Taumacera clypeata ( Baly, 1888 ) Bezděk, 2019

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 23-52 : 32

Taumacera clypeata ( Baly, 1888) , comb. nov.

Platyxantha clypeata Baly, 1888: 158 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // ♀ [w, h] // Platyxantha / clypeata [w, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♂, ‘♂ [w, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ ( BMNH).

Comments. To date Platyxantha clypeata was classified in Acroxena ( MAULIK 1936, WILCOX 1973). Based on the presence of a metasternal process and strongly modified head in the male syntype, I hereby transfer it to Taumacera and assign it to the T. nasuta species-group.