Galleruca lunata Fabricius, 1801

Roie, Martijn Van, Kuhlmann, Michael, Mack, Anne & Konstantinov, Alexander, 2024, Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections and new combinations for species formerly placed in the subtribe, European Journal of Taxonomy 920 (1), pp. 1-60 : 32-35

Galleruca lunata Fabricius, 1801

Figs 22–23

lunata Fabricius, 1801: 494 (America meridionali).

Material examined

Lectotype (presently designated)

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • ♀; “ G. lunata en Am. Mer. Schmidt/ TYPE/ Lectotype Galleruca lunata Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; Kiel; ZMUC 00031096 .

Paralectotype

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “ lunata ; red squared label] / Lectotype Galleruca lunata Fabricius 1801 des. Van Roie, Kuhlmann, Mack & Konstantinov, 2023”; ex-Copenhagen.

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 111 No.1723. ‘in America meridionali D. Smidt Mus. D. Lund’ Copenhagen 1 specimen, Kiel 1 specimen.

Original description

“G. saltatoria, ferruginea, thorace elytrorum lunula falsciisque duabus albis. Habitat in America meridionali. D. Smidt. Mus. D. Lund. Magna. Caput ferrigineum, antennis fulcis. Thorax albus, immaculatus. Elytra laevia, brunnea, nitida, lunula baseos, margine fasciisque duabus albis. Corpus ferrugineum.”

Current status

Alagoasa lunata ( Fabricius, 1801) .

Measurements

Lectotype ( Fig. 22 ): LB = 5.02 mm; WB = 3.08 mm. Paralectotype ( Fig. 23 ): LB = 4.92 mm; WB = 2.99 mm.

Remarks

The lectotype for Galleruca lunata is designated here to have a unique bearer of this name and the standard for its application. The right antenna of the lectotype is missing segments 9–11, the rest of the specimen is intact. We confirm the correct placement in the genus Alagoasa based on the following characters: frontal ridge relatively narrow, vertex with a few punctures, sides of pronotum widely explanate, body broadly curved (see also Konstantinov et al. 2022).

Figures

Fig. 22. Galleruca lunata Fabricius, 1801, lectotype, ♀ (ZMUC 00031096). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 23. Galleruca lunata Fabricius, 1801, paralectotype, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.