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 10.5852/ejt.2024.920.2411 2118-9773 10575389 E2A4A0FC-FB93-490D-A601-9C667F94A53F Galleruca avicenniae Fabricius, 1792 Fig. 11 avicenniae Fabricius, 1792: 18 (Americae meridionalis Avicenniis). Material examined Syntype COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • ♀ ; “ avicenniae / TYPE ”; Kiel . Status in Zimsen (1964) P. 109 No.1692. “in Americae meridionalis Avicenniis Dr. Isert” Kiel 1 specimen . Original description “G. ferruginea elytris cyaneis. Habitat in Americae meridionalis Avicenniis Dr. Isert. Parva. Antennae nigrae basi ferrugineae. Caput & thorax laevia, ferruginea, nitida, immaculata. Elytra laevia, cyanea, nitida. Corpus & pedes ferruginea.” Current status avicenniae ( Fabricius, 1792 ) incertae sedis Galerucini Latreille, 1802 . Measurements Syntype ( Fig. 11 ): LB = 5.21 mm ; WB = 2.82 mm . Remarks The syntype housed in Kiel corresponds with the original description. However, it is clearly not an Alticine and belongs to Galerucini based on the thin metafemora missing metafemoral spring. Why this species was included in Oedionychina is difficult to trace. Illiger (1807: 83) noted in a footnote that Galleruca avicenniae should be included in the genus Haltica Geoffroy, 1762 (now a synonym of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 ), after a comment from Count von Hoffmansegg while visiting the collection of Count von Hagens in Berlin . Heikertinger & Csiki (1940: 439) included this species as Oedionychus avicenniae , effectively including in Oedionychina . The rationale behind this decision is unknown, but potentially because the footnote in Illiger (1807) including Galleruca avicenniae was on the same page with three species obviously belonging in Oedionychina (current combinations: Ciguapanychis bicolor (Linnaeus, 1767) , Kuschelina thoracica (Fabricius, 1775) and Kuschelina vians ( Illiger, 1807 )) .