Taumacera nigricornis ( Baly, 1864 ), 1992

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 : 39

Taumacera nigricornis ( Baly, 1864)

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Platyxantha nigricornis Baly, 1864: 234 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // Java [w, h] // SYN- / TYPE [white round label with pale blue collar, p] // Platyxantha / nigricornis / Baly / Java [grey, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘ Java [w, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p] // SYN- / TYPE [white round label with pale blue collar, p]’ ( BMNH).

Nontype material examined. INDONESIA: JAVA: ‘Java’, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( BMNH).

Figures

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 84–93. Habitus of Taumacera. 84 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (male); 85 – T. yamamotoi (Mohamedsaid, 1998) (male);86 – T.frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (male); 87 – T. indicola nom. nov. (male); 88 – T. nigricornis (Baly, 1864) (male, syntype); 89 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (male); 90 – T. rufomarginata (female, syntype); 91 – T.indica (Jacoby, 1889) (male, lectotype); 92 – T.indica (male, holotype of Palpoxena yunnana Medvedev, 2015); 93 – T. insularis (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1965) (female, paratype).