Taumacera indicola, Bezděk, 2019

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 23-52 : 35-36

Taumacera indicola nom. nov.

( Figs 25 , 35 , 50 , 60 , 87 )

Acroxena indica Jacoby, 1896c: 288 (original description, junior secondary homonym, nec Dorydea indica Jacoby, 1889 )

Type material examined. Acroxena indica Jacoby, 1896 : SYNTYPES: 1♂, ‘Kanara [w, p] // Type [r, p] // Ceylon [w, h] // Acroxena / indica / Type Jac. [w, h] // Andrewes / Bequest. / B.M. 1922-221. [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♂ (photograph), ‘Kanara [w, p] // 2nd Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // indica Jac. [w, h] // Type [p] / 18359 [r, h]’ ( MCZ).

Additional material examined. INDIA: MAHARASHTRA: ca 50 km W of Karad, Konya, SW of dam, 17°23′N, 73°44′E, 600 m, 11.vi.2006, 1♂, Z. Kejval leg. ( JBCB). KARNATAKA: Coorg Distr., NE of Virajpet, 12°13′N, 75°50′E, ca 500 m, 4.–8.vi.1999, 1♀, Z.Kejval & M.Trýzna leg. ( JBCB).

Comments. Due to the new synonymy of Acroxena with Taumacera , Acroxena indica Jacoby, 1896 becomes a junior secondary homonym of T. indica ( Jacoby, 1889) and is here replaced with the new substitute name T. indicola nom. nov.

Figures

Figs 19–30. Male antenna of Taumacera. 19 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 20 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 21 – T. lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) (Sri Lanka); 22 – T.laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (Kelantan); 23 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 24 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 25 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 26 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 27 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 28 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 29 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (Kelantan); 30 – T. sumatrana (Jacoby 1899) (Johor).

Figs 31–42. Male metasternal process of Taumacera. 31 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 32 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (Bali); 33 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 34 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 35 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 36 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 37 – T. kinabaluensis (Mohamedsaid, 1995) (Sabah); 38 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 39 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (Java); 40 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 41 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 42 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang).

Figs 43–54. Male head of Taumacera. 43 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 44 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 45 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (Bali); 46 – T. laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (Kelantan); 47 – T. insignis (Baly 1864) (Pahang); 48 – T. facialis (Baly, 1886) (Sri Lanka); 49 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 50 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 51 – T. nigricornis (Baly, 1864) (lateral view, syntype); 52 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (Java); 53 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 54 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand).

Figs 55–63. Aedeagus of Taumacera. 55 –T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 56 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 57 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 58 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 59 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 60 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 61 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 62 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 63 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (Kelantan).

Figs 84–93. Habitus of Taumacera. 84 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (male); 85 – T. yamamotoi (Mohamedsaid, 1998) (male);86 – T.frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (male); 87 – T. indicola nom. nov. (male); 88 – T. nigricornis (Baly, 1864) (male, syntype); 89 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (male); 90 – T. rufomarginata (female, syntype); 91 – T.indica (Jacoby, 1889) (male, lectotype); 92 – T.indica (male, holotype of Palpoxena yunnana Medvedev, 2015); 93 – T. insularis (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1965) (female, paratype).