Labidostomis (Labidostomis) centrisculpta centrisculpta Pic, 1920

Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55, pp. 1-114 : 27-28

Labidostomis (Labidostomis) centrisculpta centrisculpta Pic, 1920

( Figs 108–111 )

Labidostomis centrisculpta Pic, 1920a: 6 (original description).

Labidostomis alaiensis Pic, 1920a: 7 (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Labidostomis centrisculpta : ‘Margelan’ [= Uzbekistan, Margilan]. Labidostomis alaiensis : ‘Turkestan: Alai’ [= Kyrgyzstan, Alai Mts.].

Type material examined. Labidostomis centrisculpta : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Morgelan / Reitter. [w, p] // L. centrisculpta / ♂, ♀ [w, h] // centrisculpta / (mihi) Reitt [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic) ; 1 ♂, ‘Morgelan / Reitter. [w, p] // L. centrisculpta [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic) ; 1 ♀, ‘Morgelan / Reitter. [w, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Labidostomis alaiensis : SYNTYPES: 3 ♂♂(on the same pin), ‘Alai / Turkestan [w, h] // type [w, h] // alaiensis Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic) ; 1 ♀, ‘Alai / Turkestan [w, h] // type [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic) .

Distribution. China: Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Labidostomis alaiensis was, with some doubts, synonymized with L. stenostoma Weise, 1900 by LOPATIN (1977). This doubtful synonymy was later adopted by WARCHA Ł OWSKI (1985) and also followed by REGALIN & MEDVEDEV (2010b). Comparison of the primary type specimens of L. alaiensis , L. centrisculpta and L. stenostoma (deposited in ZMHB) clearly shows that L. alaiensis is conspeciħc with L. centrisculpta , not with L. stenostoma .

Figures

Figs 103–111. 103–107 – Coptocephala sefrensis Pic, 1897: 103 – habitus of male (6.4 mm); 104 – head of male; 105 – habitus of male (holotype, 5.4 mm); 106 – head of male (holotype); 107 – labels of holotype. 108–111 – Labidostomis centrisculpta Pic, 1920 (syntype of L. alaiensis Pic, 1920, male, 9.9 mm): 108 – habitus; 109 – head; 110 – head in lateral view; 111 – labels.