Taumacera variabilis ( Jacoby 1891 )

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 : 45

Taumacera variabilis ( Jacoby 1891)

( Fig. 104 )

Platyxantha variabilis Jacoby, 1891: 64 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar,p] // Java [w,h] // Jacoby Coll./ 1909-28a [w,p] // Platyxantha / variabilis / Jac.[b, h]’ ( BMNH); 1♀, ‘ Java [w, h] // Jacoby Coll./ 1909-28a [w, p] // variabilis Jac. [grey, h]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♂ 1 ♀, ‘ Java [w, h] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28a [w, p]’ ( BMNH); 1 ♀ (photograph), ‘ Java [w, h] // Jacoby 2nd / Coll. [w, p] // variabilis Jac. [w, h] // Type. [p] / 18346 [r, h]’ ( MCZ).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: JAVA: Java, 1♂ ( BMNH).

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).