Contributions to the species diversity of Meloidae(Coleoptera:Tenebrionoidea)from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau:From 1840 to the present
The Meloidae(Coleoptera,Tenebrionoidea)is always a concern for its hypermetamorphic development and medicinal value.It is a highly diverse family,3 subfamilies are recognized and nearly 3 000 species/subspecies assigned to 133 genera have been described,of these,only 2 subfamilies,27 genera containing nearly 200 species/subspecies have been recorded from China.The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau boasts a vast territory,with complicated terrain and climate,rich in species resources of Meloidae.Currently,105 species/subspecies belonging to 13 genera,5 tribes,2 subfamilies have been reported from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.Among them,the type localities of 66 species/subspecies are located in this region.The present paper was organized according to the important expeditions of insects on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.In this paper,the cognition history of meloid species diversity from the Plateau was retrospected,and the future research directions were also discussed.To realize the transformation from cognition to utilization of the meloid species resource from the Plateau,thorough expeditions should be organized,the species origin and divergence should be analyzed,and development and utilization methods of blister beetles should be attempted in the future.
Blister beetlesTibetan Plateauresearch historyorigin and divergenceresource utilization
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