Revision of the genus Theopea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland and the Philippines: Redefinition of the genus
Author
Lee, Chi-Feng
Author
Bezdĕk, Jan
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-10
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4
451
507
journal article
25263
10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.1
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Theopea clypeata
Jacoby
(
Fig. 27A
)
Theopea clypeata
Jacoby, 1896a: 492
(
Indonesia
:
Sumatra
);
Weise, 1924: 151
(catalogue);
Wilcox, 1973: 630
(catalogue); Ki- moto, 1990: 233 (catalogue)
Types.
1♂
(
BMNH
): “
SUMATRA
/ PANGHERANG-PISANG /
X.90
e
III.91
/ E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Co-type [p, w, circle label with yellow border] // Museo Civ. / Genova [p, w] // Jacoby Coll.
1909-28
a. [p, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b]”
;
1♀
(
MCSN
): “
SUMATRA
/ PANGHERANG-PISANG /
X.90
e
III.91
/ E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Typus [p, w, red letters] // clypeata / Jac [h, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b] //
SYNTYPUS
[p]
♀
/ Theopea / clypeata / Jacoby, 1896 [h, r] // Museo Civico / di Genova [p, w]”
.
Remarks.
Jacoby (1896) indicated two
types
for
Theopea clypeata
, and both were females. Actually, the
type
at the BMNH is a male based on the wider antennomeres and the swollen tarsomeres I of front legs.