Taumacera sucki Weise, 1922

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 23-52 : 44

Taumacera sucki Weise, 1922

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Thaumacera sucki Weise, 1922: 84 (original description)

Taumacera martapurensis Mohamedsaid, 1998b: 154 (original description); REID (1999): 7 (synonymized with Taumacera sucki )

Type material examined. Taumacera martapurensis : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Martapura, / S. E. Borneo. / Doherty 1891. [w, p] // Sharp Coll. / 1905- 313. [w, p] // HOLOTYPE [p] / Taumacera / martapurensis n. sp. [h] / des. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 7 [w, h]’ ( BMNH). PARATYPES: 1 ♀, ‘ ♀ [w, p] // Doherty [w, p] // Borneo / Pengaron [w, p] // Fry Coll. / 1905.100 [w, p] // PARATYPE [p] / Taumacera / martapurensis n. sp. [h] / des. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 7 [w, h]’ ( BMNH); 1♂, ‘♂ [w, p] // Doherty [w, p] // Borneo / Pengaron [w, p] // Fry Coll. / 1905.100 [w, p] // PARATYPE [p] / Taumacera / martapurensis n. sp. [h] / des. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 7 [w, h]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. MALAYSIA: SABAH: Tawai, 25.iii.2006, 5 ♂♂, S. Chew leg. ( BMNH); Tambunan, Mahua waterfall, 4.–5.vi.2010, 1 ♂, H. Takizawa leg. ( HMHJ).

Figures

Figs 74–83. Habitus of Taumacera. 74– T. fulvovirens (Laboissière 1929) (female, syntype); 75 – T. fulvovirens (male); 76 – T. laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (male); 77 – T. maculata (Baly, 1886) (male, syntype); 78 – T.midtibialis Mohamedsaid, 1998 (male); 79 – T.seminigra Reid, 1999 (male, syntype of Metellus nigripennis Jacoby, 1899); 80 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (male); 81 – T. sucki Weise, 1922 (male, holotype of T. martapurensis Mohamedsaid, 1998); 82 – T. tibialis Mohamedsaid, 1994 (male); 83 – T. uniformis (Jacoby, 1891) (male, syntype).