Coptocephala aeneopicta ( Fairmaire, 1884 )

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 : 12

Coptocephala aeneopicta ( Fairmaire, 1884)

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Gynandrophtalma aeneopicta Fairmaire, 1864: 646 (original description).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. bistrijuncta Pic, 1905b: 156 (original description).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biinterrupta Pic, 1918d: 23 (original description).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biscrensis Pic, 1918d: 23 (original description).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. trimaculata Pic, 1918d: 23 (original description).

Type localities. Gynandrophtalma aeneopicta : ‘ Biskra’ [ Algeria]. Coptocephala aeneopicta var. bistrijuncta : ‘ Algérie: Les Salines’ . Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biinterrupta : ‘ Algérie:Aïn M ̓ lila’. Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biscrensis : ‘ Algérie: Biskra’. Coptocephala aeneopicta var. trimaculata : ‘Biskra’ [ Algeria].

Type material examined. Gynandrophtalma aeneopicta : SYNTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘Gynandroph. / aeneopicta F. / Biskra [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Fairmaire).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. bistrijuncta : SYNTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘Les Salines [w, h] // type. [w, h] // v. bistrijuncta / Pic [w, h] // aeneopicta var. / bistrijuncta Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biinterrupta : SYNTYPES: 2♂♂ (on same label), ‘Ain M ̓ lila / … ̓ 95 [partly illegible, w, h] // type [w, h] // v. biinterrupta / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. biscrensis : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘ Biskra / Desbrochers / 1889 [w, p] // Coptoceph. / sp.? Biskra [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. biskrensis / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic); 1 ♂, ‘ Biskra [w, h] // type [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Coptocephala aeneopicta var. trimaculata : SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘ Biskra [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. trimaculata / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Coptocephala aeneopicta species group as deħned by WARCHA Ł OWSKI (1991) is characterised by mandibles sickle-shaped with long and thin left mandible without or with indistinct dorsal tooth on inner margin in males. The group comprises the following taxa: C. aeneopicta ( Fairmaire, 1884) , C. brevicornis ( Lefèvre, 1872) , C. coptocephaloides ( Lacordaire, 1848) (= C. jaechi Warcha Ł owski, 1991), C. crassipes crassipes Lefèvre, 1876 , C. crassipes iranica Medvedev, 1971 , C. crassipes nepalica Medvedev, 1999 , C. crassipes vavilovi (Lopatin, 1966) , C. dilatipes Pic, 1923 , C. furthi Medvedev, 1992 , C. maidaquensis Lopatin, 2008 , C. normandi Pic, 1914 , C. panousei Kocher, 1959 , and C. rungsi Pic, 1953 .

All four varieties described by PIC (1905b, 1918d) are colour aberrations of Coptocephala aeneopicta and are conħrmed as its synonyms.

Figures

Figs 1–3. 1–2 – Coptocephala aeneopicta (Fairmaire, 1864): 1 – aedeagus (dorsal, lateral and ventral views); 2 – spermatheca. 3 – aedeagus of Coptocephala arcasi Báguena, 1960 (dorsal, lateral and ventral views). Scale bars: 0.5 mm for Figs 1 and 3, 0.25 mm for Fig. 2.