Taumacera bella ( Weise, 1922 ) 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

Taumacera bella ( Weise, 1922) , comb. nov.

Dorydea basalis Jacoby, 1889: 232 (original description, permanently invalid based on the Art 59.3 of ICZN (1999))

Platyxantha bella Weise, 1922: 109 (replacement name for Dorydea basalis Jacoby, 1889 nec Platyxantha basalis Duvivier, 1884 )

Type material examined. Dorydea basalis : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Bhamò / Birmania / Fea [p] VI [h] 188 [p] 6 [w, h] // basalis / Jac. [w, h] // Dorydea / basalis Jac. [b, h]’ ( MSNG); 1 probably ♀ (only photograph seen), ‘Bhamò / Birmania / Fea [p] VI [h] 188 [p] 6 [w, h] // 1st Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // Dorydea / basalis / Jac. [b, h] // Type [p] / 18351 [r, h]’ ( MCZ).

Comments. WEISE (1922) classified Dorydea basalis Jacoby, 1889 in Platyxantha , found it homonymous with Platyxantha basalis Duvivier, 1884 and proposed a replacement name Platyxantha bella for Jacobyʼs species. Subsequent authors ( MAULIK 1936, WILCOX 1973) classified Platyxantha bella in Palpoxena . I examined one male syntype of Dorydea basalis deposited in MSNG and photograph of additional syntype in MCZ. Undoubtedly this species belongs to Taumacera and is close to T. indica . Platyxantha basalis Duvivier, 1884 is here transferred to Hoplosaenidea (see below). However the name Dorydea basalis Jacoby, 1889 cannot be restored as a valid name because it is permanently invalid based on Art. 59.3 of the Code ( ICZN 1999). The valid name of this species is Taumacera bella Weise, 1922 , comb. nov.