Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801

Roie, Martijn Van, Kuhlmann, Michael, Mack, Anne & Konstantinov, Alexander, 2024, Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections and new combinations for species formerly placed in the subtribe, European Journal of Taxonomy 920 (1), pp. 1-60 : 35-38

Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801

Figs 24–25

miniata Fabricius, 1801: 495 (Carolina).

Material examined

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♂; “ miniata ”; Kiel • 1 spec.; “ Miniata ”; Kiel.

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 112 No. 1727 ‘in Carolina D. Bose’ Kiel 2 specimens, Paris 3 specimens ( Blake 1952: 62).

Original description

“G. saltatoria nigra, thorace rubro, elytris rubris: sutura vittaque lata nigris. Habitat in Carolina. Mus. D. Bose. Magna. Caput nigrum. Thorax vix punctatus, ruber, macula media obscuriore. Elytra subpunctata, rubra, vitta lata suturaque nigris. Corpus nigrum, pedibus piceis, femoribus valde incrassatis. Post mortem color rufus, vivacissimus, in pallidum obscurum transit.”

Current status

Kuschelina miniata ( Fabricius, 1801) .

Measurements

Syntype 1 ( Fig. 24 ): LB = 5.93 mm; WB = 3.20 mm. Syntype 2 ( Fig. 25 ): LB = 6.08 mm; WB = 3.61 mm.

Remarks

Two syntypes were examined. However, the taxonomy of the Kuschelina miniata group is complex, as apparent in the revision of Blake (1954). We did not designate lectotypes because of the following reasons: (i) we expect that the two syntypes represent two different species in this species complex, one specimen possibly representing K. petaurista ( Fabricius, 1801) and the other not completely conforming to the description in Blake’s revision; (ii) Blake (1927) noted that there are three syntypes in the Bosc collection in Paris (reiterated by Zimsen 1964), all showing some degree of variability. Therefore, we chose to be conservative, not designating a lectotype until the Paris syntypes could be studied.

Figures

Fig. 24. Galleruca miniataFabricius, 1801, syntype, ♂ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view.B. Ventral view.C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels of the two syntypes. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 25. Galleruca miniata Fabricius, 1801, syntype, sex unknown (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.