Taumacera lewisi ( Jacoby, 1887 ) 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 : 38

Taumacera lewisi ( Jacoby, 1887) , comb. nov.

( Figs 21 , 66–67 )

Xenarthra lewisi Jacoby, 1887a: 108 (original description)

Aenidea ? hirtipennis Jacoby,1887a: 113 (original description), syn. nov.

Type material examined. Xenarthra lewisi : SYNTYPES: 1♂, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Ceylon. / G. Lewis. / 1910-320. [w, p] // Dikoya. / 3,800 -4,200 ft. / 6.XII.81.-16.I.82. [w, p] // Xenarthra / lewisi Jac. [b, h]’ (BMNH) ; photograph of 1 ♂, ‘ Xenarthra / lewisi Jac. [b, h] // 1st Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // Type [p] / 18318 [r, h]’ (MCZ).

Aenidea hirtipennis : HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Ceylon. / G. Lewis. / 1910-320. [w, p] // Dikoya. / 3,800-4,200 ft. / 6.XII.81.- 16.I.82. [w, p] // Aenidea / hirtipennis / Jac. [b, h]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: Kandy, ix.1907, 1 ♂, x.1907, 1 ♀ ( BMNH); Kandy, vi.1908, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, G. E. Bryant leg. ( BMNH); Ceylon, 1 ♂, Nietner leg. ( BMNH).

Comments. Aenidea hirtipennis was described from one female ( Fig. 67 ) and JACOBY (1887a) himself mentioned that the study of a male is necessary for solving its position. Later, MAULIK (1936) transferred Aenidea hirtipennis to Palpoxena although he also did not examine the male. During my stay in the BMNH I had a chance to compare the type material of Xenarthra lewisi , Aenidea hirtipennis and additional nontype material. Undoubtedly, Aenidea hirtipennis is a female of Xenarthra lewisi (transferred here to Taumacera ). Moreover, both types were collected at the same locality during the same expedition, therefore A. hirtipennis is synonymized here with T. lewisi .

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 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).