliboeus heydeni (Abeille de Perrin, 1897)

Niehuis, Manfred, 2020, A review of the jewel beetles of the genus Meliboeus in Israel (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (2), pp. 159-176 : 168-170

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4718391
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15813552
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scientific name	Meliboeus heydeni (Abeille de Perrin, 1897)
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Meliboeus heydeni (Abeille de Perrin, 1897) View in CoL

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Meliboeus xerophilus Obenberger, 1916 .

Meliboeus staneki Obenberger, 1937 .

Meliboeus bodenheimeri Théry, 1938 .

Volkovitsh et al. (2000) listed this species in the subgenus Melixes , an opinion that I support. Recently Melixes has been considered a junior synonym of Meliboeus (KubÁŇ 2016 a) .

Material examined: Israel: Upper Galilee: 1♂ Har Meron, 7–11 km WNW Zefat, Loc. 26, 22–24. vii.1996, V. Zaitzev ( CNA); 1♀ Har Meron, 7–11 km WNW Zefat, Loc. 26, 22–24.vii.1996, M. Volkovitsh & M. Dolgovskaya ( CNA). Carmel Ridge : Nahal Oren, Mt Carmel , 2.vii.1996, T. PavliČek & V. Chikatunov ( CKB). Samaria : Shekhem [Nablus], 21.vi.1957, J. Klapperich ( CMN). Jordan Valley: Northern Dist., Moshav Rewaya (nr Bet She'an), 200 m, 22.v.1999, I. Trojan ( CKB). Judean Desert: Nahal Perat, 'En Mabua‘ [Wadi Qelt, Ein-El-Fawwar], 1.vi.1991, K. Warncke ( CMN); 3♂ Nahal Perat [Wadi Qelt], 31°50’38"N 035°24’49"E, 70 m, 24.v.2012, M. & O. Niehuis ( CNA). Jordan: Jordanien (Ost), Jerash /Dehbeen, 19.vi.1956, J. Klapperich ( CMN); Jordanien (Ost) Arda Road, 14.vi.1957, J. Klapperich ( CMN, CKB); (West) Amman 13.v.1965 Klapperich ( CMN). Syria: Syria, Lederer ex Meyer-Darcis TYPUS Meliboeus xerophilus m. Type Det. Dr. Obenberger ( NMPC). Lebanon: Syria, Tripoli, Novicki ( NMPC).

Distribution: The species was recorded from Israel several times (e.g. Halperin & Argaman 2000; Volkovitsh et al. 2000; Volkovitsh 2004; Volkovitsh & Niehuis 2012). Known from Armenia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey.

Host plants: According to Volkovitsh et al. (2000) the host plant of M. heydeni is unknown. Volkovitsh and Dolgovskaya collected the specimens by sweeping Lamiaceae . I caught my specimens in Israel on Vitex agnus-castus L. ( Verbenaceae ), in Turkey on Paliurus spina-christi Mill. ( Rhamnaceae ), which the buprestids probably used as a mating or resting place.