Monophylla Spinola, 1841

Bartlett, Justin S., 2023, Clarification of ambiguous genus records for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), Zootaxa 5383 (3), pp. 375-382 : 380

Genus Monophylla Spinola

Monophylla terminata (Say) : Blackburn (1901) described Elasmocerus picticollis Blackburn ( Fig. 6 ) from a single specimen collected in Victoria (specific location and circumstance not mentioned). Corporaal (1949) synonymised E. picticollis with the North American species Monophylla terminata (Say) after advice from E. A. Chapin who believed that Blackburn’s specimen was probably introduced into Australia with grape vines from America. The absence of subsequently collected Australian specimens suggests that M. terminata did not become established in Australia after it’s detection.

Distribution: Eastern North America to Texas and Arizona ( Corporaal 1950a).

Status: Monophylla terminata is non-native and absent in Australia.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. (1) Syntype specimen of Chalciclerus pantomelas Boisduval (MNHN); (2) specimen of Balcus violaceus (Fabricius) erroneously labelled as a type specimen of Chalciclerus pantomelas Boisduval (MNHN); (3) specimen of Thallis janthina Erichson (Erotylidae) (SDEI) misidentified by Sigmund Schenkling as Korynetes abdominalis (Fabricius); (4) syntype specimen of Corynetes unicolor Chevrolat, 1876 (MNHN), a synonym of Korynetes coeruleus (De Geer); (5) syntype specimen of Labasiella duboulayi Pic, 1950 (MNHN), a synonym of Solervicensia ovata (Spinola); (6) syntype specimen of Elasmocerus picticollis Blackburn, 1901 (NHML), a synonym of Monophylla terminata (Say).