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Clytra (Clytraria) valeriana subsp. valeriana Menetries 1832

Description

Clytra (Clytraria) valeriana valeriana Ménétries, 1832

Clythra valeriana Ménétriés, 1832: 237 (original description).

Clytra valerianae var. drurei Pic, 1920a: 7 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Clytra valerianae var. subjuncta Pic, 1920a: 7 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Type localities. Clytra valeriana: ‘les montagnes de Talyche’ [= Iran / Azerbaijan, Talysh Mts.]. Clytra valerianae var. drurei: ‘Mossoul’ [= Iraq, Mosul]. Clytra valerianae var. subjuncta: ‘ Anatolie’ [Turkey].

Type material examined. Clytra valeriana: not examined.

Original material of infrasubspeciħc entities. Clytra valerianae var. drurei: 1 ♂, ‘Mossoul / (M. Drure) [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. Drurei / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ (MNHN – coll. Pic).

Clytra valerianae var. subjuncta: 1 ♂, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, p] // 237 [w, p] // type [w, h] // v. subjuncta Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ (MNHN – coll. Pic); 1 ♂, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, p] // type [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ (MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Southeast Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Near East (for details see REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Both varieties were described in a paper containing also a description of a subspecies (PIC 1920a), thus became infrasubspeciħc according to Article 45.6.4 of the Code (ICZN 1999). The original specimens of both varieties are conspeciħc with C. valeriana.

Notes

Published as part of Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, pp. 1-114 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 55 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4272771

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Clytra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Menetries
Species
valeriana
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Clytra (Clytraria) valeriana subsp. valeriana Menetries, 1832 sec. Bezdċk & Regalin, 2015

References

  • MENETRIES E. 1832: Catalogus raisonne des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu, aux frontieres actuelles de la Perse. Academie Imperiale des Sciences, St. Petersbourg, xxxiii + 271 pp.
  • PIC M. 1920 a: Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite). L, Echange, Revue Linneenne 36: 5 - 8.
  • REGALIN R. & MEDVEDEV L. N. 2010 b: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini. Pp. 564 - 580. In: LOBL I. & SMETANA A. (eds.): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 924 pp.
  • ICZN 1999: International code of zoological nomenclature. Fourth Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.