Protoclytra (Lacordairella) taeniata ( Thunberg, 1821 ) Bezděk, 2019

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 : 21-23

Protoclytra (Lacordairella) taeniata ( Thunberg, 1821) comb. nov.

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Clythra taeniata Thunberg, 1821: 184 (original description).

Clythra (Camptolenes) fastuosa Lacordaire, 1848: 113 (original description). Syn. nov.

Clythra taeniata – Forsberg 1821: 287 (redescription).

Clythra (Camptolenes) taeniata – Lacordaire 1848: 117.

Lachnaea taeniata – Gemminger & Harold 1874: 3281 (catalogue).

Crabronites (Camptolenes) taeniata – Jacoby & Clavareau 1906: 16 (catalogue). — Clavareau 1913: 32 (catalogue).

Camptolenes taeniata – Medvedev & Erber 2003: 86 (misidentification?).

Lachnaea (Camptolenes) fastuosa – Chapuis 1874: 114.

Lachnaea fastuosa – Gemminger & Harold 1874: 3281 (catalogue).

Crabronites (Camptolenes) fastuosa – Jacoby & Clavareau 1906: 16 (catalogue). — Clavareau 1913: 32 (catalogue).

Protoclytra (Lacordairella) fastuosa – Medvedev 1970: 194.

Type localities

Clythra taeniata : “Cap” [= from the publication title]. Clythra (Camptolenes) fastuosa : “Afrique australe” [= Southern Africa].

Material examined

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8232 / Clythra taeniata / Cap. TYP [r, p] // catenata. / Cap. 11 [box label, w, h]”; UUZM.

Additional material

SOUTH AFRICA • ♂, syntype of Clythra (Camptolenes) fastuosa ; “23101 [w, p] // Caffraria / Krebs [blue-grey, h] // Camptolenes / fastuosa Lac. * [w, h] // fastuosa / N. / Caffr. Krebs. [b, h]”; ZMHB .

Distribution

RSA.

Comments

Lacordaire (1848) classified both Clythra taeniata and C. fastuosa in Camptolenes, a subgenus of Clytra . Having been the generic name Camptolenes Chevrolat, 1836 originally used for a different species (now a synonym of Clytra Laicharting, 1781 , see Bousquet & Bouchard 2013), Monrós (1953) proposed the generic name Lacordairella Monrós, 1953 for the Camptolenes species sensu Lacordaire (1848) and designated Clythra fastuosa as the type species of Lacordairella . Later, Medvedev (1970) downgraded Lacordairella to subgenus of Protoclytra .

The comparison of the holotype of Clythra taeniata with the syntype of Clythra fastuosa deposited in ZMHB undoubtedly showed both taxa to be conspecific. Consequently, Clythra fastuosa is proposed as a new synonym of Protoclytra (Lacordairella) taeniata comb. nov.

Medvedev & Erber (2003) discussed the elytral colour pattern variability of Camptolenes taeniata , however, their drawings do not fit well with the elytral colouration of the holotype. I cannot exclude that Medvedev & Erber (2003) misidentified the studied specimens.

Currently, Protoclytra subgenus Lacordairella includes eight species, six of them were listed by Medvedev (1970). Two additional species were also described by Medvedev (1993a, 1993d). No keys to species of Lacordairella have ever been provided.

Figures

Fig. 11. Protoclytra taeniata (Thunberg, 1821) comb. nov. A–E. Holotype, ♂, 8.0 mm, UUZM. A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Frontal view. D. Label. E. Box label. F–G. Syntype of Clythra fastuosa Lacordaire, 1848, ♂, not measured, ZMHB. F. Dorsal view. G. Labels.