Theopea clypeata Jacoby

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdĕk, Jan, 2019, Revision of the genus Theopea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland and the Philippines: Redefinition of the genus, Zootaxa 4683 (4), pp. 451-507 : 501

Theopea clypeata Jacoby

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Theopea clypeata Jacoby, 1896a: 492 ( Indonesia: Sumatra); Weise, 1924: 151 (catalogue); Wilcox, 1973: 630 (catalogue); Ki- moto, 1990: 233 (catalogue)

Types. 1♂ ( BMNH): “ SUMATRA / PANGHERANG-PISANG / X.90 e III.91 / E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Co-type [p, w, circle label with yellow border] // Museo Civ. / Genova [p, w] // Jacoby Coll. 1909-28 a. [p, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b]” ; 1♀ ( MCSN): “ SUMATRA / PANGHERANG-PISANG / X.90 e III.91 / E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Typus [p, w, red letters] // clypeata / Jac [h, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b] // SYNTYPUS [p] ♀ / Theopea / clypeata / Jacoby, 1896 [h, r] // Museo Civico / di Genova [p, w]” .

Remarks. Jacoby (1896) indicated two types for Theopea clypeata , and both were females. Actually, the type at the BMNH is a male based on the wider antennomeres and the swollen tarsomeres I of front legs.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Habitus of Theopea species attributed to species incertae sedis. 27A. T. clypeata Jacoby, syntype at BMNH, dorsal view; 27B. T. dohrni (Jacoby), holotype at BMNH, dorsal view; 27C. T. incostata (Allard), male, holotype at IRSB, dorsal view; 27D. T. intermedia (Jacoby), holotype at BMNH, dorsal view; 27E. T. modiglianii Jacoby, syntype at BMNH, dorsal view; 27F. T. obliterata Jacoby, syntype at RMNH; 27G. T. variabilis (Jacoby), syntype at RMNH, dorsal view; 27H. T. viridipennis (Jacoby), syntype at BMNH, dorsal view; 28I. T. weberi (Weise), syntype at MNHUB, dorsal view.