Stolas lugens ( Spaeth, 1905 )

Simões, Marianna V. P., Husemann, Martin & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2021, A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 191-210 : 203

Stolas lugens ( Spaeth, 1905)

( Figs. 53–54 )

Pseudomesomphalia lugens Spaeth 1905: 95 .

Type Localities. “ Bolivia, Yungas de la Paz; Peruvia, Canchomajo [= Chanchamayo]; Peruvia: Marcapata” .

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype: male, pinned, “ Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [g, t, cb] || Yungas de la | Paz - Bolivia [hw, w, cb] || lugens m. | (Rolle v.) [hw, w, cb] || Pseudomesomphal. | lugens. m. cot. | Spaeth determ. [t & hw, w, cb] || Sucre 1914 | Bolivien [t, g, cb, sic! added subsequently] || Pseudomes. | lugens Spaeth. | 39.) Bol., Peru. [hw, g, bf, cb] || ZMH 824666 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Synonym of Stolas verecunda ( Boheman, 1850) .

Remarks. Spaeth (1905) based this taxon on six specimens, four from Yungas de la Paz (his own collection) and one from each of the two other localities, from different collections. He did not select one as the holotype, therefore all six specimens are syntypes. The label with “ Sucre ” on it was added subsequently, as it has the same style as other labels in the E. Ross collection, and is erroneous; moreover, the species does not occur in Sucre. Borowiec (1999) synonymized S. lugens with S. verecunda . We have studied types of both nominal taxa, and we agree with the synonymy.

Figures

Figs. 49–62. Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. 49–52) Stolas indigacea ssp. arrogans (Spaeth), syntypes; 53–54) Stolas lugens (Spaeth), syntype; 55–56) Stolas paranensis (Spaeth), syntype; 57–58) Stolas selecta (Spaeth), syntype; 59–60) Aspidomorpha (s. str.) icterica ab. absiliens Spaeth, original specimen; 61–62) Aspidomorpha punctum munda var. submunda Spaeth, original specimen.