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H. STEMPFFER 



The genus Tarucus includes several species which it is almost impossible to 

 differentiate by their external appearance, but their male genitalia are distinctive 

 enough to leave no doubt as to the validity of the species. It would be interesting 

 to examine systematically the genitalia of all the specimens of Tarucus which are to 

 be found in various collections so as to decide the habitats of the known species and 

 possibly discover new species. 



List of Species of Tarucus 



*Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer), 1844. 



*Tarucus bowkeri (Trimen), 1883. Fig. Trimen, 1906. 



* Tarucus grammicus (Gr. Smith), 1893. 



louisae E. Sharpe, 1898. 



* Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955, Entomologist 88 : 185. 

 *Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948, Revue jr. Ent. 15 : 194, fig. 



Tarucus louisae E. Sharpe, see grammicus. 



Tarucus mediterraneae Bethune Baker, see rosacea. 



Tarucus pit ho (Linnaeus), see thespis. 

 *Tarucus quadratus Grant, 1899. Fig. Bethune Baker, 1918. 

 *Tarucus rosacea (Austaut), 1885. Fig. Bethune Baker, 1918 (as mediterraneae). 



mediterraneae Bethune Baker, 1918. 

 *Tarucus sybaris sybaris (Hopffer), 1855. Fig. Hopffer, 1862. 



* Tarucus sybaris linearis (Aurivillius), 1924. 



* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius), 1793. 



* Tarucus thespis (Linnaeus), 1764. Fig. Trimen, 1887. 



pitho ($) (Linnaeus), 1764. 

 *Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1943, Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 1942 : 121, fig. 



Fig. 189. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus), $ genitalia. 



