Taumacera deusta Thunberg, 1814

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 deusta Thunberg, 1814

( Figs 1, 4–5 , 32 , 45 , 71–72 )

Taumacera deusta Thunberg, 1814: 48 (original description)

Oedicerus apicipennis Baly, 1879a: 110 (original description); WEISE (1922): 85 (synonymized with Taumacera deusta )

Nacrea apicipennis Baly, 1886a:29 (original description); WEISE (1922): 85 (synonymized with Taumacera deusta )

Type material examined. Taumacera deusta : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Uppsala Zool. Univ. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 12377 / Taumacera deusta / Cap. TYP [r, p] // Taumacera [box label, w, h] // deusta. / Cap. [box label, w, p]’ ( UUZM).

Oedicerus apicipennis: See comments.

Nacrea apicipennis : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // India or. [w, h] // Nacrea / apicipennis / Baly / India [w, p] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: BALI: Bedugul Region, Tamblingan Lakes N. P., xi.2004, 1200 m, 1 ♂ ( JBCB).

Comments. BALY (1879a, 1886a) published the descriptions of Oedicerus apicipennis and Nacrea apicipennis . Only the holotype of Nacrea apicipennis is deposited in the BMNH ( Fig. 72 ). Based on comparison of both Balyʼs descriptions I speculate that they refer to the same specimen as the texts in Latin are nearly the same and in both descriptions only one specimen with five broken apical antennomeres is mentioned. Therefore the names are objective synonyms as BALY (1886a) probably only repeated the description and put a new identification label when proposing the new genus Nacrea .

Figures

Figs 1–9. 1–3 – Male habitus. 1 – Taumacera deusta Thunberg, 1814 (Bali); 2 – Palpoxena laeta Baly, 1861 (Perak); 3 – Cerophysa nodicornis(Wiedemann,1823) (Java). 4–5 – Taumacera deusta details. 4 – male antenna; 5 – aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views. 6–7 – Palpoxena laeta details. 6 – male antenna; 7 – aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views. 8–9 – Cerophysa nodicornis details. 8 – male antenna; 9 – aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views.

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 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).