Biology:Paractenodia

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Paractenodia is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about five described species in Paractenodia.[1][2]

All five known species are found in Namibia. Paractenodia namaquensis and parva are also found in South Africa. Paractenodia damarensis is also found in the Kalahari of western Botswana.[1]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Paractenodia:[1][2]

  • Paractenodia damarensis Kaszab, 1951 - Botswana and Namibia
  • Paractenodia freyi Kaszab, 1955 - western Namibia (endemic)
  • Paractenodia glabra Kaszab, 1969 - western Namibia (endemic)
  • Paractenodia namaquensis Kaszab, 1955 - Namibia and northwestern South Africa
  • Paractenodia parva Péringuey, 1904 - southern Namibia and northwestern South Africa
Paractenodia namaquensis, Namibia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bologna, Marco A.; Amore, Valentina; Pitzalis, Monica (2018). "Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes". Zootaxa 4373. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1. https://www.academia.edu/61782475/. Retrieved 2025-03-02. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Namibia Biodiversity Database, Paractenodia". https://biodiversity.org.na/taxondisplay.php?nr=4815. 

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