. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 154 Paolo AuDisio & Alessio de Biase: A new Meligeíbes of the M. pitbescens species-group from South Africa. Figs 4. Known geographic distribution of Meligethes colonnellii (squares). A/. Iiei-inaniiiae Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kirejts- hui\ (circles), and of M. aurivestis Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kircjtshuk (triangles). Geographic distribution. So far only known from the above mentioned localities in the Western Cape Province (Fig. 4); this species
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 154 Paolo AuDisio & Alessio de Biase: A new Meligeíbes of the M. pitbescens species-group from South Africa. Figs 4. Known geographic distribution of Meligethes colonnellii (squares). A/. Iiei-inaniiiae Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kirejts- hui\ (circles), and of M. aurivestis Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kircjtshuk (triangles). Geographic distribution. So far only known from the above mentioned localities in the Western Cape Province (Fig. 4); this species is probably more widely distributed throughout the mountain areas bordering the Little Karoo and the south eastern edge of the Great Karoo. Etymology. This species is so named from our colleague and friend Enzo Colonnelli (Rome), renowned speciaUst in Curculionidae Ceutorhynchinae, in whose company the first known specimen of the new species was collected by the senior author. 4. ADDITIONAL NOTES Meligethes hermanniae Aud\s\o. Kirk-Spriggs & Kircjt- shuk. 1998 Examined material: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, 10 km W Kareedouw, 600 m, 33°.55\41"S, 24°.14\32"E, , E. Colonnelli leg., on flowering bush of Protea sp. (Proteaceae), 1 (CAR). This species, at larval stage associated with Hermannia salviifolia L. fil. (Sterculiaceae), was known so far only from two coastal localities of the eastern areas of the West- em Cape Province (Audisio et al. 1998; fig. 4). The above reported new locality significatively extends eastwards and inwards the geographic range of this species. The men- tioned male specimen from Kareedouw area is peculiar- ly large, reaching mm in length. 5. UPDATED KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE MELIGETHES PUBESCENS SPECIES-GROUP Refer to Figs 1-71 of the Au[:)isi() et al. (1998) revision (indicated in italic) and to Figs 1-5 of the present paper (in- dicated in bold). 1 (2) Fronto-geneal and periocular grooves on head absent {as in fig.
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