Taumacera laevipennis ( Jacoby, 1886 )

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 : 37-38

Taumacera laevipennis ( Jacoby, 1886)

( Figs 10–12 , 22 , 46 , 76 )

Metellus laevipennis Jacoby, 1886: 62 (original description)

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Sumatra / Ajer Mantcior / Agosto 1878 / O. Beccari [w, p] // Typus [red letters, w, p] // laevipennis / Jac. [w, h] // Neocharis / laevipennis / Jac. [b, h] // GALERUCINAE [p] / Taumacera / laevipennis (Jacoby) [p h] / det. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 4 [w, h]’ ( MSNG).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: SUMATRA: ‘Sumat’, 1 ♀ ( BMNH); Liangagas, 2 ♀♀, Dohrn leg. ( BMNH, ZMHB); Sandaran Agong, Korinchi lake, 2450 ft., v.–vi.1914, 1 ♂ ( BMNH); Soekaranda, i.1894, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, Dohrn leg. (1 ♂ BMNH, 3 ♀♀ ZMHB); Padang, 1 ♀, J. Müller leg. ( MCZ). MALAYSIA: KELANTAN: 30 km NW of Gua Musang, Ulu Lalat Mt., Kampong Sungai Om, 800–1000 m, 22.v.–14. vi.2012, 5♂♂ 8♀♀, P. Čechovský leg. ( JBCB). PERAK: Batang Padang, Jor Camp, 2.vii.1923, 1 ♀, M. H. Pendlebury leg. ( BMNH); Batang Padang, Jor Camp, 23.i.1925 ,1♂, M.H.Pendlebury leg. ( BMNH); Cameron Highlands, Batu (= Mile) 19 vill. env., 04°22.2′N, 101°20.0′E, 590 m, 22.iv.2009, 1♀, P. Baňař & M.Trýzna leg.( BMNH); Cameron Highlands, Batu (= Mile) 19 vill. env., 04°22.2′N, 101°20.0′E, 590 m, 5.v.2009, 2 ♀♀, P. Baňař & M. Trýzna leg. ( BMNH); Cameron Highlands, road 59 between Tapah and Tanah Rata, 4°22.121′N, 101°20.012′E, 600–660 m, 12.–13.v.2011, 1 ♂, P. Šípek & D. Vondráček leg. ( JBCB) .

Comments. JACOBY (1886) described Metellus laevipennis explicitely based on one male (holotype) deposited in the MSNG. Therefore additional specimens labelled as types found in the MCZ (one male) and ZMHB (four females) cannot be considered as part of the type series. The specimens from ZMHB refer to material published by JACOBY (1899).

Figures

Figs 10–18. Female genitalia. 10–12 – Taumacera laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (Kelantan). 10 – gonocoxae; 11 – spermatheca; 12 – sternite VIII. 13–15 – Palpoxena laeta Baly, 1861 (Perak). 13 – gonocoxae; 14 – spermatheca; 15 – sternite VIII. 16–18 – Cerophysa nodicornis (Wiedemann, 1823) (Java). 16 – gonocoxae; 17 – spermatheca; 18 – sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.25 mm for Figs 11, 14 and 17; 0.5 mm for Figs 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18.

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 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 74–83. Habitus of Taumacera. 74– T. fulvovirens (Laboissière 1929) (female, syntype); 75 – T. fulvovirens (male); 76 – T. laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (male); 77 – T. maculata (Baly, 1886) (male, syntype); 78 – T.midtibialis Mohamedsaid, 1998 (male); 79 – T.seminigra Reid, 1999 (male, syntype of Metellus nigripennis Jacoby, 1899); 80 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (male); 81 – T. sucki Weise, 1922 (male, holotype of T. martapurensis Mohamedsaid, 1998); 82 – T. tibialis Mohamedsaid, 1994 (male); 83 – T. uniformis (Jacoby, 1891) (male, syntype).