Hoplosaenidea basalis ( Duvivier, 1884 ) 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 : 48

Hoplosaenidea basalis ( Duvivier, 1884) , comb. nov.

Platyxantha basalis Duvivier, 1884 : cccxviii (original description)

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘Collect. / Duvivier [w, p] // Platyxantha / basalis / Duviv. / Manille [w, h] // TYPE [w, p] // TYPE [pink, p] // cf.Ann.Soc.Ent./ Belg.,[p] C.R.XXVIII / 1884,p.318-319 [w, h] // V. Laboissière rev., 1940:[p] / Palpoxena / basalis Duv [w,h] // sec.Weise,Col. Cat./ Junk (78), 1924 [p], p. 158:/ Palpoxena / basalis Baly [w, h]’ ( ISNB).

Comments. DUVIVIER (1884) described this species based on one female from Manilla. Subsequent authors followed its classification in Platyxantha ( WILCOX 1973, KIMOTO 1990). REID (1999) transferred it to Taumacera . Based on the general appearence of the holotype and presence of a metafemoral spine, I transfer it to Hoplosaenidea .