Clytra (Ovoclytra) deficiens Heyden, 1892

Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55, pp. 1-114 : 10-11

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scientific name	Clytra (Ovoclytra) deficiens Heyden, 1892
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Clytra nigrocincta var. deþciens Heyden, 1892: 368 (original description).

Clytra nigrocincta var. graeca Pic, 1915: 5 (original description), syn. nov.

Clytra nigrocincta var. cyprica Pic, 1918a: 11 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Elytra [sic!] nigrocincta var. multipunctata Pic, 1920a: 7 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Clytra nigrocincta var. subinterrupta Pic, 1920a: 7 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Type localities. Clytra nigrocincta var. deþciens : ‘Cyprus’. Clytra nigrocincta var. graeca : ‘Grèce’ [patria falsa?]. Clytra nigrocincta var. cyprica : ‘Chypre’ [= Cyprus]. Clytra nigrocincta var. multipunctata : not stated [‘ Limassol ( Chypre)’ based on the locality label]. Clytra nigrocincta var. subinterrupta : ‘Chypre’ [= Cyprus].

Type material examined. Clytra nigrocincta var. deþciens : LECTOTYPE (designated by BEZD Ċ K 2013): ♂, ‘ KȪʌǪȠȢ [ Kypros] / 1876 / L. Schrader [w, p] // Cypern / Krüper [w, h] // DEI Müncheberg / Col - 03111 [pale green label, p] // LECTOTYPUS,/ Clytra nigrocincta / var.deħciens Heyden,1892 / des. J. Bezd Č k 2013 [r, p]’ ( SDEI). PARALECTOTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘ Cyprus / Korb [w, h] // 53 [w, h] // DEI Müncheberg / Col - 03111 [pale green label, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS, / Clytra nigrocincta / var. deħciens Heyden, 1892 / des. J. Bezd Č k 2013 [r, p]’ ( SDEI).

Clytra nigrocincta var. graeca : SYNTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘ Graec. [w, p] // type [w, h] // var. graeca / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Original material of infrasubspeciħc entities. Clytra nigrocincta var. cyprica : ♀, ‘ Chypre / Livadia [w, h] // Museum Paris [p] / coll. Pic [w, h] // v. cyprica / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [p] [r, h] // LECTOTYPUS, / Clytra nigrocincta / var. cyprica Pic, 1918 / des. J. Bezd Č k 2013 [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Clytra nigrocincta var. multipunctata : 1 ♀, ‘ Limassol ( Chypre) / M. DeĦers / 21 mai 83 [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. multipunctata / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll.Pic ).Female partly damaged with missing head and pronotum.

Clytra nigrocincta var. subinterrupta : 1 ♀, ‘ Limassol ( Chypre) / M. DeĦers / 21 mai 83 [w,h] // type [w, h] // v. subinterrupta / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Endemic to Cyprus ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Clytra nigrocincta var. deþciens was elevated to species rank by BEZD Ċ K (2013). Var. graeca was described from ‘Grèce’ based on a female with compact postmedian band. We do not see any difference between C. deþciens from Cyprus and var. graeca and we believe that the type material ofvar. graeca was mislabelled as to our knowledge C. deþciens is endemic to Cyprus.

Three varieties ( C. nigrocincta var. cyprica , C. nigrocincta var. multipunctata and C. nigrocincta var. subinterrupta ) were described in papers containing also description of a subspecies ( PIC 1918a, 1920a), thus became infrasubspeciħc according to Article 45.6.4 of the Code ( ICZN 1999). The original specimens of all three varieties are conspeciħc with C. deþciens .