Nymphius forcipifer ( Weise, 1900 )

Bezděk, Jan, 2008, New species and subspecies of Nymphius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Iran and Turkey, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 79-93 : 86

Nymphius forcipifer ( Weise, 1900)

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Luperus (Nymphius) forcipifer Weise, 1900: 135 .

Luperus (Nymphius) forcipifer: Weise in BODEMEYER (1900) (duplicate description), WEISE (1924) (catalogue), WINKLER (1930) (catalogue).

Luperus (Luperus) forcipifer: OGLOBLIN (1936) .

Nymphius forcipifer: WILCOX (1973) (catalogue), FOGATO (1981), WARCHAŁOWSKI (2003) (key), GÖK & DURAN (2004).

Type locality. Originally described from ‘ Angora, Konia’ [= Ankara, Konya] ( WEISE 1900). Due to the lectotype designation by FOGATO (1981), the type locality is restricted to ‘Konia’.

Type material. LECTOTYPE: ♁, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Nymphius / Luperus / forcipifer / m. [w, h] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // LECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB). PARALECTOTYPES: ♀, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB); ♀, ‘ Angora / … [partly illegible, w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ ( ZMHB).

Additional material examined (13 spec.). TURKEY: KONYA prov., Obruk Yalâsi, Sarayonü, 5.vi.1986, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, S. Kadlec & J. Voříšek leg. ( JBBC). AFYON prov., Suhut , 1700 m a.s.l., 28.v.1996, 5 ♀♀, Odvárka leg. ( JVJC) ; same data, 1200 m a.s.l., 29.v.1996, 6 ♀♀, Odvárka leg. ( JVJC) .

Bionomics. In Turkey, GÖK & DURAN (2004) reported it from Crataegus orientalis (Rosaceae) .

Distribution. Turkey ( WEISE 1900, FOGATO 1981, GÖK & DURAN 2004, this paper).

Comments. I had the possibility to examine also one specimen (female) deposited in SMNS and labelled: ‘ Asia minor / Burna / 15 v Bodemeyer [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // Luperus / forcipifer / n. sp. Wse [w, h] // Coll. / Piesbergen [w, p]’. The identification label seems to be written by Weise. However, the specimen is not mentioned in the original description and cannot be included in the type series.

Figures

Figs. 1-4. Male abdomen (a – ventral view; b – lateral view). 1 – Nymphius ensifer (Guillebeau, 1891); 2 – N. forcipifer (Weise, 1900); 3 – N. gianassoi sp. nov.; 4 – N. lydius (Weise, 1886). Scale: 2 mm for Fig. 3; Figs. 1-2, and 4 redrawn from FOGATO (1981).

Figs. 9-16. Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view). 9 – Nymphius ensifer (Guillebeau, 1891); 10 – N. forcipifer (Weise, 1900); 11 – N. gianassoi sp. nov.; 12 – N. lydius (Weise, 1886); 13 – N. pravei (Jacobson, 1899); 14 – N. stylifer stylifer (Weise, 1899); 15 – N. stylifer ogloblini (Bogachev, 1947); 16 – N. stylifer kadleci ssp. nov. Scale: 1 mm for Figs. 11, 14-16; Figs. 9-10, 12-13 redrawn from FOGATO (1981).