Taumacera cervicornis ( Baly, 1861 ) 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 : 30-32

Taumacera cervicornis ( Baly, 1861) , comb. nov.

( Figs 20 , 31 , 44 , 56 , 65 )

Xenarthra cervicornis Baly, 1861: 299 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // Xenarthra / cervicornis / Baly / Ceylon [grey, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: Kandy, vii.1910, 1 ♂ ( BMNH); Kandy, iv.1907, 1♀ ( BMNH); Kandy, 23.v.1910, 1♀ ( BMNH); Kandy, vi.1908, 5 ♂♂ 12 ♀♀, G. E. Bryant leg. ( BMNH); Ceylon, 1909, 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, E. E. Green leg. ( BMNH); Ceylon, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ( BMNH); Kandy, iii.1910, 1 ♀, J. Uzel leg. ( NMPC).

Comments. The male syntype of Xenarthra cervicornis has the metasternal process therefore it is transferred to Taumacera .

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 64–73. Habitus of Taumacera. 64– T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (male); 65 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (male); 66 – T. lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) (male); 67 – T. lewisi(female, holotype of Aenidea hirtipennis Jacoby, 1887); 68 – T. mirabilis (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 69 – T. unicolor (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 72 – T. costatipennis (Jacoby, 1896) (male, syntype); 71 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (male, holotype); 72 – T. deusta (male, holotype of Nacrea apicipennis Baly, 1886); 73 – T. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1881) (female, syntype).