Monolepta melanogaster ( Wiedemann, 1823 )

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 : 32-33

Monolepta melanogaster ( Wiedemann, 1823)

Fig. 16

Galleruca melanogaster Wiedemann, 1823: 77 (original description) (not examined).

Cryptocephalus capensis Thunberg, 1827: 15 (original description). Syn. nov.

Type localities

Galleruca melanogaster : “Prom. bon. sp.”. Cryptocephalus capensis : “Cap” [= from the publication title].

Type material examined

SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂, syntype of Cryptocephalus capensis ; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 9584 / Cryptocephalus capensis / Mus. Thunb. TYP [r, p] // capensis . / 21 / Mus. Thunb. [box label, w, h]”; UUZM • 1 ♀, syntype of Cryptocephalus capensis ; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 14734 / Cryptocephalus capensis / Cap. TYP [r, p] // capensis . / 86 x [w, h]”; UUZM .

Comments

Thunberg’s collection consists of two syntypes (male and female) of Cryptocephalus capensis . Without any doubt Cryptocephalus capensis is conspecific with Monolepta melanogaster and the new synonymy is proposed. Monolepta melanogaster was recently redescribed ( Wagner 2005).

Figures

Fig. 16. A–E. Monolepta melanogaster (Wiedemann, 1823) (syntype of Cryptocephalus capensis Thunberg, 1827, ♂, 5.0 mm, UUZM). A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Frontal view. D. Label. E. Box label.