Nymphius lydius ( Weise, 1886 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2008, New species and subspecies of Nymphius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Iran and Turkey, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 79-93 : 86-87

Nymphius lydius ( Weise, 1886)

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Luperus (Luperus) lydius Weise, 1886: 594 .

Luperus (Nymphius) lydius: LABOISSIÈRE (1913) , WINKLER (1930) (catalogue).

Luperus (Nymphius) Lydius: LABOISSIÈRE (1925) (catalogue).

Luperus (Luperus) lydius: GUILLEBEAU (1891) , OGLOBLIN (1936), WEISE (1924) (catalogue), BERTI & RAPILLY (1973).

Luperus lydius: MOHR (1966) , MOHR (1969), GRUEV & TOMOV (1979).

Luperus lidius [sic!]: TOMOV & GRUEV (1975).

Nymphius lydius: WILCOX (1973) (catalogue), FOGATO (1981), GRUEV & TOMOV (1986), WARCHAŁOWSKI (1994), ASLAN (1998), GRUEV & TOMOV (1998), ASLAN et al. (2000), WARCHAŁOWSKI (2003) (key), GÖK & DURAN (2004), GRUEV & TOMOV (2007).

Type locality. Originally described from ‘ Smyrna, Graecea?’ ( WEISE 1886). Due to the lectotype designation by FOGATO (1981), the type locality is restricted to ‘Smyrna’ [= Turkey, İzmir].

Type material. LECTOTYPE: ♁, ‘ Smyrna [w, h] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // LECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / lydius (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB). PARALECTOTYPES: 2 ♁♁, ‘Graecia [w, h] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / lydius (Wse) / des. W.Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB);♁, ‘Graecia [w, h] // lydius Ws. [w, h] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / lydius (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB).

Additional material examined (29 spec.). TURKEY: MANİSA prov., Manisa Dagi, v.1994, 2 ♁♁, D. Hauck leg. ( JBBC). İZMİR prov., Bergama , 29.iv.1991, 2 ♁♁ 1 ♀, T. Růžička leg. ( JBBC) ; same locality, 20.-21.iv.1983, 2 ♁♁, H. & L. Freude leg. ( FKLC) ; Tesava, 830 m a.s.l., 26.iv.2001, 1♁, D. Keith leg. ( JBBC). AFYON prov., Suhut , 1700 m a.s.l., 28.v.1996, 2♁♁, Odvárka leg. ( JVJC) ; same locality, 1200 m a.sl., 29.v.1996, 1♁ 4♀♀, Odvárka leg. ( JVJC) ; same locality, 24.v.1996, 1 ♁, Odvárka leg. ( JVJC). ADIYAMAN prov., Nemrut Dagi, Kahta env., 13.vi.1998, 1 ♀, J. Voříšek leg. ( JVJC). ÇANKIRI prov., Kursunlu env., 7.vi.2002, 1 ♀, Košťál & Voříšek leg. ( JVJC) ; Korgun, 3.vi.1996, 1 ♁, P. Kresl leg. ( FKLC). ANKARA prov., Kizilcahamam , 6.vi.2002, 8 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀, Košťál & Voříšek leg. ( JVJC) .

Bionomics. In Turkey reported from Crataegus orientalis (Rosaceae) , Anagyris foetida and Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae) ( GÖK & DURAN 2004).

Distribution. Bulgaria ( MOHR 1966, 1969; GRUEV & TOMOV 1986, 1998, 2007),? Greece ( WEISE 1886), Turkey ( WEISE 1886, LABOISSIÈRE 1913, TOMOV & GRUEV 1975, GRUEV & TOMOV 1979, FOGATO 1981, ASLAN 1998, ASLAN et al. 2000, GÖK & DURAN 2004, this paper), Iran ( BERTI & RAPILLY 1973). Listed also from Armenia but without precise data ( WILCOX 1973, FOGATO 1981).

Comments. During my visit to SMNS I had the possibility to examine also two specimens (males) labelled: ‘ Asia minor / Konia / S. v Bodemeyer [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // Luperus / lydius / n. sp. Wse. [w, h] // Coll. / Piesbergen [w, p]’ and ‘Asia min. / Konia / 0.30 v Bodem. [w, h] // Asia minor / Konia / v Bodemeyer [w, p] // Coll. / Piesbergen [w, p]’. The identification label seems to be written by Weise. However, specimens from Konia are not mentioned in the original description, and these two specimens cannot thus be included in the type series.

Figures

Figs. 1-4. Male abdomen (a – ventral view; b – lateral view). 1 – Nymphius ensifer (Guillebeau, 1891); 2 – N. forcipifer (Weise, 1900); 3 – N. gianassoi sp. nov.; 4 – N. lydius (Weise, 1886). Scale: 2 mm for Fig. 3; Figs. 1-2, and 4 redrawn from FOGATO (1981).

Figs. 9-16. Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view). 9 – Nymphius ensifer (Guillebeau, 1891); 10 – N. forcipifer (Weise, 1900); 11 – N. gianassoi sp. nov.; 12 – N. lydius (Weise, 1886); 13 – N. pravei (Jacobson, 1899); 14 – N. stylifer stylifer (Weise, 1899); 15 – N. stylifer ogloblini (Bogachev, 1947); 16 – N. stylifer kadleci ssp. nov. Scale: 1 mm for Figs. 11, 14-16; Figs. 9-10, 12-13 redrawn from FOGATO (1981).