Syneta betulae ( Fabricius, 1792 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Annotated review of Cryptocephalinae (Clytrini), Synetinae and part of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) described by Carl Peter Thunberg, European Journal of Taxonomy 499, pp. 1-42 : 26

Syneta betulae ( Fabricius, 1792) nomen protectum

Fig. 13 E–G

Crioceris betulae Fabricius, 1792: 5 (original description) (not examined).

Crioceris betulina Thunberg, 1787: 47 (original description) nomen oblitum

Type localities

Crioceris betulae : “Lapponiae”. Crioceris betulina : “Lapponia”.

Material examined

Syntypes

COUNTRY UNKNOWN • 1 spec. unsexed; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 9507 / Crioceris betulina / Mus. Thunb. TYP [r, p] // betulina . / 4 α. / Mus. Thunb. [box label, w, h]”; UUZM • 1 spec. unsexed; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 15253 / Crioceris betulina / TYP [r, p] // betulina . / γ. / 103 x [w, h]”; UUZM .

Comments

Two syntypes of Crioceris betulina deposited in UUZM are conspecific with Syneta betulae betulae ( Fabricius, 1792) . In order to preserve stability, according to Art. 23.9 of ICZN (1999) I propose to consider Crioceris betulina as nomen oblitum and Syneta betulae betulae ( Fabricius, 1792) as nomen protectum. The conditions of the Article 23.9.1.1 are met because to my knowledge the name Crioceris betulina has not been used as valid in any publication after 1899. Following Article 23.9.1.2, I supply the references of 25 papers, published by at least 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 year, where Syneta betulae is treated as a valid species: Leiler (1973), Medvedev & Zaitsev (1978), Mann & Crowson (1981, 1983), Medvedev (1982, 1992b, 2012), Dubeshko & Medvedev (1989), Lee (1990), Schawaller (1990), Medvedev & Dubeshko (1992), Samuelson (1994), Telnov & Kalniņš (2003), Warchałowski (2003, 2010), Bienkowski (2004), Silfverberg (2004, 2010a, 2010b), Telnov (2004), Jolivet & Verma (2008), Guskova (2010), Bukejs (2012, 2013), Lawrence & Ślipiński (2014).

Figures

Fig. 13. A–D. Holotype of Teinocera catenata (Thunberg, 1821) comb. nov., ♂, 6.7 mm, UUZM. A. Dorsal view. B. Frontal view. C. Label. D. Box label. E–G. Syneta betulae (Fabricius, 1792) (syntype of Crioceris betulina Thunberg, 1787, unsexed, 6.0 mm, UUZM). E. Dorsal view. F. Label. G. Box label.