Wallacea abscisa (Uhmann, 1939)

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2015, Wallacea, Pistosia and Neodownesia: three distinct genera and their tribal placement (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2), pp. 713-743 : 729-730

Wallacea abscisa (Uhmann, 1939)

Wallaceana abscisa Uhmann, 1939a: 4 (original description); UHMANN (1948a): 1 (invalid lectotype designation);

UHMANN (1958): 229 (catalogue); GAEDIKE & DÖBLER (1971):364 (types); STAINES (1997): 419 (Uhmannʼs taxa list). Pistosia abscisa: CHEN et al. (1986) : 135 (Chinese fauna), 599 (key to species); HUA (2002): 294 (catalogue). Wallacea abscisa: BOROWIEC & SEKERKA (2010) : 383 (catalogue).

Type locality. ‘Kambaiti’ [= Myanmar, Kachin State, Kambaiti, approx. 25°31.59′N, 98°08.86′E, 2700 m a.s.l.].

Distribution. China: Yunnan ( CHEN et al. 1986), Myanmar: Kachin ( UHMANN 1939a).

Remarks. UHMANN (1939a) described the species from a series of 22 specimens without selecting a holotype, therefore all specimens became syntypes, while in many other species described in the same paper he fixed holotype and paratypes. UHMANN (1948a) published a short note about taxa described by him from NHRS and pointed out that he omitted to select holotypes in several, among those was W. abscisa . He added that the holotypes of all such taxa are preserved in NHRS. However, he did not provide any specific information besides the list of species therefore this act is an invalid lectotype designation and all specimens are syntypes despite GAEDIKE & DÖBLER (1971) considering the designation valid.