Orexita justini
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Orexita justini (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla Justini Boheman, 1855: 93 (original description).
Physonota breviuscula Boheman, 1857: 99 (original description), syn. nov.
Type localities. Coptocycla justini: ‘Bogota’; Physonota breviuscula: not given.
Type material examined. Physonota breviuscula: HOLOTYPE: ♂, pinned (teneral specimen), ‘Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || ____? [hw] | ex Deyrolle [hw] | Baly Coll. | 1905—54. [w, p, cb] || Physonota | breviuscula | Boh | ____? [w, hw by Baly, cb] || Type | Boh | Col: Deyrolle [hw by Baly on underside of preceding label]’ (BMNH).
Remarks. BOHEMAN (1857) described Physonota breviuscula presumably from a single specimen because he described its artificial colouration and other characters resulting from the unusual condition of the specimen. The taxon remained unknown to subsequent authors. The type was purchased by J. S. Baly and is nowadays deposited in the BMNH. It is a teneral specimen with discoloured and fully sclerotized elytra but perfectly matching specimens of O. justini. I have not studied type material of the latter species but additional specimens from Colombia compared to its type (deposited at MMUE) and therefore I synonymize P. breviuscula with the O. justini.
Distribution. Colombia (BOHEMAN 1855) and Bolivia (BOROWIEC 2009c).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Scientific name authorship
- Boheman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Genus
- Orexita
- Species
- justini
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Orexita justini (Boheman, 1855) sec. Sekerka, 2016
References
- BOHEMAN C. H. 1855: Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus Tertius. Officina Norstedtiana, Holmiae, 543 pp. + 1 pl.
- BOHEMAN C. H. 1857: Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IX. Cassidae. Printed by Order of the trustees [of the British Museum], London, 225 pp.
- BOROWIEC L. 2009 c: New records of Neotropical tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Genus 20: 615 - 722.