Taumacera variceps ( Laboissière 1933 )

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 : 45

Taumacera variceps ( Laboissière 1933)

( Figs 28 , 41 , 54 , 62 , 94 )

Platyxanthoides variceps Laboissière, 1933: 71 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 3 ♂♂ (on the same pin), ‘Hoa-Binh / de Cooman [w, h] // TYPE [red letters, p] / ♂ [w, h] // Platyxanthoides / variceps m.[h] / V.Laboissière – Dét.[w, p] // Le Moult Vend./ via Reinbek / Eing Nr. 1, 1957 [white w, p]’ (ZMUH); 1 ♂, ‘ Tonkin / Lac Tho / HOA BINH / A. de Cooman [w, p] // Platyxanthoides / variceps m / paratype ♂ [h] / V. LABOISSIÈRE - DÉT. [w, p] // Para- / type [orange, p] // cf.Ann. Soc. Ent. / Fr., [p] CII, 1933 / p. 71-72, fig. 42 [w, h] // R. Mus. Hist.Nat. / Belg. I. G. 12.752 [w, p]’ (ISNB); 1 ♂, ‘Co- / type [white round label with yellow collar, p] // Tonkin. / A. de Cooman. [w, p] // Pres. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit.Mus. / 1929-178. [w, p] // Platyxanthoides / variceps / m [h] / V. Laboissière -- Dét.[w, p]’ (BMNH); 1♀, ‘Co- / type[white round label with yellow collar, p] // Tonkin. / A. de Cooman. [w, p] // Hoa Binh / -Tonkin- / de Cooman [w, h] // Pres. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1929-178. [w, p] // COTYPE [red letters, p] / ♂ ♀ [w, h]’ (BMNH).

Additional material examined. THAILAND: MAE HONG SON PROV.: Kiwlom pass near Soppong, 1400 m, 23.vi.–2.vii.2002, 1♂, R.& H.Fouqué leg. ( JBCB). VIETNAM: HOA BINH PROV.: Hoa-Binh, viii.1918, 1 ♂, R. V.de Salvaza leg.( BMNH). NINH BINH PROV.: Cuc-Phong, 25.v.1986, 1♂, J. Macek leg. ( NMPC). MYANMAR: TENASSERIM: Thagatà, iv.1887, 1♂, Fea leg.( MSNG, paralectotype of Dorydea indica ). LAOS: XIENG KHOUANG PROV.: Xieng Khouang, i.1920, 1 ♂, R. Vitalis de Salvaza leg. ( NMPC).

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 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 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 55–63. Aedeagus of Taumacera. 55 –T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 56 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 57 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 58 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 59 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 60 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 61 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 62 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 63 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (Kelantan).

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).