Coptocephala unicolor ( Lucas, 1845 )

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 : 25-26

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scientific name	Coptocephala unicolor ( Lucas, 1845 )
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Coptocephala unicolor ( Lucas, 1845)

Clythra (Cyaniris) unicolor Lucas, 1845: 125 (original description).

Coptocephala atra Pic, 1932: 23 (original description).

Coptocephala unicolor var. aenescens Pic, 1932: 23 (original description).

Type localities. Clythra unicolor :‘environs de Constantine et du cercle de la Calle’ [ Algeria]. Coptocephala atra : ‘ Maroc: Rabat’. Coptocephala unicolor var. aenescens : ‘Philippeville’ [= Algeria, Skikda].

Type material examined. Clythra unicolor : not examined.

Coptocephala atra : SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘Rabat: Maroc / Le Chilla / 21 Mai 1923 [b, h] // Coptocephala / atra n sp [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Coptocephala unicolor var. aenescens : SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘Philippeville [w, h] // v. aenescens / Pic [w, h]’ ( MNHN – coll. Pic).

Distribution. Algeria, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010b).

Comments. Coptocephala unicolor group badly needs comprehensive revision based on examination of the primary type material. Until then we follow the arrangement as published by REGALIN & MEDVEDEV (2010b); thus C. atra and C. unicolor var. aenescens are left as synonyms of C. unicolor .