Taumacera unicolor ( Jacoby, 1887 ) 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 : 45

Taumacera unicolor ( Jacoby, 1887) , comb. nov.

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Xenarthra unicolor Jacoby, 1887a: 109 (original description)

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Ceylon. / G. Lewis. / 1910-320. [w, p] // Colombo. / On coast level. / 7-27.IV.82. [w, p] // Xenarthra / unicolor Jac. [b, h]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: ‘Ceylon’, 4♂♂ ( BMNH).

Comments. The holotype (male) of Xenarthra unicolor has the metasternal process and therefore the species is transferred here to Taumacera .

Figures

Figs 64–73. Habitus of Taumacera. 64– T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (male); 65 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (male); 66 – T. lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) (male); 67 – T. lewisi(female, holotype of Aenidea hirtipennis Jacoby, 1887); 68 – T. mirabilis (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 69 – T. unicolor (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 72 – T. costatipennis (Jacoby, 1896) (male, syntype); 71 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (male, holotype); 72 – T. deusta (male, holotype of Nacrea apicipennis Baly, 1886); 73 – T. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1881) (female, syntype).