Labidostomis (Labidostomis) arcuata Pic, 1920

Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55, pp. 1-114 : 27

Labidostomis (Labidostomis) arcuata Pic, 1920

Labidostomis arcuata Pic, 1920a: 7 (original description).

Labidostomis arcuata var. arisi Pic, 1920a: 7 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Type localities. Labidostomis arcuata : ‘Turkestan’. Labidostomis arcuata var. arisi : ‘Auli-Ata’ [= Kazakhstan,Taraz].

Type material examined. Labidostomis arcuata : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Kendyktau [w, p] // J. Sahlb. [w, p] // Jacobs. det. [w, p] // Labidostomis / diversifrons / Lf. [w, h] // type [w, h] // arcuata Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic); 1 ♀, ‘Kendyktau [w, p] // J. Sahlb. [w, p] // 1567 [w, h] // Jacobs. det. [w, p] // type [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Original material of infrasubspeciħc entity. Labidostomis arcuata var. arisi : 1♂, ‘Turkestan / Aulie-Ata / C. ARIS [w, p] // Labidostomis / centrisculpta Rtt. [w, h] // type [w, h] // Arisi Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China: Xinjiang ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Labidostomis arcuata var. arisi was described in a paper containing also description of subspecies ( PIC 1920a), thus it became infrasubspeciħc according to Article 45.6.4 of the Code ( ICZN 1999). We do not see any difference between the type specimens of L. arcuata and the original specimens of L. arcuata var. arisi , thus we consider them conspeciħc.