Taumacera frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001

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 : 33

Taumacera frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001

( Figs 33 , 49 , 59 , 86 )

Taumacera frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001b: 290 (original description).

Additional material examined. MALAYSIA: KELANTAN: 30 km NW of Gua Musang, Ulu Lalat Mt., Kampong Sungai Om, 800–1000 m, 22.v.–14.vi.2012, 1♂ 3♀♀, P. Čechovský leg. ( JBCB); 90 km N of Gua Musang, Gunung Basor, Kampong Kubur Datu, 1700 m, 10.iv.–5.v.2016, 1 ♀, P. Čechovský leg. ( NMEG). PAHANG: Ringlet, 04°28′N, 101°22′E, 12.–30.iv.2007, 1 ♂, V. Kremitovský leg. ( JBCB). PERAK: Cameron Highlands, Batu (= Mile) 19 vill. env., 04°22.2′N, 101°20.0′E, 590 m, 22.–27.iv.2009, 1 ♀, J. Hájek leg. ( NMPC); 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, road 59 between Tapah and Tanah Rata, 4°22.121′N, 101°20.042′E, 600–660 m, 11.v.2011, 1 ♂, P. Šípek & D. Vondráček leg. ( JBCB). SELANGOR: Bukit Kutu, iv.1915, 1 ♀ ( BMNH).

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 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).