Centroscelis (Centroscelis) decempustulata ( Thunberg, 1787 ) Bezděk & Daccordi & Kantner, 2012

Bezděk, Jan, Daccordi, Mauro & Kantner, František, 2012, Centroscelis kadleci sp. nov. from Yemen and a new synonymy in the genus Centroscelis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 237-244 : 242-243

Centroscelis (Centroscelis) decempustulata ( Thunberg, 1787) comb. nov.

Chrysomela 10-pustulata Thunberg, 1787: 44 .

Centroscelis inenarrabilis Vogel, 1871: 127 , syn. nov.

Centroscelis trifibulata Vogel, 1871: 131 , syn. nov.

Centroscelis bisquinquepustulata Vogel, 1871: 130 , syn. nov.

Centroscelis nigripennis Achard, 1924: 38 , syn. nov.

Centroscelis quatuordecimmaculata Achard, 1924: 38 , syn. nov.

Type localities. Chrysomela decempustulata : not stated. Centroscelis inenarrabilis : ‘Cap b. sp. [= Cape of Good Hope], Port Natal’. Centroscelis trifibulata : ‘Cap b. sp. [= Cape of Good Hope]’. Centroscelis bisquinquepustulata : ‘Cap b. sp. [= Cape of Good Hope]’. Centroscelis nigripennis : ‘ Colonie du Cap: Dunbrody’. Centroscelis quatuordecimmaculata : ‘ Colonie du Cap: Port Alfred’.

Type material. Chrysomela decempustulata : LECTOTYPE (designated here): 1 ♀, ‘ Uppsala Univ.Zool.Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr: 9781 / Chrysomela decempustulata / Mus. Thunb. TYP [red label, p] // Centroscelis / decempustulata / (Thunberg) [h] / des. Daccordi 2011 [w, p] // Lectotype [red label, p]’ ( UUZM).

Centroscelis inenarrabilis : HOLOTYPE: 1♀, ‘29849 [w, p] // inenarrabilis / et var.Vogel.* / Pr.b. sp. Krebs [blue label, h] // HOLOTYPUS / Centroscelis / inenarrabilis Vogel, 1871 / labelled by MNHUB 2012 [red label, p]’ ( ZMHB).

Centroscelis trifibulata : not examined, probably deposited in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm ( Sweden).

Centroscelis bisquinquepustulata : HOLOTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘29859 [w, p] // bis-5pustulata / Vogel. * [w, h] // Pr. b. sp. Krebs [blue label, h] // HOLOTYPUS / Centroscelis bisquinque- / pustulata Vogel, 1871 / labelled by MNHUB 2012 [red label, p]’ ( ZMHB).

Centroscelis nigripennis : SYNTYPE: 1 ♀, ‘Dunbr [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // Centroscelis / nigripennis n sp [h] / J. Achard det. [p] TYPE [w, h]’ ( NMPC).

Centroscelis quatuordecimmaculata : SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘Port / Alfred [w, h] // J / 39 [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // Centroscelis / 14 maculata n sp [h] / J. Achard det. [p] TYPE [w, h]’ ( NMPC).

Distribution. Republic of South Africa.

Comments. Recently, one of us (M. D.) had a possibility to examine the syntype (female) of Chrysomela decempustulata Thunberg, 1787 deposited in UUZM which proved to be a representative of Centroscelis and conspecific with C. inenarrabilis Vogel, 1871 . Centroscelis inenarrabilis with its previously accepted synonyms C. trifibulata , C. bisquinquepustulata , C. nigripennis and C. quatuordecimmaculata (see DACCORDI 1983) are proposed new synonyms of Centroscelis decempustulata ( Thunberg, 1787) comb. nov. Because THUNBERG (1787) did not stated the number of available specimens, lectotype is designated to fix the name to a single name-bearing type specimen.