Mimastra submetallica Jacoby, 1884

Bezděk, Jan, 2009, Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae): Species with unmodified protarsomeres in male. Part 1., Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 819-840 : 828-830

Mimastra submetallica Jacoby, 1884

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Mimastra submetallica Jacoby, 1884: 43 (original description).

Mimastra submetallica: ALLARD (1890) : 84 (key), WILCOX (1973): 484 (catalogue), KIMOTO (1990): 208 (catalogue), MOHAMEDSAID (1992): 116 (key), MOHAMEDSAID (1995): 263, MOHAMEDSAID (1998a): 80, MOHAMEDSAID (1998b): 260, MOHAMEDSAID (1999a): 130, MOHAMEDSAID (1999b): 15, MOHAMEDSAID & HOLLOWAY (1999): 166, MOHA- MEDSAID (2000): 310, MOHAMEDSAID (2004): 98 (catalogue).

Mimastra (Mimastra) submetallica: WEISE (1924) : 125 (catalogue).

Mimastra Platteeuwi Duvivier, 1890: 33 (original description).

Mimastra platteeuwi: ALLARD (1890) : 83 (key), JACOBY (1897):407, WILCOX (1973): 484 (catalogue), KIMOTO (1990): 208 (catalogue), MOHAMEDSAID (1992): 117 (= submetallica Jacoby, 1884 ).

Mimastra (Mimastra) Platteeuwi : WEISE (1924): 125 (catalogue).

Mimastra pectoralis Kimoto, 1989: 84 (key), 88 (original description), syn. nov.

Mimastra badia Kimoto, 1989: 86 (partim) (see comments under M. badia ).

Type localities. Mimastra submetallica: Originally described from ‘Silago, Sidjoendjoeng, Si Bakoer, the District of Rawas and Koetoer’ ( JACOBY 1884).According to the present lectotype designation, the type locality is restricted to ‘Koetoer’ [Sumatra, Indonesia]. Mimastra platteeuwi : Sumatra [by the title]. Mimastra pectoralis : ‘ Laos, Sedone Prov., Paksong’.

Type material examined. Mimastra submetallica : LECTOTYPE (designated here): J, ‘Koetoer / 6.78 [grey label, h] // Mimastra / submetallica / Jac. [blue label, h]’ ( RMNH) . PARALECTOTYPES: 1 J, ‘ Koetoer / 6.78 [grey label, h] // Coll. Veth [w, p]’ ( RMNH) ; 1 ♀, ‘ Koetoer / 6.78 [grey label, h]’ ( RMNH) ; 1 ♀, ‘ Sid. [= Sidjoendjoeng] / 7.77 [grey label, h]’ ( RMNH) ; 1 ♀, ‘ Sumatra / Exped. [w, h] // Si. Br. [= Si Bakoer] / 14/7 77 [grey label, h] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a. [w, p] // submetallica Jac [w, h]’ ( BMNH) [probably female of M. semimarginata ]. Colour photos of one paralectotype (♀) and its labels deposited in MCZ are available online at: http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/ mcztypedb.htm. The specimen bears the following labels: ‘ Sumatra / Exped. [w, h] // Koetoer / 6.78 [grey label, h] // 1st Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // Type. [p] 18175 [red label, h]’. The specimens (except those from MCZ and BMNH) are provided with a red printed label : ‘ LECTOTYPUS [PARALECTOTYPUS, resp], / Mimastra subme- / tallica Jacoby, 1884 / des. J. Bezděk 2008’.

Mimastra platteeuwi : HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘ Sumatra / Dr. Platteuw [w, h] // Collect. / Duvivier [w, p] // Mimastra / Platteeuwi / Duviv. / Type [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // A. Duvivier det. [p] / Mimastra / Platteeuwi Duv. [w, h] // cf. Ann. Soc. Ent. / Belg., [p] C. R. XXXIV, / 1890, p. 33–34 [w, h] // V. Laboissière [p] rev. [h], 1939: [w, p] / Mimastra / Platteeuwi / Type [w, h] // sec. Weise, Col. Cat. / Junk (78), 1924: [p] p. 125 / M. ( Mimastra ) / Platteeuwi Duv. [w, h]’ ( ISNB).

Mimastra pectoralis : PARATYPES: 1 ♀, ‘ LAOS: / Borikhane Prov. / Pakkading / 13.VII.1965 [w, p] // Native Collector / BISHOP MUSEUM [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM) ; 1 ♀, ‘ LAOS: / Vientiane Prov. / Ban Van Eue / 15.X.1967 [w, p] // Native Collector / RONDON-BISHOP MUS. / COLLECTION [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM) ; 1 J, ‘THAI- LAND / Nakhon Nayok Prov. / Khao Yai Nat. Park / 6.VI.1965 [w, p] // P. D. Ashlock / Collector / BISHOP MUS. [w, p] // U. S. - Japan / Coop.Sci. / Program [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM) ; 1♀, ‘ CAMBODIA / Kiri Rom , 700 m. / 31.III-1–7.IV.61 [w, p] // N. R.Spencer / Collector / BISHOP [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM) ; 1♀, ‘ LAOS: Sayaboury / 25.VIII.1966 [w, p] // Native Collector / BISHOP MUSEUM [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM) ; 1 ♀, ‘ VIET NAM: Fyan / 1200 m. / 11.VII–9.VIII.´61 [w, p] // N. R. Spencer / Collector / BISHOP [w, p] // PARATYPE [blue label, p] // Mimastra / pectoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM).

Additional material examined. LAOS: BOLIKHAMXAI prov.: 1 spec. unsexed, 8 km NE of Ban Nape , 18°21´N 105°08´E, 600 m, 1.–18.v.2001, C. L. Peša leg. ( JBBC) . VIENTIANE prov.: 1 ♀, Gi Sion vill., Tha Ngone , 2.i.1966, native collector leg. ( BPBM) [paratype of Mimastra badia ] . SALAVAN prov.: 1 ♀, Paksong , 16.v.1965, native collector leg. ( BPBM) [paratype of Mimastra badia ] . MALAYSIA: PAHANG: 1 ♀, 30km NE of Raub, Lata Lembik , 3°56´N 101°38´E, 200–400 m, 22.iv.–15.v.2002, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg. ( JBBC) . PERAK: 1 ♀, Felda Lasah vill., 48 km NNE of Ipoh, 05°02.3´N 101°12.3´E, 120–390 m, 13.–21.iii.2001, P. Šomody leg. ( FKCC) ; 1 J 1 ♀, Taman Negara N. P., Kuala Tahan , primeval forest, 5.–9.iii.2007, V. Hula, L. Purchart & F. Růžička leg. ( JBBC) ; 1 J 1 ♀, Perak, Doherty leg. ( BMNH) ; Taiping , viii.1984, 1 spec. unsexed, without collector’s name ( MDGC) . INDONESIA: SUMATRA: 1 ♀, Riau prov., Bukit Tigapuluh N. P., 0°50´S, 102°26´E, 18.–25.i.2000, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBBC) ; 1 ♀, Lampung prov., Bukit Barisan Selatan N. P., 5°04´S, 104°04´E, 7.–17.ii.2000, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBBC) ; 3 spec. unsexed, Sumatera Utara prov., Prapat env., 1050 m, 2°47´N 98°56´E, 13.vii.1992, U. Buchsbaum leg. ( NMEG) ; 1 spec. unsexed, same data, 31.vii.1992 ( NMEG) ; 2 ♀♀, Sumatra, without additional data ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀, Soekaranda , i.1894, Dohrn leg. ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀♀, Merang , Doherty leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 spec. unsexed, Sinda Raja , 26.iii.1995, U. Buchsbaum leg. ( NMEG) ; 1 J 3 spec. unsexed, Batu Is. , 1896–1897, H. Raap leg. ( MSNG) . JAVA: 1 J 1 ♀, Bogor env., ii.1991, R. Čermák leg. ( JSPC) . BALI: 4 JJ 3 ♀♀, Bali centr., road Seririt – Papuan , ca 15 km, 29.–31.i.1998, R. Červenka leg. ( JBBC) . KALIMANTAN: 1 J, 4 spec. unsexed, Kalimantan Tengah Busang, Rekut confl., 0°03´S 113°59´E, viii.2001, Brendell & Mendel leg. ( BMNH) ; 2 JJ 4 ♀♀, Borneo , Pengaron, Doherty leg. ( BMNH) .

Differential diagnosis. Mimastra submetallica is well characterized by its unusual coloration: dorsal side yellow, elytra usually with extreme apices black, antennae yellow, only the last 1–2 antennomeres sometimes infuscate, pro- and mesosternum and abdomen yellow, metasternum black, legs bicolorous, coxae and basal three fourths of femora yellow, tibiae, tarsi and apical fourth of femora black. Aedeagus as in Fig. 13 . Spermatheca as in Fig. 14 . Body length: males 6.25–7.15 mm (lectotype 6.95 mm); females 6.70–8.10 mm.

Distribution. Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia ( KIMOTO 1989); Laos ( KIMOTO 1989, present paper); Indonesia: Sumatra ( JACOBY 1884, DUVIVIER 1890, present paper), Batu Is. ( JACOBY 1897), Java, Bali, and Kalimantan (present paper); Malaysia: Pahang ( MOHAMEDSAID 1992, present paper), Perak ( MOHAMEDSAID 1992, 1995, present paper), Selangor, Pulau Pinang ( MOHAMEDSAID 1992), Sabah ( MOHAMEDSAID 1999a, 2000), Borneo (MOHAMEDSAID & HOL- LOWAY 1999), and Sarawak ( MOHAMEDSAID 1998a,b, 1999b).

Comments. The comparison of the primary types of M. submetallica , M. platteeuwi and M. pectoralis confirmed that all three taxa are conspecific. Mimastra platteeuwi was already synonymized with M. submetallica by MOHAMEDSAID (1992). Mimastra pectoralis is proposed here as a new synonym of M. submetallica .

Figures

Figs. 10–13. Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view). 10 – Mimastra pallida Jacoby, 1896; 11 – M. polita Jacoby, 1889 (lectotype); 12 – M. polita (male from India: Meghalaya); 13 – M. submetallica Jacoby, 1884. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figs. 14–17. Spermatheca. 14 – Mimastra submetallica Jacoby, 1884; 15 – M. sumatrensis Jacoby, 1884; 16 – M. jelineki sp. nov.; 17 – M. kremitovskyi sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 26–29. Habitus. 26 – Mimastra pallida Jacoby, 1896 (paralectotype, unsexed, 5.25 mm); 27 – M. polita Jacoby, 1889 (male, 8.40 mm); 28 – M. submetallica Jacoby, 1884 (male, 7.15 mm); 29 – M. sumatrensis Jacoby, 1884 (male, 8.45 mm).