Galleruca petaurista 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 : 47-49

Galleruca petaurista Fabricius, 1801

Figs 32–33

petaurista Fabricius, 1801: 45 (Carolina).

Material examined

Lectotype (presently designated)

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • ♀; “ petaurista / Lectotype Galleruca petaurista Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; Kiel.

Paralectotype

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “ petaurista / Paralectotype Galleruca petaurista Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; Kiel.

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 112 No.1730. “in Carolina Mus. D. Bosc. ” Paris 3 specimens ( Blake 1952: 61). Kiel 2 specimens.

Original description

“G. saltatoria, atra, thoracis limbo, elytrorum margine vittisque duabus ferrugineis. Habitat in Carolina. Mus. D. Bosc. Magna in hac familia. Caput atrum. Thorax flavus, disco macula magna, atra. Elytra punctate, atra, margine vittisque duabus, postice coeuntibus, ferrugineis. Corpus atrum, femoribus crassissimis.”

Current status

Kuschelina petaurista ( Fabricius, 1801) .

Measurements

Lectotype ( Fig. 32 ): LB = 6.12 mm; WB = 3.68 mm. Paralectotype ( Fig. 33 ): LB = 6.52 mm; WB = 3.88 mm.

Remarks

The lectotype for Kuschelina petaurista is designated here to have a unique bearer of this name and the standard for its application. There are two specimens pinned with the same label. The lectotype is missing segments 2–11 of the left antenna, its right antenna is intact. Furthermore, it is missing its right hind leg, and its left metatarsi. The paralectotype is missing both antennae and the right leg (except for the trochanter). As also indicated in Zimsen (1964), Blake (1952: 61) identified three cotypes of this species in the Bosc collection in Paris. We confirm the correct placement in the genus Kuschelina Bechyné, 1951 based on the following characters: eyes small, diameter of eye at most one third of interocular width; vertex densely punctated, frontal ridge wide; pronotal sides narrowly explanate (see Konstantinov et al. 2022).

Figures

Fig. 32. Galleruca petaurista Fabricius, 1801, lectotype, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels of lectotype and paralectotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 33. Galleruca petaurista Fabricius, 1801, paralectotype, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.