Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Annotated review of Cryptocephalinae (Clytrini), Synetinae and part of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) described by Carl Peter Thunberg, European Journal of Taxonomy 499, pp. 1-42 : 28-30

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.499

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A50C1B67-2795-45D2-86EE-0A60637A4D1D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410376

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E452AB6B-FFCA-FC6B-0F29-4C1C2A25FD9A

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scientific name

Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 )
status

 

Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781)

Fig. 14 View Fig E–J

Cistela festiva Fabricius, 1781: 148 (original description).

Apophylia elegantula Jacoby, 1891: 39 (original description) (not examined).

Crioceris virens Thunberg, 1827: 10 (original description). Syn. nov.

Type localities

Cistela festiva : “Cap. bon. sp.”. Apophylia elegantula : “ South Africa ”. Crioceris virens : “Cap” [= from the publication title].

Material examined

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; “Type / H. T. [white round label with red collar] // Cist. Festiva / Fabr. Sp. Ins. n. 13 [w, h] // Dissected on behalf / of B. Grobbelar S. Africa [h] / S. L. Shute det. 19 [p] 89 [w, h] // Megalognatha / festiva (F.) [h] / S. L. Shute det. 19 [p] 89 / = elegantula Jac / not elegans Baly. [w, h] // AfriGa / specimen ID: [p] / 1512 [h] / specimen data / documented [p] / 15.II. [h] 20 [p] 0 5. [g, h]”; BMNH.

Additional material

SOUTH AFRICA • ♀, holotype of Crioceris virens ; “Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 9268 / Crioceris virens / Cap. TYP [r, p] // virens . / Cap. 5 [box label, w, h]”; UUZM .

Comments

Megalognatha festiva was recently redescribed by Grobbelaar (1993). The syntype of Crioceris virens was compared with the Fabrician type specimen of Cistela festiva deposited in the BMNH and without any doubt the two taxa are conspecific. Crioceris virens is proposed as a new synonym of Megalognatha festiva .

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

UUZM

Sweden, Uppsala, Uppsala University

UUZM

Uppsala University, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SubOrder

Polyphaga

SuperFamily

Chrysomeloidea

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Galerucinae

Genus

Megalognatha

Loc

Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 )

Bezděk, Jan 2019
2019
Loc

Apophylia elegantula

Jacoby M. 1891: 39
1891
Loc

Crioceris virens

Thunberg C. P. 1827: 10
1827
Loc

Cistela festiva

Fabricius J. C. 1781: 148
1781
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