Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) Author Bezděk, Jan text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2020 2020-03-12 60 1 173 188 journal article 10.37520/aemnp.2020.011 1804-6487 3879369 BB69AEEF-303D-4668-9DB9-FF8A05D79DCD Amblis Gistel, 1848 Amblis Gistel, 1848a: 403 ; GISTEL (1848b) : 123 ; GISTEL (1848c) : [9]; GISTEL (1851) : 123 . Type species. Chrysomela litura Fabricius, 1775, by monotypy. Current status. Synonym of Spartophila Stephens, 1834 (subgenus of Gonioctena ) (see MONRÓS & BECHYNÉ 1956 , SEENO & WILCOX 1982 , RILEY et al. 2003 , KIPPENBERG 2010 ). Comments. The name is also a junior homonym of Amblis Gistel, 1834 (a junior objective synonym of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 , in Buprestidae ) (see BOUSQUET & BOU- CHARD 2017). Chloemela Gistel, 1856, nomen oblitum Chloëmela Gistel, 1856a: 379 ; GISTEL (1856b) : 175; GISTEL (1857a) : 379. Originally included names: 1. boica unavailable name, nomen nudum 2. aerea Me. = Chrysomela aerea Duftschmid, 1825 ; nomen dubium (see KIPPENBERG 2010 ), genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 (Chrysome- linae) 3. haematoptera (Lin.) = Chrysomela haemoptera Linnaeus, 1758; now Chrysolina ( Colaphodes ) haemoptera (Linnaeus, 1758); genus Chrysolina Mo- tschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 4. vulgatissima Schr. = Chrysomela vulgatissima Linnaeus, 1758; now Phratora vulgatissima (Linnaeus, 1758); genus Phratora Chevrolat, 1836 ( Chrysomelinae ) 5. sanguinolenta Lin. = Chrysomela sanguinolenta Linnaeus, 1758 ; now Chrysolina ( Stichoptera ) sanguinolenta (Linnaeus, 1758); genus Chrysolina Mo- tschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 6. limbata = Chrysomela limbata Fabricius, 1775; now Chrysolina ( Zeugotaenia ) limbata limbata (Fabricius, 1775); genus Chrysolina Mot- schulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 7. marginata Lin. = Chrysomela marginata Linnaeus, 1758 ; now Chrysolina ( Chalcoidea ) marginata marginata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; genus Chryso- lina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 8. analis Lin. = Chrysomela analis Linnaeus, 1767 ; now Chrysolina ( Chalcoidea ) analis (Linnaeus , 1767); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 9. lamina = Chrysomela lamina Fabricius, 1792; synonym of Chrysolina ( Sulcicollis ) oricalcia (O. F. Müller, 1776); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 10. geminata Pay. = Chrysomela geminata Paykull, 1799; now Chrysolina ( Hypericia ) geminata (Paykull, 1799); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 11. viridula Lai. = Chrysomela viridula Laicharting, 1781; synonym of Chrysolina ( Hypericia ) hyperici (Forster,1771); genus Chrysolina Motschul- sky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 12. varians = Chrysomela varians Schaller, 1783 ; now Chrysolina ( Sphaeromela ) varians (Schaller , 1783); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 13. fulgida = Chrysomela fulgida Fabricius,1801; synonym of Chrysolina ( Euchrysolina ) graminis graminis (Linnaeus,1758); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 14. var. aurolimbata Bess. unavailable name, nomen nudum 15. graminis = Chrysomela graminis Linnaeus, 1758; now Chrysolina ( Euchrysolina ) graminis graminis (Linnaeus,1758); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 16. fastuosa Lin. = Coccinella fastuosa Scopoli, 1763; now Chrysolina ( Fasta ) fastuosa fastuosa (Sco- poli, 1763); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 17. violacea = Chrysomela violacea Schaller, 1783; synonym of Chrysolina ( Chrysomorpha ) cerealis megerlei (Fabricius, 1801); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 18. mixta Zie. = Chrysolina mixta Küster, 1844; synonym of Chrysolina ( Chrysomorpha ) cerealis me- gerlei (Fabricius, 1801); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 19. cerealis Lin. = Chrysolina cerealis Linnaeus, 1767; now Chrysolina ( Chrysomorpha ) cerealis ce- realis (Linnaeus, 1767); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 20. var. ericae Dahl = Chrysomela ericae Suffrian, 1851; synonym of Chrysolina ( Chrysomorpha ) cerealis cerealis (Linnaeus, 1767); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 21. staphyleae Lin. = Chrysomela staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 ; now Chrysolina ( Chrysolina ) staphy- laea (Linnaeus, 1758); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 22. polita Lin. = Chrysomela polita Linnaeus, 1758; now Chrysolina ( Erythrochrysa ) polita polita (Linnaeus, 1758); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 ( Chrysomelinae ) 23. lurida = Chrysomela lurida Linnaeus, 1767 ; synonym of Chrysolina ( Taeniosticha ) pseudolurida pseudolurida (Roubal, 1917); genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 (Chry- somelinae) Type species. Chrysomela staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 , by present designation. Current status. Designated here as a nomen oblitum for Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 (nomen protectum). Comments. The name is available based on Article 12.2.5 ( ICZN 1999 ). BOUCHARD et al. (2011) listed Chloemela Gistel, 1856 as a synonym of Chrysomela Linnaeus, 1758 . Because the type species was never designated and all included available species names belong to Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 and Phratora Chevrolat, 1836 , the synonymy with Chrysomela is incorrect. GISTEL (1856a) listed altogether 23 names under the genus Chloemela . Two of these names, boica and var. aurolimbata , are nomina nuda, and thus are not available. The other 21 names are available and all but one of them are currently classified in the species-rich genus Chrysolina . The exception is C. vulgatissima classified in Phratora . I designate here Chrysomela staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Chloemela . The acceptance of Chloemela as a valid genus would destabilize the present system as widely used Chrysolina would become synonym of Chloemela . In order to preserve the stability, I apply Article 23.9 of the ICZN (1999) and designate Chloemela as a nomen oblitum and Chrysolina as a nomen protectum. To my knowledge, Chloemela was not treated as a valid name after 1899; thus, the conditions of Article 23.9.1.1 are met. According to Article 23.9.1.2 I supply the references of 25 papers, published by at least 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years, and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years, where Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 is used as a valid genus name: BIEŃKOWSKI (2007 , 2008 ), BOURDONNÉ (1986) , DACCORDI (1994) , DACCORDI & RUFFO (1979 , 1980 ), GEISER (2001) , JOLIVET & HAWKESWOOD (1995) , KIPPENBERG (2004 , 2012 , 2017 ), LOPATIN (1992 , 2000 , 2006 ), LOPATIN & KULENOVA (1986) , MEDVEDEV (1999) , MIKHAILOV (2000 , 2001 , 2002 ), RHEINHEIMER & HASSLER (2018) , RILEY et al. (2003) , WAR- CHAŁOWSKI (2010), WINKELMAN (2013) , WINKELMAN & DEBREUIL (2008) , YANG et al. (2015) .