Taumacera fulvovirens ( Laboissière, 1929 )

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 : 35

Taumacera fulvovirens ( Laboissière, 1929)

( Figs 74–75 )

Platyxantha fulvovirens Laboissière, 1929: 95 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct.1924./ C.B. K.and N.S.[w,p] // TYPE [red letters,p] / ♀ [w, h] // Brit. Mus./1929-206.[w, p] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V.Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘N. Pagi [h] / Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct. 1924. / C. B. K. and N. S. [w, p] // COTYPE [red letters, p] / ♀ [w, h] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V. Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p] // Ex. F. M. S. / Museum. / B. M. 1955-354. [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct. 1924. / C. B. K. and N. S. [w, p] // TYPE [red letters, p] / ♀ [w, h] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V. Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p] // Le Moult vend. / via Reinbek / Eing. Nr. 1, 1957 [w, p]’ ( ZMUH).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: SUMATRA: Mentawai, Sipora Is., Sereinu, v.–vi.1894, 1 ♂, E. Modigliani leg. ( BMNH); Mentawai, Siberut Is., 50–100 m, iii.–iv.2005, 2 ♂♂, local collector leg. ( HMHJ); Mentawai, Siberut Is., SW coast, 0–100 m, iii.2005, 1 ♂, local collector leg. ( HMHJ).

Comments. This species was described based on four females from Mentawai Islands ( Fig. 74 ). REID (1999) did not classify T. fulvovirens in the T. deusta species-group because males were unknown to him. I found altogether four males with characteristically modified antennae ( Fig. 75 ) and accordingly I assign T. fulvovirens to the T. deusta species-group.

Figures

Figs 74–83. Habitus of Taumacera. 74– T. fulvovirens (Laboissière 1929) (female, syntype); 75 – T. fulvovirens (male); 76 – T. laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (male); 77 – T. maculata (Baly, 1886) (male, syntype); 78 – T.midtibialis Mohamedsaid, 1998 (male); 79 – T.seminigra Reid, 1999 (male, syntype of Metellus nigripennis Jacoby, 1899); 80 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (male); 81 – T. sucki Weise, 1922 (male, holotype of T. martapurensis Mohamedsaid, 1998); 82 – T. tibialis Mohamedsaid, 1994 (male); 83 – T. uniformis (Jacoby, 1891) (male, syntype).