Smaragdina persica ( Pic, 1911 )

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

Smaragdina persica ( Pic, 1911)

( Figs 133–136 )

Gynandrophthalma persica Pic, 1911: 107 (original description).

Smaragdina mirabilis Romantsov, 2012: 64 (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Gynandrophthalma persica : ‘Perse: Luristan’ [= Iran, Lorestan province]. Smaragdina mirabilis : ‘S Iran, Kohkiloye-va-Boyerhamad Province, Yasuj area, 10 SE Sepidar’.

Type material examined. Gynandrophthalma persica : SYNTYPE: ♀, ‘v. Bodemeyer / Persien / Luristan [w, p] // type [w, h] // TYPE [r, p] // Persica/ Pic [w, h] // Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic [w, p] // Smaragdina / persica (Pic) [h] / M Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 83 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Smaragdina mirabilis : Not examined. Photos of the holotype and the paratype ( Figs 135–136 ) were sent to us by Pavel Romantsov.

Additional material examined. IRAN: FARS PROVINCE: Dash-e Arzhan env., 29°34'02"N 51°56'44"E, 2100–2300 m, 29.iv.2010, 1 ♂, A. Weigel leg. ( FFCJ). KOHGƮRỮYE- O- BỮYER- AHMAD PROVINCE: Sisakht, Dena Mt., Kuh-Gol vall., 30°84'N, 51°53'E, 2498 m, 27.v.2009, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Vo ř íšek leg. ( JBCB). LORESTAN PROVINCE: 5–10 km SW of Dorud, 1400 m, 9.–10.v.2002, 3 ♂♂1 ♀, G. Sama leg. ( RRCM).

Distribution. Iran ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b). The record from Turkey ( MEDVEDEV 1975) probably refers to some other species (see Comments).

Comments. Examination of the type specimen ( Figs 133–134 ) of Gynandrophthalma persica in Pic ̓ s collection without any doubts shows that this species was misidentiħed in all recent publications and keys (e.g. ERBER &MEDVEDEV 1999, MEDVEDEV & KATBEH- BADER 2002, LOPATIN 2002, WARCHA Ł OWSKI 2010, ROMANTSOV 2012). Moreover, Smaragdina mirabilis ( Figs 135–136 ) is proposed as a new synonym of S. persica as there is no difference between the type specimens of both taxa. The identity of the taxon misidentiħed as S. persica in the above mentioned publications is unclear and requires further study.

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).