Labidostomis (Chlorostola) syriaca ( Lacordaire, 1848 )

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 : 26-27

Labidostomis (Chlorostola) syriaca ( Lacordaire, 1848)

Clythra (Labidostomis) centromaculata var. syriaca Lacordaire, 1848: 55 (original description).

Labidostomis centromaculata var. lineata Pic, 1920a: 6 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Labidostomis centromaculata var. obliterata Pic, 1920a: 6 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Labidostomis centromaculata var. suturella Pic, 1920a: 6 (unavailable infrasubspeciħc name).

Type localities. Clythra centromaculata var. syriaca : ‘ Syrie, Corse’ [lectotype from ‘Corse’]. Labidostomis centromaculata var. lineata : ‘Corse’. Labidostomis centromaculata var. obliterata : ‘Corse’. Labidostomis centromaculata var. suturella : ‘Corse’.

Type material examined. Clythra centromaculata var. syriaca : not examined. Lectotype designated by RAPILLY (1983b) is deposited in Instituto di Zoologia Sistematica, Universita di Torino.

Original material of infrasubspeciħc entities. Labidostomis centromaculata var. lineata : not examined. Not found in MNHN.

Labidostomis centromaculata var. obliterata : 1 ♂, ‘ type [w, h] // Corse [w, h] // v. obliterata Pic [w, h] // v. obliterata Pic [gray label, h] // TYPE [r, p] // Museum Paris [p] / Coll Pic [w, h] // Labidostomis / syriaca obliterata Pic [h] / M. Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 82 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Labidostomis centromaculata var. suturella : 1 ♂, ‘ Corsica / D. Nanes [w, h] // type [w, h] // v. suturella Pic [w, h] // v. suturella Pic [gray label, h] // TYPE [r, p] // Museum Paris [p] / Coll Pic [w, h] // Labidostomis / syriaca suturella Pic [h] / M. Rapilly dét. 19 [p] 82 [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. generale).

Distribution. France: Corse ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. All three Pic ̓ s varieties were described in a paper containing also descriptions of subspecies ( PIC 1920a), thus they became infrasubspeciħc according to Article 45.6.4 of the Code ( ICZN 1999) and are conspeciħc with L. syriaca .