Taumacera insignis ( Baly, 1864 )

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 : 36

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scientific name	Taumacera insignis ( Baly, 1864 )
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Taumacera insignis ( Baly, 1864)

( Figs 24 View Figs 19–30 , 36 View Figs 31–42 , 47 View Figs 43–54 , 58 View Figs 55–63 , 84 View Figs 84–93 )

Doridea insignis Baly 1864: 236 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // Tring [w, h] // Doridea / insignis / Baly / Tringanee [grey, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p] // SYN- / TYPE [white round label with pale blue collar, p]’ ( BMNH); 2 ♂♂, ‘Tring [w, h] // Baly Coll. [w, p] // SYN- / TYPE [white round label with pale blue collar, p]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. MALAYSIA: KELANTAN: Kampong Sungai Om, Ulu Lalat Mt., 30 km NW of GuaMusang, 800–1000 m, 22.v.–14.iv.2012, 1 ♀, P. Čechovský leg. ( JBCB). PAHANG: Fraserʼs hill, 18.iv.1938, 10 ♂♂ ( BMNH); Taman Negara N. P., Kuala Tahan, 5.–9. iii.2007, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, V. Hula, L. Purchart & F. Růžička leg. ( JBCB). SELANGOR: near K. K. Bahru, 27.iii.1976, 1 ♂, K. Sakai leg. ( HMHJ). INDONESIA: SUMATRA: Pinagpinag, Ulu Gadut, near Koto Baru, Padang, 22.viii.1998, 1 ♀, M. Ohara leg. ( HMHJ); Dolok Barus, Sibolangit, 17.ix.1998, 1 ♀, H. Takizawa leg. ( HMHJ); Harau valley, 500 m, vi.–vii.2004, 1 ♀, local collector leg. ( HMHJ).

References

BALY J. S. 1864: Descriptions of uncharacterized genera and species of Phytophaga. Transactions of the Entomological Society London, 3 rd Series 2: 223 - 243.

Figures

Figs 19–30. Male antenna of Taumacera. 19 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 20 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 21 – T. lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) (Sri Lanka); 22 – T.laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (Kelantan); 23 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 24 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 25 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 26 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 27 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 28 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 29 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (Kelantan); 30 – T. sumatrana (Jacoby 1899) (Johor).

Figs 31–42. Male metasternal process of Taumacera. 31 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 32 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (Bali); 33 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 34 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 35 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 36 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 37 – T. kinabaluensis (Mohamedsaid, 1995) (Sabah); 38 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 39 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (Java); 40 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 41 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 42 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang).

Figs 43–54. Male head of Taumacera. 43 – T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 44 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 45 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (Bali); 46 – T. laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886) (Kelantan); 47 – T. insignis (Baly 1864) (Pahang); 48 – T. facialis (Baly, 1886) (Sri Lanka); 49 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 50 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 51 – T. nigricornis (Baly, 1864) (lateral view, syntype); 52 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (Java); 53 – T. indica (Jacoby, 1889) (Thailand); 54 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand).

Figs 55–63. Aedeagus of Taumacera. 55 –T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (Sabah); 56 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (Sri Lanka); 57 – T. subapicalis Mohamedsaid, 1993 (Pahang); 58 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 59 – T. frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (Perak); 60 – T. indicola nom. nov. (Maharashtra); 61 – T. ventralis (Baly, 1864) (Pahang); 62 – T. variceps (Laboissière, 1933) (Thailand); 63 – T. monstrosa (Jacoby, 1899) (Kelantan).

Figs 84–93. Habitus of Taumacera. 84 – T. insignis (Baly, 1864) (male); 85 – T. yamamotoi (Mohamedsaid, 1998) (male);86 – T.frontalis Mohamedsaid, 2001 (male); 87 – T. indicola nom. nov. (male); 88 – T. nigricornis (Baly, 1864) (male, syntype); 89 – T. rufomarginata (Jacoby, 1895) (male); 90 – T. rufomarginata (female, syntype); 91 – T.indica (Jacoby, 1889) (male, lectotype); 92 – T.indica (male, holotype of Palpoxena yunnana Medvedev, 2015); 93 – T. insularis (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1965) (female, paratype).