Coptocephala rungsi Pic, 1953

Bezdċk, Jan & Regalin, Renato, 2015, Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55, pp. 1-114 : 23

Coptocephala rungsi Pic, 1953

Coptocephala rungsi Pic, 1953: 62 (original description).

Coptocephala rungsi var. kocheri Pic, 1953: 62 (original description).

Type localities. Coptocephala rungsi : ‘Imintanout’ [ Morocco]. Coptocephala rungsi var. kocheri : ‘Imintanout’ [ Morocco].

Type material examined. Coptocephala rungsi : LECTOTYPE (designated by DOGUET & BERGEAL 2007): 1 ♀, ‘Imintanout / 900 – 5.52 [w, h] // ALLOTYPE [r, h] // ♀ [w, h] // [blank blue rounded label] // C. Rungsi [w, h]’ ( PJCP). PARALECTOTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘ Maroc Ifrane / (Rungs) [w, h] // var. / rubicunda [w, h] // C. Rungsi /n sp [w, h] // epistome / presque … [partly illegible, w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (on same pine), ‘Imintanout Maroc / (Kocher) [w, h] // C. Rungsi / mihi [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Coptocephala rungsi var. kocheri : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, ‘V. Kocheri / mihi [w, h] // Imintanout / 900 – 5.52 [w, h] // [blank blue rounded label] // COPTOCEPHALA / rungsi Pic / M. Bergeal det. 2006 [w, p] // Lectotype [sic!, r, p]’ ( PJCP); 1 ♂, ‘ Imintanout / Maroc / (Kocher) [w, h] // Var Kocheri / Pic [w, h] // TYPE [r, p]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Morocco ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. DOGUET & BERGEAL (2007) designated the lectotypeof C. rungsi deposited in Kocher ̓ s collection (now in PJCP). Although they published it as a male, in fact the specimen is a female and bears labels exactly ħtting the information in DOGUET & BERGEAL (2007) but does not bear any lectotype label. On the other hand, the type specimen of var. kocheri , also deposited in PJCP, bears a lectotype label although DOGUET & BERGEAL (2007) did not designate a lectotype for this variety. We think that the authors mistakenly put the lectotype label under the wrong specimen which does not inĦuence validity of the lectotype designation of C. rungsi published by DOGUET & BERGEAL (2007) as the published designation clearly refers to the ‘allotype’ specimen in Kocher ̓ s collection.