Notomela cyanipennis Jacoby, 1899

Biondi, Maurizio & D'Alessandro, Paola, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Notomela Jacoby, 1899 with description of N. joliveti sp. n. from Principe Island (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), ZooKeys 547, pp. 63-74 : 66-67

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Notomela cyanipennis Jacoby, 1899

Notomela cyanipennis Jacoby, 1899: 357; Bechyné 1960: 32; Scherer 1969: 371

Notomela viridipennis Bryant, 1941: 212; Bechyné 1955: 559 syn. n.

Notomela cyanipennis macrosoma Bechyné, 1959: 35 syn. n.

Type material examined.

Lectotype designation. ( Notomela cyanipennis ): Cameroons, W. Afr., ♂ (Biondi M. des.) (BMNH). Holotype ♂ ( Notomela viridipennis ): Uganda, Madi [≈ 3°19'N, 31°46'E], v.1927, G.D.H. Carpenter (BMNH). Holotype ♂ ( Notomela cyanipennis macrosoma): Stanleyville [= Kisangani 00°31'N, 25°12'E], 31.iii.1928 (IRSNB). Further material studied. IVORY COAST: Bingerville [5°21'N, 3°54'E], 1-6.ii.1964, J. Decelle leg., 1 specimen (NHMB); LIBERIA: Monrovia [6°18'48"N 10°48'05"E], Coll. Chapuis (BMNH), 1 specimen; NIGERIA: Southern Nigeria, Lagos, Ussher, Fry Collection, 1 specimen (IRSNB); CAMEROUN: Southern Cameroun, Ekok [2°44'32"N 14°25'13"E], xi, A. Mayne leg., 2 specimens (BMNH); Fernando Poo [= Bioko Island 3°30'N, 8°42'E], 1 specimen (NHBM); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Stanleyville, 31.iii.1928 [= Kisangani 00°31'N, 25°12'E], 8 specimens (RMCA); Kivu, Kavimvira [3°21'10"S, 29°09'18"E] (Uvira), xii. 1954, G. Marlier leg., “à la lumière”, 3 specimens (RMCA), 7 specimens (BMNH); ditto, ii-iii.1955, 1 specimen (BMNH); RWANDA: Rusumo, Ibanda Makera [2°22'56"S, 30°46'33"E], x.1993, T. Wagner leg., "galeriewald lichtfang", 1 specimen (BAQ); Kigali Province, Kicukiro District [2°00'37"S, 30°07'04"E], xi.1972, F. Cuypers leg., 1500 m, 1 specimen (RMCA); ETHIOPIA: 60 km N of Yabelo [5°26'39"N 38°05'56"E], Sidamo Province [= Oromia Province], vi.1994, J. Werner leg., 1 ♂ (BAQ);

Notes.

Bryant (1941) described the species Notomela viridipennis from Uganda, however the examination of the holotype and other material attributed to this taxon allow us to consider Notomela viridipennis only as a chromatic form of Notomela cyanipennis , more frequent in the eastern area of its distribution. In addition, also Notomela cyanipennis macrosoma Bechyné shows no significant diagnostic character if compared to the typical form.

Distribution.

Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia (Fig. 17). Afro-Intertropical chorotype (AIT) ( Biondi and D’Alessandro 2006).

Ecological data.

Host plant is unknown. This species seems to be associated mainly with tropical lowland and montane humid forest ecosystems, more rarely with grassland and savannah environments.