Chalcolampra nigricollis ( Broun, 1917 )

Leschen, Richard A. B., Reid, Chris A. M. & Nadein, Konstantin S., 2020, Generic Review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4740 (1), pp. 1-66 : 24

Chalcolampra nigricollis ( Broun, 1917)

Allocharis nigricollis Broun, 1917:463 . Type locality: Ben Lomond and Mount Dick.

Chalcolampra nigricollis: Implied combination based on Allocharis as an objective synonym of Chalcolampra in Daccordi, 1994: 77 .

Comments. Broun based this name on three specimens from Ben Lomond and one from Mount Dick, three of which were in the BMNH and one located in the NZAC. The specimen from Mount Dick was designated as the lectotype to stabilise the epithet, and the remaining specimens were designated as paralectotypes.

Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH): pointed on abdomen with cleared abdomen and aedeagus mounted at base and antenna and mouthparts in window-mount, “3957 [in Broun’s hand] // Mount Dick. 24.1.1914. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.” Paralectotypes: 2 ( BMNH), same but 1 mounted dorsally on card and 1 pointed on abdomen with cleared abdomen and female terminalia in window-mount, “3957. [in Broun’s hand] // Lomond. 5.3.1914. [in Broun’s hand] // Allocharis nigricollis . [in Broun’s hand]”; 1 ( NZAC), Lomond. 5.3.1914. [in Broun’s hand] // // Allocharis nigricollis . [in Broun’s hand] // 3957. [in Broun’s hand] // A. E. Brookes Collection // T. Broun Collection // SYNTYPE [printed] Allocharis nigricollis Broun, 1917 R. C. Craw det. 1983 [in Craw’s hand on acid green label]” .