Psalidoma holubi Spaeth, 1899

Simões, Marianna V. P., Husemann, Martin & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2021, A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 191-210 : 201

Psalidoma holubi Spaeth, 1899

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Psalidoma holubi Spaeth 1899: 218 .

Type Locality. “ Afrika merid. centr., Panda-matinka [ Botswana: Pandamatenga]” .

Type Material Examined. Syntype: female, pinned, “ Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [b, t, cb] || COTYPE [pi, t, cb] || Holubi m. | type ♀ [w, hw, cb] || Süd Afr. Holub | Pandamatinka [g, hw, cb] || Psalidoma | Holubi | 85.) Spaeth. | Südafrika [g, hw, sf, bf] || ZMH 823537 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Valid species ( Borowiec 2002).

Remarks. Psalidoma holubi was described based on a series of specimens from the collection of O. Nickerl (currently part of the NMP collection), and part of the series was retained by Spaeth. They were collected by E. Holub during his second expedition to South Africa. As Spaeth (1899) did not select one specimen as the type, all specimens are syntypes. Borowiec (2002) intended to designate a lectotype for this species, as he listed the syntypes as “ lectotype and 6 paralectotypes ”, but did not provide an adequate statement of designation. Therefore, the requirements of Article 74.7.3 ( ICZN 1999) were not met, and the specimens remain syntypes. However, we have examined the series and it is consistent; thus, there is no formal need for a lectotype designation.

Figures

Figs. 33–48. Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. 33–34) Metrionella placans Spaeth, paratype; 35–36) Notosacantha poeciloptera (Spaeth), syntype; 37–38) Omocerus (Nebroma) humerosus (Spaeth), syntype; 39–40) Omocerus (s. str.) cupreus (Wagener), syntype; 41–42) Psalidoma holubi Spaeth, syntype; 43–48) Stolas indigacea arrogans (Spaeth), syntypes.