Chrysolina (Allohypericia), Bechyne, 1950

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Subgenus Allohypericia Bechyné, 1950

Allohypericia Bechyné, 1950 : 159. Type species: Chrysomela lobicollis Fairmaire, 1887

[= Chrysolina aeruginosa poricollis (Motschulsky, 1860) ], by original designation.

Bourdonneana Kippenberg, 2010: 68 . Type species: Chrysomela aeruginosa Faldermann,

1835, by original designation. Synonymised with Allohypericia Bechyné, 1950 by

Bieńkowski, 2019: 5.

REMARKS. Chrysomela lobicollis Fairmaire, 1887 was originally designated as a type species of the subgenus Allohypericia Bechyné, 1950 . Subsequent authors (Gressitt & Kimoto,

1963; Mohr, 1966; Bieńkowski, 2001, 2007) considered Ch. lobicollis conspecific to Ch.

aeruginosa. But Bourdonné (2010) examined a type specimen of Ch. lobicollis in MNHMP

and found that this taxon belongs to the subgenus Anopachys Motschulsky, 1860 . Subse-

quently the name Allohypericia became a junior synonym of Anopachys (Bourdonné, 2010)

and therefore the new subgenus Bourdonneana Kippenberg, 2010 was established for the species earlier included in Allohypericia except for Ch. lobicollis .

Bieńkowski (2019) disagreed with the above mentioned acts and stated that Bechyné

(1950) incorrectly and unintentionally identified the type species Ch. lobicollis . He proved this point of view by the examination of a specimen from the G. Frey’s collection ( NHMB)

with the label: " Chrysolina lobicollis Frm. Det. Dr. J. Bechyné 1950 " identified as Ch. aeruginosa poricollis . That is why Bieńkowski (2019) for the stability of the nomenclature used

Article 70.3 of the Code (ICZN, 1999) and designated Taeniosticha poricollis Motschulsky,

1860 as a type species of the subgenus Allohypericia to make this subgeneric name valid.

However, this act proved to be unnecessary because of the present designation of lectotype of

Chrysomela lobicollis found in NMPC. The designation of the lectotype below restores the initial status of Chrysomela lobicollis as a type species of Allohypericia by the original designation and once again proves the validity of Allohypericia that is not a synonym of

Anopachys .