Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.499 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A50C1B67-2795-45D2-86EE-0A60637A4D1D |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410376 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E452AB6B-FFCA-FC6B-0F29-4C1C2A25FD9A |
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Plazi |
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Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 ) |
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Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781)
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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 .
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Polyphaga |
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Chrysomeloidea |
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Galerucinae |
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Megalognatha festiva ( Fabricius, 1781 )
Bezděk, Jan 2019 |
Apophylia elegantula
Jacoby M. 1891: 39 |
Crioceris virens
Thunberg C. P. 1827: 10 |
Cistela festiva
Fabricius J. C. 1781: 148 |