Taumacera kimotoi, 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 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5062701
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C4EEE5E-FFEF-0153-60F5-F46490D78DD3
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Taumacera kimotoi
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Taumacera kimotoi nom. nov.

Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989:214 (original description,junior secondary homonym, nec Platyxantha femoralis Allard, 1889 (nowyadays synonym of T. fulvicollis ( Jacoby, 1881))

Type material examined. Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989 : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Laos / Umg. Vientiane / III.-VI.1963 [w, p] // HOLOTYPE [r, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h] // PHOTO [r, p] // Zool. Staatsslg. / München [b, p]’ ( ZSM). PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, ‘Laos / Umg. Vientiane / III.-VI.1963 [w, p] // PARATYPE [b, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h] // Zool. Staatsslg. / München [b, p]’ ( ZSM); 1 ♀, ‘ LAOS: Ban Van Heue / 20 km E of Phou-kow- / kuei, 15-31.V.1965 [w, p] // J. A. Rondon / Collection / BISHOP Mus. [w, p] // PARATYPE [b, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ ( BPBM).

Additional material examined. LAOS: 11.vii.1920, 1 ♂ ( NMPC); Luang Namtha, Nam Tha, 1000 m, 6.–15.iv.2010, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, S. Murzin leg. ( JBCB).

Comments. Due to the new synonymy of Acroxena with Taumacera , Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989 becomes a junior secondary homonym of T. femoralis ( Allard, 1889) (nowadays synonym of T. fulvicollis ( Jacoby, 1881)) and is replaced here with a new substitute name T. kimotoi nom. nov.