Labidostomis rufa ( Waltl, 1838 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2018, Contribution to the knowledge of the Clytrini of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 481, pp. 1-37 : 9-10

Labidostomis rufa ( Waltl, 1838)

Fig. 3

Clythra rufa Waltl, 1838: 472 (original description).

Clythra (Labidostomis) rufa Lacordaire, 1848: 43 (original description), syn. nov.

Material examined

Holotype

Not examined. Not traced in NMHW where large part of Waltl’s collection is deposited.

Syntype

MACEDONIA: 1 ♂, syntype of Clythra rufa Lacordaire, 1848 , “Macedonien / Frivaldsky, 12.8. [w, h] // Type [r, p] // not type! [h] / L. N. Medvedev det. 19 [p] 69 [w, h] // Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) / Nr. 23068 / Labidostomis rufa Lac. x / Macedon., Frivaldsky / zool. Mus. Berlin [w, p] // SYNTYPE / Labidostomis / rufa Lacordaire, 1848 / labelled by MFNB 2017 [r, p]” ( ZMHB).

Other material examined

ISRAEL: 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Haifa, without date of collecting, Reitter leg. ( NMPC).

Type localities

Clythra rufa Waltl, 1838

TURKEY: “Türkey” [by the title].

Clythra rufa Lacordaire, 1848

TURKEY, GREECE: “environs de Constantinople, des provinces nord de la Grèce ”.

Distribution

Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey ( Regalin & Medvedev 2010b), Iran ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2012). New species for Israel.

Comments

Labidostomis rufa was described by Waltl (1838). Ten years later, Lacordaire (1848) published the description of Clythra (Labidostomis) rufa Lacordaire, 1848 attributed to Frivaldsky based on males only. At the end of the description, Lacordaire mentioned that Frivaldsky’s description was unknown to him and, moreover, Labidostomis rufa Waltl, 1838 is mentioned nowhere in the text. Despite the fact that all subsequent authors have referred Lacordaire’s description to Waltl’s Labidostomis rufa , I am convinced that Lacordaire’s Clythra (Labidostomis) rufa must be treated as a validly described taxon. Based on one male syntype ( Fig. 3 A–C, deposited in ZMHB), I synonymize Labidostomis rufa Lacordaire, 1848 with Labidostomis rufa ( Waltl, 1838) .

Figures

Fig. 3. Labidostomis rufa (Waltl, 1838), syntype of Clythra (Labidostomis) rufa Lacordaire, 1848, ♁, 9.0 mm (ZMHB). A. Dorsal view. B. Frontal view. C. Labels.