Taumacera coxalis ( Jacoby, 1899 ), 2019

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 23-52 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5062655
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C4EEE5E-FFE8-0154-63F5-F0BE924088B7
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-02-04 22:51:42, last updated 2024-11-29 09:54:11)
scientific name	Taumacera coxalis ( Jacoby, 1899 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Taumacera coxalis ( Jacoby, 1899) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 96 View Figs 94–104 )

Platyxantha coxalis Jacoby, 1899: 298 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Dohrn / Sumatra / Soekaranda [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p] // Platyxantha / coxalis Jac [b, h]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘Soekaranda / Januar 1894 / Dohrn [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p] // coxalis Jac [grey label, w]’ ( BMNH).

Comments. The species was unknown to subsequent specialists and was mentioned only in catalogues. WEISE (1924) listed it as Platyxantha (Haplotes) coxalis while WILCOX (1973) and KIMOTO (1990) classified it in the genus Polexima .

In the BMNH I found two female syntypes of Platyxantha coxalis which do not correspond with Jacobyʼs description as he mentioned only males ( JACOBY 1899). In my opinion, this discrepancy can be easily explained by the structure of antennae. Both females have slightly thickened apical antennomeres ( Fig. 96 View Figs 94–104 ) which probably led Jacoby to treat them as males. Although the males are unknown to me I have no doubt that Platyxantha coxalis belongs to Taumacera based on habitus and the absence of tibial spurs.

References

JACOBY M. 1899: Descriptions of the new species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Dohrn in Sumatra. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 60: 259 - 313 + 1 pl.

KIMOTO S. 1990: Check-list of Chrysomelidae of south east Asia, south of Thailand and west of Irian-Jaya of Indonesia, VI. Galerucinae, 2. Kurume University Journal 39: 201 - 237.

WEISE J. 1924: Pars 78: Chrysomelidae: 13. Galerucinae. In: SCHENKLING S. (ed.): Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 225.

WILCOX J. A. 1973: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini: Luperina. In: WILCOX J. A. (ed.): Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 78 (3). Editio seconda. W. Junk, ' s-Gravenhage, pp. 433 - 664.

Figures

Figs 94–104. Habitus of Taumacera. 94– T.variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (male); 95 – T.viridis (Hope, 1831) (male, syntype); 96 – T.coxalis (Jacoby, 1899) (female, syntype); 97 – T. jacobyi Weise, 1922 (male, syntype of Dorydea costatipennis Jacoby, 1896); 98 – T. javanensis Jacoby, 1895 (male, syntype); 99 – T. kinabaluensis (Mohamedsaid, 1995) (male); 100 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (male); 101 – T. multicostata (Jacoby, 1896) (female, syntype); 102 – T. submetallica (Jacoby, 1896) (female, syntype); 103 – T. sumatrana (Jacoby, 1899) (male); 104 – T. variabilis (Jacoby, 1891) (male, syntype).