Coptocephala unifasciata unifasciata ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Annotated review of Cryptocephalinae (Clytrini), Synetinae and part of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) described by Carl Peter Thunberg, European Journal of Taxonomy 499, pp. 1-42 : 8

Coptocephala unifasciata unifasciata ( Scopoli, 1763)

Fig. 3 A–E

Buprestis unifasciata Scopoli, 1763: 66 (original description) (not examined).

Cryptocephalus melanocephalus Thunberg, 1787: 46 (original description). Syn. nov.

For a full list of synonyms, see Regalin & Medvedev (2010).

Type localities

Buprestis unifasciata : Carniolia [= Slovenia, based on title]; Cryptocephalus melanocephalus : not stated.

Material examined

COUNTRY UNKNOWN • ♀, holotype of Cryptocephalus melanocephalus ; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8198 / Clythra bimaculata / melanoceph. TYP [r, p] // 2-maculata. / melanoceph. 13 [box label, w, h]”; UUZM .

Distribution

Europe (except northern part), Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia ( Regalin & Medvedev 2010).

Comments

The holotype of Cryptocephalus melanocephalus is a female of Coptocephala . Although the identification of Coptocephala females is usually very complicated, the colouration of the head (black with orange labrum), elytra (two broad transverse metallic bands on each elytron) and legs (orange with dark basal halves of meso- and metafemora) is typical of the common European C. unifasciata unifasciata . As I see no differences between long series of C. unifasciata unifasciata and the holotype of Cryptocephalus melanocephalus , I propose a new synonymy: C. unifasciata unifasciata ( Scopoli, 1763) = Cryptocephalus melanocephalus Thunberg, 1787 syn. nov.

Figures

Fig. 3. A–E. Coptocephala unifasciata unifasciata (Scopoli, 1763), syntype of Cryptocephalus melanocephalus Thunberg, 1787, ♀, 5.5 mm, UUZM. A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Frontal view. D. Label. E. Box label. F–J. Syntype of Gyriodera cruciata (Thunberg, 1821), ♂, 8.0 mm, UUZM. F. Dorsal view. G. Lateral view. H. Frontal view. I. Label. J. Box label.