Teinocera catenata ( Thunberg, 1821 ) Bezděk, 2019

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Annotated review of Cryptocephalinae (Clytrini), Synetinae and part of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) described by Carl Peter Thunberg, European Journal of Taxonomy 499, pp. 1-42 : 25-26

Teinocera catenata ( Thunberg, 1821) comb. nov.

Fig. 13 A–D

Clythra catenata Thunberg, 1821: 184 (original description).

Clythra (Lophobasis) subclathrata Lacordaire, 1848: 20 (original description) (not examined). Syn. nov.

Clythra (Miopristis) catenata – Lacordaire 1848: 28.

Miopristis catenata – Gemminger & Harold 1874: 3280 (catalogue). — Papp 1951: 83 (key). — Medvedev 1979: 170; 1989b: 776.

Miopristis (Miopristis) catenata – Jacoby & Clavareau 1906: 12 (catalogue). — Clavareau 1913: 29 (catalogue).

Type localities

Clythra catenata : “Cap” [= from the publication title]. Clythra (Lophobasis) subclathrata : “Caffrerie”.

Material examined

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8229 / Clythra catenata / Cap. TYP [r, p] // catenata . / Cap. 8 [box label, w, h]”; UUZM.

Distribution

RSA.

Comments

One type specimen of Clythra (Lophobasis) subclathrata , originally deposited in ZMHB, was not located (Jäger 2017, pers. comm.).

The holotype of Clythra catenata is a representative of the genus Teinocera Lacordaire, 1848 . The identity of Clythra catenata has a long history of misinterpretation. Lacordaire (1848) classified it in Miopristis Lacordaire, 1848 , and this placement was followed by all subsequent authors ( Gemminger & Harold 1874; Jacoby & Clavareau 1906; Clavareau 1913; Papp 1951; Medvedev 1979, 1989b).

Males of Teinocera subclathrata are characterised by the last antennomere divided by an indistinct suture into a larger basal part and a thin apical part. The same character was observed in the holotype of Clythra catenata . Although one type specimen of Teinocera subclathrata originally deposited in ZMHB was not traced there (Jäger 2017, pers. comm.), its original description agrees well with the species definition in various collections. As a result, Clythra catenata is transferred to Teinocera , and T. subclathrata is proposed as new synonym.

The genus Teinocera Lacordaire, 1848 currently contains five species. Three species were keyed by Medvedev (1992a) and two additional species were described by Erber & Medvedev (2002).

Medvedev (1979) synonymized Labidostomis insidiosa Péringuey, 1888 with Miopristis catenata . I had the possibility to study photographs of two syntypes of Labidostomis insidiosa deposited in SAMC, and at first glance the two taxa are not congeneric. Labidostomis insidiosa is restored as a valid species in Miopristis ; however, its placement in Miopristis needs further study as the definition of Miopristis is not stabilized.

Figures

Fig. 13. A–D. Holotype of Teinocera catenata (Thunberg, 1821) comb. nov., ♂, 6.7 mm, UUZM. A. Dorsal view. B. Frontal view. C. Label. D. Box label. E–G. Syneta betulae (Fabricius, 1792) (syntype of Crioceris betulina Thunberg, 1787, unsexed, 6.0 mm, UUZM). E. Dorsal view. F. Label. G. Box label.