Galleruca collaris Fabricius, 1798

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 : 19-22

Galleruca collaris Fabricius, 1798

Figs 12–13

collaris Fabricius, 1798: 97 (America).

Specimens probably misplaced

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 2 ♀♀; “ collaris / TYPE ”; Kiel .

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 111 No. 1724. “in America Dom. Hybner” Kiel 2 specimens.

Original description

“G. saltatoria nigra thorace anoque rufis. Habitat in America Dom. Hybner. Statura et maguitudo praecedentium. Caput cum antennis nigrum, immaculatum. Thorax rufus macula una alteraue dorsali, nigra. Elytra glabra, nigra, immaculata. Abdomen nigrum ano rufo. Pedes nigri femoribus posticis incrassatis.”

Current status

Not established.

Measurements

Misplaced specimen 1 ( Fig. 12 ): LB = 5.74 mm; WB = 3.21 mm. Misplaced specimen 2 ( Fig. 13 ): LB = 5.48 mm; WB = 3.11 mm.

Remarks

The specimens do not match the description. According to it, they have a black habitus, black elytra and thorax with a spot. Because we think that the true type specimens of G. collaris are misplaced, we do not designate the lectotype. Available specimens belong to Walterianella Bechyné, 1955 .

Figures

Fig. 12. Galleruca collaris Fabricius, 1798, misplaced specimen, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels of the two misplaced specimens. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 13. Galleruca collaris Fabricius, 1798, misplaced specimen, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.