Phyllobrotica elegans Kraatz, 1866

Bezděk, Jan, 2010, Phyllobrotica malinka sp. nov. from Turkey and Iran and a review of allied species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 563-575 : 569-570

Phyllobrotica elegans Kraatz, 1866

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Phyllobrotica elegans Kraatz, 1866: 285 .

Phyllobrotica elegans: SCHNEIDER & LEDER (1879) , WEISE (1886), LABOISSIÈRE (1913), SAHLBERG (1913), WEISE (1924) (catalogue), WINKLER (1930) (catalogue), OGLOBLIN (1936), MEDVEDEV & SHAPIRO (1957), MEDVEDEV (1965) (key), TOMOV (1971), BROVDIJ (1973), WILCOX (1973) (catalogue), GRUEV & TOMOV (1979), TOMOV (1979), SAMEDOV & MIRZOEVA (1981), SAMEDOV & MIRZOEVA (1982), GRUEV & TOMOV (1986), WARCHAŁOWSKI (1994) (key), ASLAN (1998), GRUEV & TOMOV (1998) (catalogue), WARCHAŁOWSKI (1998), BIEŃKOVSKI (1999) (key), ASLAN et al. (2000), MIRZOEVA (2001), LOPATIN et al. (2003), WARCHAŁOWSKI (2003) (key), BIEŃKOVSKI (2004) (key), GÖK & DURAN (2004), LOPATIN et al. (2004) (catalogue), GRUEV & TOMOV (2007) (catalogue).

Luperus nigropunctatus Pic, 1894a: 72 .

Phyllobrotica nigropunctata: PIC (1894b) .

Luperus nigropunctatus: LABOISSIÈRE (1913) (= elegans Kraatz 1866 ), OGLOBLIN (1936) (= elegans Kraatz 1866 ).

Luperus (Trichelytron) nigropunctatus: WINKLER (1930) (catalogue).

Luperus (Luperus) nigropunctatus: WEISE (1924) (catalogue).

Phyllobrotica trimaculata Ballion, 1890: 33 .

Phyllobrotica trimaculata: KRAATZ (1890) (= elegans Kraatz, 1866 ), KRAATZ (1891a) (‘? valid species’).

Phyllobrotica elegans var. trimaculata: LABOISSIÈRE (1913) .

Phyllobrotica elegans ab. trimaculata: OGLOBLIN (1936) , WARCHAŁOWSKI (1998).

Phyllobrotica trinotata: DEJEAN (1836) (nomen nudum), DEJEAN (1837) (nomen nudum).

Phyllobrotica tripunctata: DEJEAN (1836) (nomen nudum), DEJEAN (1837) (nomen nudum).

Type localities. Phyllobrotica elegans : ‘Constantinopel’ [= İstanbul, Turkey]. Luperus nigropunctatus : ‘Caucasus’. Phyllobrotica trimaculata : ‘Delishan [= Dilijan, Armenia], Novorossijsk [ Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray]’.

Type material. Phyllobrotica elegans : SYNTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘Coll. Kraatz [w, p] // Syntypus [red label, p] // Phyllobrotica / elegantula [sic!] / Kraatz. 3.7. 66. [w, h] // coll. DEI / Müncheberg [w, p]’ ( DEI).

The type material of Luperus nigropunctatus is probably deposited in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris where the Chrysomelidae collection is currently unavailable for visitors.The deposition of the type material of Phyllobrotica trimaculata is unknown to me.

Additional material examined (15 spec.). AZERBAIJAN: Altyagach , NW of Baku, 1200 m, 21.–23.vi.1996, 1 ♀, W. Schawaller leg. ( SMNS) . BULGARIA: BURGAS PROV.: Eminska planina, 13.–19.vi.1970, 1 ♀, A. Svozil leg. ( JBBC) . GEORGIA: Tbilisi, Kodzhori , 21.vi.1957, 1J 1 ♀, Mařan leg. ( NMPC) ; Tbilisi, Dzhvari , 22.v.1975, 1 ♀, J. Pradáč leg. ( NMPC) ; Borjomi , 22.vi.1957, 1 ♀, Mařan leg. ( NMPC) ; Bakuriani , 17.vi.1975, 1 ♀, Voříšek leg. ( MDAG) ; Tetri, Ckaro , 11.–16.vi.1986, 1♀, P. Pacholátko leg.( NHMB) ; LIBANON: Chouf, Djebel Barouk , Passo W. Kefraya, 1700 m, 4.–7.vi.1999, 1♀, G. Sama leg.( SMNS) . RUSSIA: STAVROPOLSKIY KRAY: Stavropol, without the date of collecting, 1 J, Lutschnik leg. ( NMPC) . TURKEY: BURSA: Mürseler , 30 km S of Bursa, 28.v.1996, 1 J 1 ♀, P. Kresl leg. ( JBBC) ; İSTANBUL: ‘ Stambul’ [= İstanbul], without additional data, 1 ♀ (coll DEI) . SYRIA: Crac de Chevaliers [= Qal’at al Hisn], 18.iv.2008, 1 J, Skoupý leg. ( JBBC).?: Caucasus, Meskiseh Gebirge , without date of collecting, 1 ♀, Leder & Reitter leg. ( NHMB – Frey coll.) .

Host plants. Ajuga laxmani (Lamiaceae) according to GRUEV & TOMOV (1986).

Distribution. Armenia ( BALLION 1890, LABOISSIÈRE 1913), Azerbaijan ( SAMEDOV & MIRZOEVA 1981, 1982; WARCHAŁOWSKI 1998; MIRZOEVA 2001; present paper), Bulgaria ( TOMOV 1971, 1979; present paper), Georgia ( SCHNEIDER & LEDER 1879, present paper), Israel ( SAHLBERG 1913, LOPATIN et al. 2003), Libanon (present paper), Moldavia ( MEDVEDEV & SHAPIRO 1957), Russia ( BALLION 1890, OGLOBLIN 1936, present paper), Syria (present paper), Turkey ( KRAATZ 1866, WEISE 1886, GRUEV & TOMOV 1979, ASLAN 1998, WARCHAŁOWSKI 1998, ASLAN et al. 2000, GÖK & DURAN 2004, present paper), Ukraine ( OGLOBLIN 1936, BROVDIJ 1973).

Differential diagnosis. See the differential diagnosis under P. malinka sp. nov. and the key.

Figures

Figs. 3–13. 3–5 – Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view). 3 – Phyllobrotica malinka sp. nov.; 4 – P. elegans Kraatz, 1866; 5 – P. frontalis Weise, 1886. 6–13 – Variability of black pattern. 6–8 – P. malinka sp. nov.; 9–10 – P. elegans Kraatz, 1866; 11–13 – P. frontalis Weise, 1886. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 3–5.

Figs. 14–21. Spermatheca. 14 – Phyllobrotica malinka sp. nov. (from Hop Geçidi); 15 – P. malinka sp. nov. (from 20 km N of Bağişli); 16 – P. frontalis Weise, 1886 (from Barla env.); 17 – P. frontalis Weise, 1886 (from Nemrut Daği Mts.); 18 – P. elegans Kraatz, 1866 (from Tbilisi); 19 – same from behind; 20 – P. elegans Kraatz, 1866 (from Mürseler); 21 – same from behind. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Figs. 22–24. Male abdomen. 22 – Phyllobrotica malinka sp. nov.; 23 – P. elegans Kraatz, 1866; 24 – P. frontalis Weise, 1886.