Galleruca abbreviata Fabricius, 1798

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 : 14-16

Galleruca abbreviata Fabricius, 1798

Fig. 9

abbreviata Fabricius, 1798: 97 (Cajennae) .

Material examined

Types probably lost.

Specimen probably misplaced

COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “ abbreviata / TYPE ”; Kiel .

Status in Zimsen (1964)

P. 111 No.1716. “Cajennae D. Richard” Kiel 1 specimen.

Original description

“G. saltatoria nigra thorace elytrorumque fasciis duabus albis. Habitat Cajennae Dom. Richard. Magna in hac familia. Caput nigrum fronte late alba. Thorax albus, nitens, immaculatus. Elytra violacea, nitida fasciis duabus latis albis, quae tamen nec marginem nec futuram attingunt. Corpus nigrum abdomini pallidiore. Pedes nigri.”

Current status

Asphaera abbreviata ( Fabricius, 1781) .

Measurements

Misplaced specimen ( Fig. 9 ): LB = 5.05 mm; WB = 2.80 mm.

Remarks

The specimen in Kiel with label abbreviata belongs to Monomacra Chevrolat, 1836 , but it does not conform with the original description of Galleruca abbreviata . It is an alticine but obviously does not belong in Oedionychina . Olivier (1808) redescribed and figured this species. Both description and illustration are not similar to the specimen in Kiel. Thus, we suspect that the original type specimen of Galleruca abbreviata is currently lost, and potentially destroyed. Due to the type not conforming with the descriptions of Fabricius and Olivier, we did not designate a lectotype for this species. We do illustrate it ( Fig. 9 ).

Figures

Fig. 9. Galleruca abbreviata Fabricius, 1798, misplaced specimen, ♀ (Kiel). A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E. Labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.