Chalcolampra praestans ( Broun, 1917 )

Leschen, Richard A. B., Reid, Chris A. M. & Nadein, Konstantin S., 2020, Generic Review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4740 (1), pp. 1-66 : 24

Chalcolampra praestans ( Broun, 1917)

Allocharis praestans Broun, 1917:462 . Type locality: Moa Basin.

Chalcolampra praestans: Implied combination based on Allocharis as an objective synonym of Chalcolampra in Daccordi, 1994: 77 .

Comments. Broun based this name on three specimens from Moa Basin collected on 20 October 1913, and mentioned a single specimen as a variety from Mistake Basin. We located one specimen in the NZAC that was designated as the lectotype to stabilise the epithet, another NZAC specimen collected on the same date from Scarcliff , and two specimens from Mistake Basin ( BMNH), all of which are located in the same area surrounding Lake Coleridge: all of these we consider as syntypes .

Type material examined. Lectotype ( NZAC): carded, “3955 [in Broun’s hand] // Moa Basin 20.10.1913. [in Broun’s hand] // Allocharis praestans . Broun [in Broun’s hand] // SYNTYPE [printed] Allocharis praestans Broun, 1917 R. C. Craw det. 1983 [in Craw’s hand on acid green label]” . Paralectotypes: 1 ( BMNH), pointed on abdomen with cleared abdomen and female terminalia in window-mount, “3955 [in Broun’s hand] // Mistake. 9.10.1913. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Allocharis prestans Broun [handwritten] M. Daccordi det. [printed] 1988 [in Daccordi’s hand]”; 1 ( BMNH), same but “3955. [in Broun’s hand] // Allocharis praestans . [in Broun’s hand]”; 1 ( NZAC), Scarcliff. 20.10.1913. [in Broun’s hand] // T. Broun Collection // A. E. Brookes Collection ” .