Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections and new combinations for species formerly placed in the subtribe Author Roie, Martijn Van BC5F187A-EF47-45E5-9218-91B1CB41397D Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO), Walmersumstraat 44, 3380 Glabbeek, Belgium. & Department of Biology, Ecosphere Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. martijn.vanroie@uantwerpen.be Author Kuhlmann, Michael B99AE0ED-FA89-4DFE-A658-1C8DF37F9FAB Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany. mkuhlmann@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de Author Mack, Anne 1B595D32-2F8D-486D-B010-5065A1FC020C Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany. amack@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de Author Konstantinov, Alexander 95C88059-53CD-4125-BDD5-5D307F739D7F Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c / o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. alex.konstantinov@usda.gov text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-01-26 920 1 1 60 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2411/10629 journal article 286823 10.5852/ejt.2024.920.2411 939be729-dc03-4845-8765-c6ee227be466 2118-9773 10575389 E2A4A0FC-FB93-490D-A601-9C667F94A53F Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801 Figs 24–25 miniata Fabricius, 1801: 495 (Carolina). Material examined COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♂ ; “ miniata ”; Kiel • 1 spec. ; “ Miniata ”; Kiel . Status in Zimsen (1964) P. 112 No. 1727 ‘in Carolina D. Bose’ Kiel 2 specimens , Paris 3 specimens ( Blake 1952: 62 ). Original description “G. saltatoria nigra, thorace rubro, elytris rubris: sutura vittaque lata nigris. Habitat in Carolina. Mus. D. Bose. Magna. Caput nigrum. Thorax vix punctatus, ruber, macula media obscuriore. Elytra subpunctata, rubra, vitta lata suturaque nigris. Corpus nigrum, pedibus piceis, femoribus valde incrassatis. Post mortem color rufus, vivacissimus, in pallidum obscurum transit.” Current status Kuschelina miniata ( Fabricius, 1801 ) . Measurements Syntype 1 ( Fig. 24 ): LB = 5.93 mm ; WB = 3.20 mm . Syntype 2 ( Fig. 25 ): LB = 6.08 mm ; WB = 3.61 mm . Fig. 24. Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801 , syntype, ♂ (Kiel). A . Dorsal view. B . Ventral view. C . Lateral view. D . Frontal view. E . Labels of the two syntypes. Scale bars = 1 mm. Fig. 25. Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801 , syntype, sex unknown (Kiel). A . Dorsal view. B . Ventral view. C . Lateral view. D . Frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Remarks Two syntypes were examined. However, the taxonomy of the Kuschelina miniata group is complex, as apparent in the revision of Blake (1954) . We did not designate lectotypes because of the following reasons: (i) we expect that the two syntypes represent two different species in this species complex, one specimen possibly representing K. petaurista ( Fabricius, 1801 ) and the other not completely conforming to the description in Blake’s revision; (ii) Blake (1927) noted that there are three syntypes in the Bosc collection in Paris (reiterated by Zimsen 1964 ), all showing some degree of variability. Therefore, we chose to be conservative, not designating a lectotype until the Paris syntypes could be studied.