Theopella bodjoensis ( Duvivier, 1885 )

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 : 49

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Theopella bodjoensis ( Duvivier, 1885)

( Fig. 112 View Figs 105–112 )

Theopea bodjoensis Duvivier, 1885a : liv (original description)

Platyxantha quadraticollis Jacoby, 1896b: 146 (original description), syn. confirmed

Type material examined. Theopea bodjoensis : SYNTYPE: ♂, ‘Ile. Bodjo / Weyers [w, p] // Collect./ Duvivier [w, p] // A.Duvivier det.[p] / Theopea / bodjoensis / Duv. [w, h] // Ex-Typis [w, p, red letters] // cf. Ann. Soc. Ent. / Belg., [p] xxix, 1885 / p. 54 [w, h] // V. Laboissière rev., 1940: [p] / Theopella / bodjoensis Duv. / Type ♂ [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // cf. Bull. Mus. / Hist. Nat. Belg. [p] / xvi, 1940, No. 37 / p. 34-35, fig. 9 [w, h]’ ( ISNB).

Platyxantha quadraticollis : SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Mentawei / Sipora. / Sereinu V-VI, 94 / Modigliani [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p] // Platyxantha / quadraticollis / Jac. [b, h]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘Mentawei / Sipora. / Sereinu V-VI, 94 / Modigliani [w, p] // Museo Civ. / Genova [orange label, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p] // quadraticollis Jac. [grey label, h]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘Mentawei / Sipora. / Sereinu V-VI, 94 / Modigliani [w, p] // Typus [w, p, red letters] // quadraticollis / Jac. [w, h] // Platyxantha / quadraticollis / Jac. [b, h]’ ( MSNG); 1 ♀ (photograph), ‘Mentawei / Sipora. / Sereinu V-VI, 94 / Modigliani [w, p] // Museo Civ. / Genova [orange label, p] // 2nd Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // quadraticollis / Jac. [w, h] // Type [p] / 18348 [r, h]’ ( MCZ).

Comments. The syntypes of Platyxantha quadraticollis deposited in the BMNH ( Fig. 112 View Figs 105–112 ), MSGN, and a photograph of additional syntype material deposited in the MCZ were compared with the syntype of Theopella bodjoensis deposited in the ISNB. Both taxa are conspecific. Also, the type localities, Batu Island and Sipora Island, are located very close to one another. Both taxa were already correctly synonymized by ASLAM (1972), however, subsequent authors ( KIMOTO 1990, REID 1999) overlooked this synonymy. Platyxantha quadraticollis is confirmed as a synonym of Theopella bodjoensis .

References

ASLAM N. A. 1972: On the genus Drasa Bryant (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) with some nomenclatorial notes on the Galerucinae. Journal of Natural History 6: 483 - 501.

DUVIVIER A. 1885 a: Phytophages (Halticides et Galerucides) recueillis par M. J. Weyers, a Fort de Kock, Painan (Sumatra) et a l'ile Bodjo. Bulletin ou Comptes-Rendus des Sceances de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 1885: xlviii-liv.

JACOBY M. 1896 b: List and descriptions of the phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Modigliani from Mentawei Islands. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 37: 126 - 148.

KIMOTO S. 1990: Check-list of Chrysomelidae of south east Asia, south of Thailand and west of Irian-Jaya of Indonesia, VI. Galerucinae, 2. Kurume University Journal 39: 201 - 237.

REID C. A. M. 1999: Reappraisal of the genus Taumacera Thunberg with descriptions of two new species from South-East Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 1 - 9.

Figures

Figs 105–112. Habitus of species excluded from Taumacera. 105 – Fleutiauxia chinensis (Maulik, 1933) (male, syntype); 106 – F. chinensis (female, syntype of F. mutifrons Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963); 107 – Hoplosaenidea abdominalis (Jacoby, 1884) (male, holotype of Platyxantha wallacei Jacoby, 1895); 108 – Hoplosaenidea dohertyi (Jacoby, 1894) (female, syntype); 109 – Hyphaenia balyi (Jacoby, 1895) (female, lectotype); 110 – Pseudoscelida nigrolimbata (Jacoby, 1899) (male, syntype); 111 – Metrioidea grandis (Allard, 1889) (male, syntype of Platyxantha robusta Jacoby, 1895); 112 – Theopella bodjoensis (Duvivier, 1885) (female, syntype of Platyxantha quadraticollis Jacoby, 1896).