Nymphius stylifer stylifer ( Weise, 1899 )

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 : 89-90

Nymphius stylifer stylifer ( Weise, 1899)

( Figs. 6 , 14 )

Lyperus lydius (misidentification): JACOBSON (1899).

Luperus stylifer Weise, 1899: 380 (new name for L. lydius sensu JACOBSON (1899)) .

Luperus (Nymphius) stylifer: LABOISSIÈRE (1913) (treated as nomen nudum under N. lydius ), WEISE (1924) (catalogue), WINKLER (1930) (catalogue, as synonym of N. lydius ), LABOISSIÈRE (1925) (catalogue, as synonym of N. lydius ).

Luperus (Luperus) stylifer: OGLOBLIN (1936) .

Luperus stylifer: LOPATIN & KONSTANTINOV (1991) , LOPATIN & KONSTANTINOV (1995), MIRZOEVA (2001).

Luperus stilifer [sic!]: BORUMAND (1999).

Nymphius stylifer: WILCOX (1973) (catalogue), FOGATO (1981),ASLAN (1998), ASLAN & WARCHAŁOWSKI (1998), ASLAN et al. (2000), WARCHAŁOWSKI (2003) (key), LOPATIN et al. (2004) (catalogue).

Nymphius stylifer stylifer: BEZDĚK (2007) .

Type locality. Originally not stated ( WEISE 1899). The lectotype designated by FOGATO (1981) is a male without a locality label, thus the type locality is defined by the locality of the female paralectotype as ‘Cauc. Dorotschitschak’ [=?] ( FOGATO 1981).

Type material. Not examined. The lectotype and the paralectotype were designated by FOGATO (1981) and are deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg ( Russia).

Additional material examined (3 spec.). ARMENIA: ABOVYAN distr., Arzni, 1600 m a.s.l., 29.v.1973, 1 ♁, A. Svozil leg. ( JBBC). IRAN: AZARBAYJAN- E GHARBI prov., Serou env., NW Orumiye, 37°39´N 44°45´E, 1800 m a.s.l., 9.vi.2000, 1 ♀, S. Kadlec leg. ( FKLC). TURKEY: VAN prov., Gevas, 29.vi.1993, 1 ♀, T. Růžička leg. ( JBBC).

Distribution. Turkey (ASLAN 1998, ASLAN & WARCHAŁOWSKI 1998, BEZDĚK 2007), Armenia ( FOGATO 1981; LOPATIN & KONSTANTINOV 1991, 1995; BEZDĚK 2007), Georgia ( OGLOBLIN 1936, FOGATO 1981), Azerbaijan ( LOPATIN & KONSTANTINOV 1991, 1995; MIRZOEVA 2001) and western Iran ( BEZDĚK 2007). The record from the Iranian province of Esfahan ( BORUMAND 1999) could refer to Nymphius stylifer ogloblini .

Figures

Figs. 5-8. Male abdomen (a – ventral view; b – lateral view). 5 – Nymphius pravei (Jacobson, 1899); 6 – N. stylifer stylifer (Weise, 1899); 7 – N. stylifer ogloblini (Bogachev, 1947); 8 – N. stylifer kadleci ssp. nov. Scale: 2 mm for Figs. 7-8; Figs. 5-6 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).