Callispa fortunii emarginata Gressitt, 1938

Sekerka, Lukáš, Jia, Fenglong, Pang, Hong & Borowiec, Lech, 2016, Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 50-78 : 54

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Callispa fortuneii emarginata Gressitt, 1938b: 322 .

Type locality. China, Hainan prov., Qiongzhong Co., Wuzhishan Mt., approx. 18°53.9′N, 109°42.2′E, 750–1840 m a.s.l.

Original type series. Holotype ( USNM) and two paratypes ( LNHM, coll. Gressitt) all from the same locality with different dates of collecting.

Type material examined. Paratype, pinned: ‘Ta Han | Hainan Is | VI-23 -ʼ35 [w. p, cb] || L.Gressitt | Collection [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | CALLISPA [hw] | FORTUNII [hw] | EMARGINATA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || CALLISPA | FORTUNII | EMARGINATA | GRESS. | J.L.G. Det.1950 [w, hw by Gressitt, cb] || En- 289761 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS [w. p, cb]’.

Current status. Synonym of C. fortunii Baly, 1859 .

Remarks. This taxon was described on the basis of shorter and stouter body and more deeply emarginate anterior margin of pronotum in comparison to the typical C. fortunii Baly, 1859 . Subsequent authors accepted the validity of the subspecies except of Borowiec & Sekerka (2010) who listed the taxon as synonym of the nominal species. We observed that the width of the pronotum as well as its emargination is subject to intraspecific variability. Seems that the body is gradually slightly stouter and the pronotum slightly more emarginate in southern gradient of the species distribution.

Baly (1859) named this species after the collector of the material Mr. R. Fortune and used the spelling ‘ Fortunii’. Subsequent authors (e.g. Gemminger & Harold 1876, Weise 1911, Gressitt 1938b) used various spellings such as ‘ fortunei ’, ‘ fortuneii ’ or ‘ fortuni ’. All these variations must be considered as unjustified emendations according to articles 32.5.1. and 33 of the Code ( ICZN 1999) or incorrect subsequent spelling in case of ( Hua 2002).

The type locality Ta Han refers to Wuzhishan Mt. (Hua 2015, pers. comm.).

References

Baly, J. S. (1859) Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Printed by Order of the Trustees, London, 172 pp. + 9 pls.

Borowiec, L. & Sekerka, L. (2010) Cassidinae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 64 - 65, 368 - 390.

Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von (1876) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. XII. Chrysomelidae (Pars II.), Languridae, Erotylidae, Endomychidae, Coccinelidae, Corylophidae, Platypsyllidae. Accedit index generum universalis. Theodor Ackermann, Mochachii, pp. 3479 - 3822 + lxxiii.

Gressitt, J. L. (1938 a) Some tortoise beetles from Hainan island (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Lingnan Science Journal, 17, 185 - 193.

Gressitt, J. L. (1938 b) Some hispine beetles from Hainan island (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Lingnan Science Journal, 17, 321 - 336 + pl. 11.

Hua, L. - Z. (2002) List of Chinese Insects. Volume 2. Zhongshan University Press, Guangzhou, 612 pp.

ICZN (1999) International code of zoological nomenclature. Fourth edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, xxix + 306 pp.

Weise, J. (1911) Chrysomelidae: Hispinae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 35. W. Junk, Berlin, 94 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. 1. Lasiochila insulana fukiena Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 14.0 mm); 2. Callispa angusta Gressitt, 1950 (non type, 4.5 mm); 3. C. fortuneii emarginata Gressitt, 1938 (paratype, 6.2 mm).