Galleruca nitida Fabricius, 1801

Roie, Martijn Van, Kuhlmann, Michael, Mack, Anne & Konstantinov, Alexander, 2024, Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections and new combinations for species formerly placed in the subtribe, European Journal of Taxonomy 920 (1), pp. 1-60 : 38

Galleruca nitida Fabricius, 1801

Figs 26–27

nitida Fabricius, 1801: 493 (America meridionali).

Material examined

Lectotype (presently designated)

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • ♂; “ G. nitida en Am. Mer. Schmidt./ TYPE/ Lectotype Galleruca nitida Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; ex-Copenhagen; ZMUC 00031093 .

Paralectotype

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “Paralectotype Galleruca nitida Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; ex-Copenhagen; ZMUC 00031092 .

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 111 No.1719. “in America meridionali D. Smidt Mus. D. Lund” Copenhagen 2 specimens.

Original description

“G. saltatoria, atra, thorace elytrorumque fascia albis. Habitat in America meridionali. S. Smidt. Mus. D. Lund. Magna. Caput cum antennis atrum, immaculatum. Thorax laevis, albus, nitidus. Elytra atra, cyaneo parum nitida, margine baseos fasciaque lata albis. Abdomen album. Pedes atri, femoribus posticis valde incrassatis.”

Current status

Asphaera nitida ( Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov.

Measurements

Lectotype ( Fig. 26 ): LB = 5.41 mm; WB = 1.63 mm. Paralectotype ( Fig. 27 ): LB = 6.03 mm; WB = 3.87 mm.

Remarks

The lectotype for Galleruca nitida is designated here to have a unique bearer of this name and the standard for its application. The lectotype is missing segments 3–11 of the right antenna. The paralectotype is missing segments 2–11 of the left antenna. We place this species, previously included in the genus Wanderbiltiana Bechyné, 1955 , in Asphaera based on the following characters: distance between antennal sockets less than the transverse diameter of antennal socket in frontal view, second antennomere about half as long as third antennomere, anterolateral callosity of pronotum long and directed anteriorly. Lateral margin of elytron widely explanate (see also Konstantinov et al. 2022).

Figures

Fig. 26. Galleruca nitida Fabricius, 1801, lectotype, ♂ (ZMUC 00031093). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 27. Galleruca nitida Fabricius, 1801, paralectotype, ♀ (ZMUC 00031092). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.