Annotated review of Cryptocephalinae (Clytrini), Synetinae and part of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) described by Carl Peter Thunberg Author Bezděk, Jan text European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 2019-02-19 499 1 42 journal article 26979 10.5852/ejt.2019.499 d21bedeb-4bcc-4dd5-aefd-5426ba5abaf4 2651404 A50C1B67-2795-45D2-86EE-0A60637A4D1D Atelechira elegans ( Thunberg, 1821 ) Fig. 2 Clythra elegans Thunberg, 1821: 184 (original description). Type locality “Cap” [= from the publication title]: Western Cape Province , Republic of South Africa . Material examined Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂, “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8211 / Clythra elegans / Cap. TYP [r, p] // elegans. / Cap. 22 [box label, w, h]”; UUZM . Additional material SOUTH AFRICA – Eastern Cape • 2 ♀♀ ; Dunbrody ; 23 Feb. 1907 ; BMNH • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ; Somerset East ; Oct. 1930 ; R.E. Turner leg.; BMNH • 2 ♂♂; Aliwal North ; 1–13 Jan. 1923 ; R.E. Turner leg.; BMNH – Western Cape • 1 ♀ ; BMNH • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ; Table Mt. , Oudtshoorn ; 1906; W. Bevins leg.: BMNH • 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Matjesfontein ; 19–31 Dec. 1928 ; R.E. Turner leg.; BMNH – KwaZulu-Natal • 1 ♀ ; Durban ; G.A.K. Marshall leg.; BMNH – Northern Cape • 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ ; Kimberley ; Feb. 1881 ; BMNH . ZIMBABWE • 1 ♂ ; S. Rhodesia , Salisbury ; G.A.K. Marshall leg.; BMNH . NAMIBIA • 1 ♀ ; 27 miles NNE Grunau , Noachabeb ; 10–12 Jan. 1972 ; BMNH . Distribution RSA . Newly recorded for Zimbabwe and Namibia . Fig. 2. Atelechira elegans ( Thunberg, 1821 ) , holotype, ♂, 7.5 mm, UUZM. A . Dorsal view. B . Lateral view. C . Frontal view. D . Label. E . Box label. Comments Clythra elegans was synonymized with another South African species Atelechira aulica ( Fabricius, 1781 ) by Lacordaire (1848) . This synonymy was accepted by all subsequent authors. However, it was recently discovered that the holotype of Crioceris aulica deposited in Banks’ collection in BMNH is a representative of Hadrocnemus Kraatz, 1895 (Malachiidae) . Subsequently, Atelechira elegans was restored as correct name for Clytrini species (for details see Geiser & Bezděk in press ). Lacordaire (1848) proposed the subgeneric name Atelechira Lacordaire, 1848 with two included species, Clythra ( Atelechira ) aulica and C. ( A. ) baculus Lacordaire, 1848 . Medvedev (1993a) designated Atelechira aulica as the type species of Atelechira . Because this designation was based on a misapplication of a previously established nominal species, the type of Atelechira is Atelechira elegans ( Thunberg, 1821 ) (see ICZN, Art. 69.2.4). Currently, the genus Atelechira comprises ten species. All of them except A. schultzei Weise, 1905 from Nigeria were keyed by Medvedev (1993a) . The generic assignment of Atelechira foersbergi ( Lacordaire, 1848 ) needs confirmation as it was also classified in Merilia Lacordaire, 1848 by Medvedev & Erber (2003) . Atelechira elegans can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: pronotum punctate, elytra dull, legs completely yellow, mandibles yellow ( Lacordaire 1848 ; Medvedev 1993a ).