Generic Review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
Author
Reid, Chris A. M.
Author
Nadein, Konstantin S.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
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journal article
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Caccomolpus hallianus
Broun, 1917
Caccomolpus hallianus
Broun, 1917:466
.
Type
locality: Mount Dick.
Comments.
Broun based this species on four specimens collected from Mount Dick (Lake Wakatipu), one a female collected on
29 January 1914
, and “three others” collected on the same mountain for “two days” in March by T. Hall. There were four specimens in the Broun collection (BMNH), two collected from
29 January 1914
and two collected on
13 March 1914
. There were two additional specimens in the NZAC on
13 March 1914
collected from Mt Dick and labelled as
syntypes
by Robin Craw, and an additional four specimens labelled as “var. 3964” by Broun, two of which lacked locality information, and two from Ben Lomond. Unfortunately, Broun may have confused dates and localities, or there was mislabelling by Broun, or label switching in the Broun material because two male specimens in the BMNH were labelled as “var. 3966” a number corresponding to
C. substriatus
described from Ben Lomond (Dunedin) but had the Mt Dick locality labels and were collected in March. Note that these species, and others, are considered synonymous by M. Daccordi (pers. obs.) with
C. pullatus
. We decided to treat two BMNH specimens collected in
January 1914
as
syntypes
, and designate the male as the
lectotype
and the female a
paralectotype
.
Type material examined.
Lectotype
(
BMNH
): re-mounted on card with removed aedeagus mounted at corner [left antenna, right antennomeres A7–11, left protibia, left hindleg, right protarsomeres 4 and 5, most of the right tibia, and hind tarsus missing], “3964.
♂
. [in
Broun’s
hand] //
Mount Dick.
29.1.1914
. [in Broun’s hand] // Cac- comolpus hallianus. [in Broun’s hand] //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. //
Caccomolpus pullatus
(=
C. hallianus
) nov. syn. [handwritten] det.
M. Daccordi
[printed] 1987 [in Daccordi’s hand]”
.
Paralectotype
(
BMNH
): re-mounted on point, female terminalia and abdomen cleared and in window-mount [left antennomers A2–11 missing], “3964.
♀
. [in
Broun’s
hand] //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. //
Mount Dick.
29.1.1914
. [in Broun’s hand] //
Caccomolpus pullatus
(=
C. hallianus
) nov. syn. [handwritten] det.
M. Daccordi
[printed] 1987 [in Daccordi’s hand]”
.