Ma. Bologna et al., Review of the primitive blister beetle genus Iselma, with a description ofthe first instar larva (Coleoptera : Tenebrionoidea : Meloidae), AFR ENTOMOL, 9(2), 2001, pp. 105-129
The genus Iselma, a primitive group of blister beetles from southern Africa
, is reviewed. Included are the first description of its first instar larva
based on two Namaqualand species (I. flavipennis and I. pallidipennis), pa
rtial information on behaviour (sexual and asexual), and a summary of biono
mics, with records of host plants, habitat preference, and elevational dist
ribution. Two new species from Namibia (I. piscatrix and I. deserticola) ar
e described, and remarks on the taxonomy of various other species are provi
ded. Two new synonymies are proposed: I. longispina Kaszab, 1952 = I. okiep
ana Peringuey, 1909, syn. n.; I. namaqua Peringuey, 1909 = I. flavipennis H
aag-Rutenberg, 1879, syn. n. A species catalogue, with complete distributio
n records, is provided.