Labidostomis (Labidostomis) elegans Lefèvre, 1876

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 : 28

Labidostomis (Labidostomis) elegans Lefèvre, 1876

Labidostomis elegans Lefèvre, 1876 : lxxii (original description).

Labidostomis elegans var. inhumeralis Pic, 1920a: 6 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Type localities. Labidostomis elegans : ‘Asterabad (Perse)’ [= Iran, Gorgan]. Labidostomis elegans var. inhumeralis : ‘Perse’.

Type material examined. Labidostomis elegans : HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘Perse sept. / (Staudinger) [w, h] // elegans / E. Lef. / Ann. Fr. 1976. Bull. / No. 74, p. 76 [w, h] // HOLOTYPE [r, p] // Museum Paris [p] / elegans / Lef. [w, h] // Labidostomis / elegans Lefèvre [h] / M Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 82 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Original material of infrasubspeciħc entity. Labidostomis elegans var. inhumeralis : 1 ♂, ‘ type [w, h] // v. inhumeralis / Pic [w, h] // v. inhumeralis Pic [b, h] // v. Bodemeyer / Persien / Luristan [w, p] // TYPE [r, p] // Comparé au type / par [p] M. RAPILLY / 1981 [w, h] // Museum Paris[p] / Pic [w, h] // Labidostomis / elegans Lefèvre [h] / M Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 81 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Labidostomis elegans var. inhumeralis was described in a paper containing also description of subspecies ( PIC 1920a), thus it became infrasubspeciħc according to Article 45.6.4 of the Code ( ICZN 1999). Based on the examination of aedeagus of the original specimen, var. inhumeralis is conspeciħc with L. elegans . However, the L. elegans species group badly needs a comprehensive revision.