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Microctenochira similata

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Microctenochira similata (Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla similata Boheman, 1855: 177 (original description).

Coptocycla sellata Boheman, 1855: 178 (original description); SPAETH (1926): 59 (synonymy), syn. confirm.

Coptocycla Napaea Boheman, 1862: 411 (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Coptocycla napaea: ‘Petropolis Brasiliae’; C. sellata: ‘S:t Paul Brasiliae’; C. similata: ‘Brasilia interior’.

Type material examined. Coptocycla napaea: SYNTYPES: 1 spec., glued, ‘Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || Coptocycla | Napaea Bhn | Type from Bhn [w, hw, cb] || 67·56 [w, p, s]’ (BMNH); 1 spec., pinned (missing pronotum and head), ‘CONSTANC [w, p, cb] || Clark. [w, p, s] || Type. [w, p, s] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022329 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS).

Coptocycla sellata: SYNTYPE: pinned, ‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || M. Wien [w, p, s] || Type. [w, p, s] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022358 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS).

Coptocycla similata: LECTOTYPE (designated by BOROWIEC 1999a): pinned, ‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || Mhm. [w, p, cb] || Type. [w, p, s] || LECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022356 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS). PARALECTOTYPE: pinned,‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || Bhn. [w, p, s] || PARALECTOTYPE | des.L.Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022357 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS).

Remarks. BOHEMAN (1862) described Coptocycla napaea and compared it with Coptocycla sellata. SPAETH (1926) synonymized the latter with Microctenochira similata and separated M. napaea by the basal spot on pronotum with red (uniformly black in M. similata) and finer punctation of the central yellow spot on elytra. I have studied types of all three taxa and in my opinion all belong to a single species and represent only colour forms. Moreover, M. napaea was based on a teneral specimen and as a result the punctation of its elytra appears finer.

I was able to locate two specimens of M. napaea that belong to the type series. The BMNH specimen, however, does not have a locality label, but is glued and pinned in the same way, on a similar label as other material collected by Clark during his travels in Brazil. Only a small portion of the Cassidinae he collected is provided with original locality labels and if so, frequently only the first specimen in the original series had the label. Therefore I assume the specimen was collected in Petropolis as indicated by BOHEMAN (1862).

Distribution. Argentina: Missiones (BOROWIEC 2002, 2009c); Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (BOROWIEC 2009c), Rio de Janeiro (BOHEMAN 1862, DONCKIER DE DONCEEL 1884), Santa Catarina (BOROWIEC 2002), Sao Paulo (BOHEMAN 1855, SPAETH 1926); Paraguay (BOROWIEC 1996).

Notes

Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 275-344 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on pages 295-296, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/677FCF20FFCEFFE4FE6CFA4BFB9FFC04

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9B46B758FFDAFFF1FFFCFFE6FFBEFFB0 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/194566208 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
NHRS
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Microctenochira
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
000022329 , 000022356 , 000022357 , 000022358
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Boheman
Species
similata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype , syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Microctenochira similata (Boheman, 1855) sec. Sekerka, 2016

References

  • BOHEMAN C. H. 1855: Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus Tertius. Officina Norstedtiana, Holmiae, 543 pp. + 1 pl.
  • SPAETH F. 1926: Monographie der zu Gruppe der Coptocyclitae gehorigen amerikanischen Cassidinen (Col.): I. Die Gattungen mit gekammten Klauen. Supplementa Entomologica 13: 1 - 108.
  • BOHEMAN C. H. 1862: Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus Quartus. (Supplementum). Officina Norstedtiana, Holmiae, vi + 504 pp.
  • BOROWIEC L. 1999 a: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw, 476 pp.
  • BOROWIEC L. 2002: New records of Neotropical Cassidinae, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Genus 13: 43 - 138.
  • BOROWIEC L. 2009 c: New records of Neotropical tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Genus 20: 615 - 722.
  • DONCKIER DE DONCEEL H. 1884: Chrysomelides captures au voyage que M. le Dr Edm. Fromont a fait au Bresil et a La Plata. Bulletin ou Comptes-Rendus des Seances de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 1884: cli - clviii.
  • BOROWIEC L. 1996: Faunistic records of Neotropical Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 65: 119 - 251.