Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
Author
Bezděk, Jan
Mendel University, Department of Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
bezdek@mendelu.cz
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2019
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2019-01-30
59
1
23
52
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003
journal article
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10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003
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Taumacera cervicornis
(
Baly, 1861
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs 20
,
31
,
44
,
56
,
65
)
Xenarthra cervicornis
Baly, 1861: 299
(original description)
Type material examined.
SYNTYPE
: ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] //
Xenarthra
/ cervicornis / Baly /
Ceylon
[grey, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ (
BMNH
).
Figs 19–30. Male antenna of
Taumacera
. 19 –
T. musaamani
(
Mohamedsaid, 2010
) (Sabah)
; 20 –
T. cervicornis
(
Baly, 1861
)
(Sri Lanka); 21 –
T. lewisi
(
Jacoby, 1887
)
(Sri Lanka); 22 –
T.laevipennis
(
Jacoby, 1886
) (Kelantan)
; 23 –
T. subapicalis
Mohamedsaid, 1993
(Pahang)
; 24 –
T. insignis
(
Baly, 1864
) (Pahang)
; 25 –
T. indicola
nom. nov.
(Maharashtra); 26 –
T. ventralis
(
Baly, 1864
) (Pahang)
; 27 –
T. indica
(
Jacoby, 1889
) (Thailand)
; 28 –
T. variceps
(
Laboissière, 1933
) (Thailand)
; 29 –
T. monstrosa
(
Jacoby, 1899
) (Kelantan)
; 30 –
T. sumatrana
(
Jacoby 1899
) (Johor)
.
Figs 31–42. Male metasternal process of
Taumacera
. 31 –
T. cervicornis
(
Baly, 1861
)
(Sri Lanka); 32 –
T. deusta
Thunberg, 1814
(Bali)
; 33 –
T. frontalis
Mohamedsaid, 2001
(Perak)
; 34 –
T. indica
(
Jacoby, 1889
) (Thailand)
; 35 –
T. indicola
nom. nov.
(Maharashtra); 36 –
T. insignis
(
Baly, 1864
) (Pahang)
; 37 –
T. kinabaluensis
(
Mohamedsaid, 1995
) (Sabah)
; 38 –
T. musaamani
(
Mohamedsaid, 2010
) (Sabah)
; 39 –
T. rufomarginata
(
Jacoby, 1895
) (Java)
; 40 –
T. subapicalis
Mohamedsaid, 1993
(Pahang)
; 41 –
T. variceps
(
Laboissière, 1933
) (Thailand)
; 42 –
T. ventralis
(
Baly, 1864
) (Pahang)
.
Additional material examined.
SRI LANKA
:
Kandy,
vii.1910
, 1 ♂ (
BMNH
); Kandy,
iv.1907
,
1♀
(
BMNH
);
Kandy,
23.v.1910
,
1♀
(
BMNH
);
Kandy,
vi.1908
, 5 ♂♂
12 ♀♀
, G. E. Bryant leg. (
BMNH
);
Ceylon, 1909, 3 ♂♂
3 ♀♀
, E. E. Green leg. (
BMNH
);
Ceylon, 2 ♂♂
1 ♀
(
BMNH
); Kandy,
iii.1910
,
1 ♀
, J. Uzel leg. (
NMPC
).
Comments.
The male
syntype
of
Xenarthra cervicornis
has the metasternal process therefore it is transferred to
Taumacera
.