Pyrrhalta fossata (Chen, 1942)

Nie, Rui-E, Zhou, Da-Kang, Xue, Huai-Jun & Yang, Xing-Ke, 2013, Notes on black elytron species of Pyrrhalta Joannis and the description of a new species from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), ZooKeys 289, pp. 41-56 : 44-46

1. Pyrrhalta fossata (Chen, 1942) Figs 1-242

Galerucella fossata Chen, 1942: 19.

Pyrrhalta fossata : Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 439, 449.

Neogalerucella fossata : Beenen, 2010: 449.

Specimens examined.

Type material: Holotype: ♀, re-written (original label is in Chinese): China, Sichuan, Kangding, 25-VIII-1939, collector unknown (IZAS).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Notes.

Holotype of this species was diagnosed as male in the original description without being dissected ( Chen 1942). Actually the holotype is female. Its spermatheca is illustrated here (Fig. 42). The updated catalogue of Galerucinae ( Beenen 2010) showed that this species belonged to a subgenus Neogalerucella of Galerucella . In this study, we found that the disc of pronotum is entirely covered by hairs. So we think that this species should be remained in Pyrrhalta .