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Afrocleta Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2020, nom. nov.

  • 1. k. szawaryn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9329 - 4268
  • 2. wiolkat @ miiz. waw. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3992 - 8282

Description

Afrocleta nom. nov.

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Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850

Cleta Mulsant, 1850: 866 [as subgenus Epilachna (Cleta)] (nec Cleta Duponchel, 1845, Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850 (by subsequent designation by Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz 2003: 9). As genus Cleta Mulsant, 1850 in Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016: 74.

Hypsa Mulsant, 1850: 860 [as subgenus Epilachna (Hypsa)]. Type species: Epilachna nigrolimbata J. Thomson, 1875 (by subsequent designation by Korschefsky 1931: 18). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.

Chazeauiana Tomaszewska & Szawaryn in Szawaryn et al., 2015: 564. Type species: Epilachna sahlbergi Mulsant, 1850 (by original designation). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.

Etymology. The new genus name refers to Afrotropic Realm where this taxon is distributed, and Cleta – subgenus of Epilachna originally described by Mulsant. Gender. feminine.

Notes

Published as part of Szawaryn, Karol & Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2020, Replacement name for Cleta Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), pp. 149-150 in Zootaxa 4869 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4418469

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Identifiers

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Biodiversity

Family
Geometridae
Genus
Afrocleta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Szawaryn & Tomaszewska
Taxonomic status
nom. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Afrocleta Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2020

References

  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon, Series 2, 2, 1 - 1104. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8953
  • Duponchel, P. A. J. (1845) Catalogue methodique des lepidopteres d'Europe distribues en familles, tribus et genres, avec l'expose des caracteres sur lesquels ces divisions sont fondees, et l'indication des lieux et des epoques ou l'on trouve chaque espece, pour servir de complement et de rectification a l'histoire naturelle des lepidopteres de France, devenue celle des lepidopteres d'Europe par les supplemens qu'on y a ajoutes. Mequignon-Marvis Fils, Paris, 523 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 24379
  • Jadwiszczak, A. & Wegrzynowicz, P. (2003) World Catalogue of Coccinellidae Part I-Epilachninae. Mantis, Olsztyn, 264 pp.
  • Tomaszewska, W. & Szawaryn K. (2016) Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - A revision of the World genera. Journal of Insects Science, 16 (1), 101, 1 - 91. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jisesa / iew 082
  • Thomson, J. (1875) Geanderte Namen. Coleopterologische Hefte, Munchen, 14, 213.
  • Korschefsky, R. (1931) Coccinellidae I. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Part 118. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 224.
  • Szawaryn, K., Bocak, L., Slipinski, A., Escalona, H. E. & Tomaszewska, W. (2015) Phylogeny and evolution of phytophagous ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), with recognition of new genera. Systematic Entomology, 40, 547 - 569. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12121