A new species of the pollen­beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of the M. aeneus group from Greece, with review of the M. subaeneus complex Author Audisio, Paolo Author Mancini, Emiliano Author Biase, Alessio De text Zootaxa 2006 1275 43 60 journal article 50510 10.5281/zenodo.173302 c9bbbcfc-2eea-423d-9d52-ac76ed8ec345 1175­5326 173302

TABLE 1. Updated taxonomic, zoogeographic and ecological scenario for Meligethes coracinus

Species	Distribution	Habitat
explanatus complex M. explanatus Reitter, 1900	Uzbekistan, SE Kazakistan, Turkmenistan, Syria	Eremic and suberemic areas in subdesertic flatlands
M. accentus Kirejtshuk, 1978 fulvipes complex	Tadjikistan	Xeric mountain habitats
M. fulvipes C.Brisout de Barneville, 1863 M. cristofaroi Audisio & De Biase, 2005	Western Europe, North Africa Southern Turkey	Cultivated fields, edges of xeric meadows, sunny hillsides, sand dunes Calcareous gorges, shady rocky habitats
subaeneus complex M. subaeneus Sturm, 1845	Europe, northern Caucasus	Edges and clearings in woody mesophilous and hygrophilous habitats, beech and chestnut woods, shady edges of bushy rivers.
M. matronalis Audisio & Spornraft, 1990 M. epeirosi n. sp.	Europe, Caucasus, northern Turkey, Azerbaijan Northern Greece	Edges and clearings in woody mesophilous and hygrophilous habitats, or beech and chestnut woods Edges of beech woods, in shady rocky habitats
coracinus complex M. coracinus Sturm, 1845	Europe, Anatolia, Middle Asia, Siberia	Cultivated fields, edges of meadows, rivers and channels in wetlands, or rocky shady habitats
M. sp. cfr. coracinus	Eastern Turkey	Edges of xerophilous oak forests, and bushy areas with calcareous rocky and gravel outcrops
M. erysimicola Audisio & De Biase, 2001	Southern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran	Xeric hillsides, parasteppic meadows, xeric slopes with calcareous rocky and gravel outcrops
longulus complex M. longulus Schilsky, 1894	Eastern Turkey,? Pontic areas	Xeric terrigenous and sandy hillsides, windy crests and xeric mountain slopes
M. sp. 1 cfr. longulus	Tadjikistan	Xeric mountain habitats
M. sp. 2 cfr. longulus	Eastern Turkey	Gravel and sandy slopes, xeric terrigenous hillsides
M. thalassophilus Audisio & De Biase, 2005 M. arankae Audisio & De Biase, 2005	Western central Italy, southern Italy, Sicily, northern Spain Central and southern Italy, Balkans, Pannonian areas, Turkey, Caucasus	Sand dunes and rocky promontories near the sea, or parasteppic meadows with calcareous rocky and gravel outcrops Parasteppic meadows with calcareous rocky and gravel outcrops in xeric mountain areas