Galleruca oculata Fabricius, 1801

Fig. 29

oculata Fabricius, 1801: 496 (America meridionali).

Material examined

Lectotype (presently designated)

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • ♀; “ G. oculata en Am. Mer. Schmidt/ TYPE/ Lectotype Galleruca oculata Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; ex-Copenhagen; ZMUC 00031097.

Specimen probably misplaced

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “ oculata / [red squared label] / nobilitata F. [printed label]”; Kiel.

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 112 No.1731. “in America meridionali D. Smidt Mus. D. Lund” Copenhagen 1 specimen. (Kiel 1 specimen = nobilitata F.).

Original description

“G. saltatoria, testacea, elytris maculis tribus obscuris: posterior macula testacea. Habitat in America meridionali. D. Smidt. Mus. D. Lund. Statura omnino praecedentium. Antennae obscurae, basi pallidae. Caput pallidum. Thorax marginatus, pallidus, immaculatus. Elytra pallide testacea, maculis duabus oblongis baseos, tertia postica, elongate: macula oblonga pallida, femoribus incrassatis.”

Current status

Walterianella oculata (Fabricius, 1801).

Measurements

Lectotype (Fig. 29): LB = 5.91 mm; WB = 3.64 mm.

Remarks

The lectotype for Galleruca oculata is designated here to have a unique bearer of this name and the standard for its application. The lectotype is missing segments 3–11 of the right antenna and segments 5–11 of the left antenna. As already indicated in Zimsen (1964), there is one specimen included in the type series that is likely misplaced and seems to be conspecific with Galleruca nobilitata (Fig. 5). This is also indicated on a printed label, probably added by Zimsen. We confirm the correct placement in the genus Walterianella based on the following characters: eyes big, interocular space about as wide as diameter of eye, pronotal borders widely explanate, flattened, prosternal process keeled.