Diaphorocera

Diaphorocera, is a genus of blister beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. The genus contains 10 species. All species are restricted to Saharo-Sindian regions such as Palestine and Israel, Northern Africa, southern Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Diaphorocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Meloidae
Genus:
Diaphorocera

Heyden, 1863
Type species
Diaphorocera hemprichi
Heyden, 1863
Diversity
About 10 species

All members have metallic green-blue body, extremely modified male antennae and yellow-orange colored legs, antennae and mouthparts.[1]

Taxonomy

In 1895, Bedel published the first key to the species Diaphorocera and it was revised by Zoltán Kaszab in 1951. In 1954 and 1983 Kocher and Kaszab respectively described one new species and one new subspecies. Phylogenetic relationships of Diaphorocera within Cerocomini were never defined. Kaszab division to genera was based on the base of the number of antennomeres.[2]

Species
  • Diaphorocera carinicollis
  • Diaphorocera chrysoprasis
  • Diaphorocera hemprichi
    • Diaphorocera hemprichi hemprichi
    • Diaphorocera hemprichi saudita
  • Diaphorocera johnsoni
  • Diaphorocera kerimii
  • Diaphorocera neglecta
  • Diaphorocera obscuritarsis
  • Diaphorocera peyerimhoffi
  • Diaphorocera promelaena
  • Diaphorocera sicardi

References
  1. Černý, Ladislav; Bologna, Marco A. (2018). "A new species of Diaphorocera from Morocco with unclear relationships and a key to the species (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Cerocomini)". ZooKeys (748): 57–64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.748.22176. PMID 29674914. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. "Revision of the genus Diaphorocera Heyden, 1863 (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Cerocomini)". Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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