Taumacera rufomarginata ( Jacoby, 1895 )

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 : 43

Taumacera rufomarginata ( Jacoby, 1895)

( Figs 39 , 52 , 89–90 )

Platyxantha rufomarginata Jacoby, 1895a: 78 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // JAVA [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p] // Platyx. / rufomarginata / Jac / Type [b, h]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘ JAVA [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀ (photograph), ‘ JAVA [w, p] // 2nd Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // rufomarginata / Jac [w, h] // Type. [p] / 18347 [r, h]’ ( MCZ).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: JAVA: Preanger,Djampangs Mts., 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( USNM) ; ‘ Java’, 1 ♂ ( NMPC); ‘ West-Java’, 1 ♂ ( NMPC).

Comments. This species was described based on three females ( JACOBY 1895a), two of which are deposited in the BMNH ( Fig. 90 ) and one in the MCZ. In unidentified material deposited in the USNM and NMPC I have found additional specimens including males. According to the structure of the male antennae ( Figs 52 , 89 ) Taumacera rufomarginata is classified in the T. nigricornis speciesgroup.

Figures

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 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).