Lilioceris unicolor
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Lilioceris
Name
Lilioceris unicolor (Hope, 1831) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Crioceris unicolor Hope, 1831[1]:28 (Type locality: Nepal. Lectotype designated here, BMNH)
- Crioceris badia Lacordaire, 1845[2]:560 (Type locality: Siam. Type, not found). Clavareau (1913)[3] (synonymy).
Diagnosis
Occipital area with shallow but sharp furrow. Pronotum posteriorly with single weak, regular, transverse impression. Pronotal disc with small punctures situated in middle in two rows. Lateral sides of pronotum around constriction without punctures. Outer metasternal disc only with oblique setose patch or covered with dense setae along its lateral side. Anterior setose fringes expanded in antero-lateral corners, which are covered with dense yellow setae. Metepisternal disc completely covered with setae. Apical elytral punctures weak. Apical elytral intervals flattened. Internal sac of aedeagus with posterior part of dorsal sclerite in dorsal view with two apices, lateral longer than median, directed medially. Posterior part of dorsal sclerite in lateral view more or less parallel-sided, slightly swollen at apex, directed dorsally.
Comments
We were not able to find the type of Lilioceris badia, but found a specimen in the BMNH from the Baly collection with a label identifying it as Lilioceris badia. The specimen is conspecific with Lilioceris unicolor.
Type material examined
Lilioceris unicolor: Lectotype, male. Labels: 1) Nepal; 2) Type; unicolor Hope; 3) Hardwicke Bequest; 4) Lectotype Lilioceris unicolor Hope des. A. Konstantinov & A. Tishechkin 2010 (BMNH).
Material examined
Lilioceris badia: Labels: 1) “illegible” 2) Baly Coll.; 3) Crioceris badia Lac. Siam, “illegible” (BMNH).
Taxon Treatment
- Tishechkin, A; Konstantinov, A; Bista, S; Pemberton, R; Center, T; 2011: Review of the continental Oriental species of Lilioceris Reitter (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Criocerinae) closely related to Lilioceris impressa (F.) ZooKeys, 103: 63-83. doi
Other References
- ↑ Hope F (1831) Synopsis of the new species of Nepal Insects in the collection of Major General Hardwicke. In: Gray J (Ed) The Zoological Miscellany, London, 21–32.
- ↑ Lacordaire J (1845) Monographie des Coléoptères subpentamères de la famille des Phytophages. Tome I. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liége 3 (1):1-740.
- ↑ Clavareau H (1913) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 51. Chrysomelidae: 1. Sagrinae, 2. Donaciinae, 3. Orsodacninae, 4. Criocerinae. W. Junk, Berlin W 15. 1–103.
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