Smaragdina scutellaris ( Lefèvre, 1872 )

Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55, pp. 1-114 : 40-41

Smaragdina scutellaris ( Lefèvre, 1872)

( Figs 137–144 )

Gynandrophthalma scutellaris Lefèvre, 1872: 335 (original description).

Gynandrophthalma scutellaris var. latemaculata Pic, 1897c: 205 (original description).

Smaragdina (Calyptorrhina) furthi Erber & Medvedev, 1999: 3 (original description), syn. nov.

Smaragdina jordanica Medvedev & Katbeh-Bader, 2002: 255 (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Gynandrophthalma scutellaris : ‘ Syrie, Palestine, Jérusalem’ [lectotype from ‘Syrie’]. Gynandrophthalma scutellaris var. latemaculata : ‘ Liban, Akbès’ [= Turkey, near ø skenderun]. Smaragdina furthi : ‘ Israel, 20 km NE Qiryat, Shemona Hermon Cableway’. Smaragdina jordanica : ‘ Jordan, Al Jubayhah’.

Type material examined. Gynandrophthalma scutellaris : LECTOTYPE (designated by RAPILLY 1983a): ♂, ‘ Syrie [w, h] // Type [w, p] // Ex-Musaeo / LEFÈVRE / 1894 [w, p] // Muséum Paris [p] / Coll. Lefèvre / scutellaris [w, h] // LECTOTYPE [r, p] // Smaragdina / scutellaris (Lefèvre) [h] / M. Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 83 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale). PARALECTOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Syrie [w, h] // Type [w, p] // Ex-Musaeo / LEFÈVRE / 1894 [w, p] // Muséum Paris [p] / Coll. Lefèvre / scutellaris [w, h] // PARALECTOTYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Gynandrophthalma scutellaris var. latemaculata : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂ 1♀, ‘Ab. d. / Perrin / Liban [w, h] // scutellaris / type. [b, h] // type [w, h] // TYPE [r, p] // Museum Paris [w, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale); 1♀, ‘ Akbes [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. latemaculata / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p] // Museum Paris [w, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Smaragdina furthi : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ ISRAEL 33°18' / 35°46' / 16.V.96 20km NE Qiryat / Shemona Hermon / Cableway / Leg.: HAUSER ISR-her [w, p] // HOLOTYPUS [p] / Smaragdina / furthi sp. n. [h] / L. Medvedev det. 19 [p] 98 [r, h]’ ( SMNS).

Smaragdina jordanica : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Al Jubayhah, Jordan / April 2000 / On leaves of fruit trees / Coll. A.Katbeh [w, p] // Holotypus / Smaragdina / jordanica / L. Medv. & K-B [r, p]’ ( NHMB). PARATYPES: 2 ♂♂1 ♀, ‘Al Jubayhah, Jordan / April 2000 / On leaves of fruit trees / Coll.A. Katbeh [w, p] // Paratypus / Smaragdina / jordanica / L. Medv. & K-B [r, p] // Dono L. Medvedev / XI. 2002 [w, p]’ (1 ♂ in MSNG, 1♂ 1 ♀ in RRCM).

Distribution. Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. The punctation of pronotum in S. scutellaris is variable. Often the specimens with very ħne and sparse pronotal punctures and thus shinier pronotum, as well as specimens with denser and larger punctures can be found within one population. The metallic blue pattern on elytra is also very variable. While the type specimens of Gynandrophthalma scutellaris have wedge-shaped elytral pattern ( Fig. 137 ), G. scutellaris var. latemaculata has the pattern largely extending behind the midlength of the elytra ( Fig. 139 ) similarly to the holotype S. furthi which has also an additional humeral spot and larger punctation on pronotum ( Fig. 143 ). The only character separating S. jordanica ( Fig. 141 ) from S. scutellaris given in the original description (MEDVEDEV & KATBEH- BADER 2002) is the ħrst protarsomere in male being as long as the next two tarsomeres combined, while shorter in S. scutellaris . Comparison of the type specimens of both, S. jordanica and S. scutellaris , showed no difference in the length of the ħrst protarsomere. Based on the above mentioned facts, Gynandrophthalma scutellaris var. latemaculata , S. furthi , and S. jordanica represent just different colour forms of one species and are synonymized here with S. scutellaris .

Figures

Figs 133–144. 133–136 – Smaragdina persica (Pic, 1911): 133 – syntype (female, 3.6 mm); 134 – labels; 135 – holotype of S. mirabilis Romantsov, 2012 (male, Romantsov orig.); 136 – paratype of S. mirabilis (female, Romantsov orig.). 137–144 – Smaragdina scutellaris (Lefèvre, 1872) (type specimens and labels): 137–138 – paralectotype of Gynandrophthalma scutellaris Lefèvre, 1872 (male, 5.1 mm); 139–140 – syntype of G. scutellaris var. latemaculata Pic, 1897 (male, 4.4 mm); 141–142 – holotype of S. jordanica Erber & Medvedev, 1999 (male, 4.6 mm); 143–144 – holotype of S. furthi Medvedev & Katbeh-Bader, 2002 (male, 5.3 mm).