Taumacera kinabaluensis ( Mohamedsaid, 1995 )

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 : 36

Taumacera kinabaluensis ( Mohamedsaid, 1995)

( Figs 37 , 99 )

Platyxantha kinabaluensis Mohamedsaid,1995a:79 (original description)

Nontype material examined. MALAYSIA: SABAH: Crocker Range, Kota Kinabalu – Tambunan, 1240 m, at light sheet, iv.2013, 1 ♂, B. H. Garner, M.V. L. Barclay, H. Mendel &A. Giusti leg. ( BMNH); Kinabalu N. P., Poring Hot Spring, 600 m, 11.vii.1992, 1 ♂, Heiss leg. ( JBCB); Narawan near Poring, 2.iv.1999, 1 ♀, K. Maruyama leg. ( HMHJ).

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 94–104. Habitus of Taumacera. 94– T.variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (male); 95 – T.viridis (Hope, 1831) (male, syntype); 96 – T.coxalis (Jacoby, 1899) (female, syntype); 97 – T. jacobyi Weise, 1922 (male, syntype of Dorydea costatipennis Jacoby, 1896); 98 – T. javanensis Jacoby, 1895 (male, syntype); 99 – T. kinabaluensis (Mohamedsaid, 1995) (male); 100 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (male); 101 – T. multicostata (Jacoby, 1896) (female, syntype); 102 – T. submetallica (Jacoby, 1896) (female, syntype); 103 – T. sumatrana (Jacoby, 1899) (male); 104 – T. variabilis (Jacoby, 1891) (male, syntype).