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Research Project: Systematics of Beetles, Flies, Moths and Wasps with an Emphasis on Agricultural Pests, Invasive Species, Biological Control Agents, and Food Security

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections

Author
item VAN ROIE, MARTIJN - University Of Antwerp
item KUHLMANN, M - University Of Kiel
item MACK, A - University Of Kiel
item Konstantinov, Alexander - Alex

Submitted to: European Journal of Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/7/2023
Publication Date: 1/26/2024
Citation: Van Roie, M., Kuhlmann, M., Mack, A., Konstantinov, A.S. 2024. Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections. European Journal of Entomology. 920 (0):1-60. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.920.2411.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.920.2411

Interpretive Summary: Leaf beetles, especially flea beetles, are among the most important insects for U.S. agriculture. Many are serious pests and feed on crops destroying valuable plants costing millions of dollars annually. Others are important biological control agents that can be used to control unwanted and invasive weeds. This work documents and illustrates leaf beetle specimens that were originally described by one of the earliest beetle systematists J. C. Fabricius from 1798 to 1801 that are kept in a historical collection of Kiel University in Germany. It properly classifies these specimens and provides data for their correct identification. The study will be useful to biological control workers, evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and anyone interested in plant feeding beetles.

Technical Abstract: Type specimens of Oedionychina described by Fabricius from the Kiel collection are examined and illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: Chrysomela albicollis Fabricius 1787; Chrysomela nobilitata Fabricius 1787; Chrysomela quadrifasciata Fabricius 1787; Chrysomela quadriguttata Fabricius 1781; Galleruca atomaria Fabricius 1801; Galleruca decemguttata Fabricius 1801; Galleruca fasciata Fabricius 1798; Galleruca humeralis Fabricius 1801; Galleruca lunata Fabricius 1801; Galleruca nitida Fabricius 1801; Galleruca obsoleta Fabricius 1801; Galleruca petaurista Fabricius 1801; Galleruca quadrinotata Fabricius 1798; Galleruca sellata Fabricius 1801. The species status is restored for Chrysomela quadriguttata Fabricius 1781 and Alagoasa aerata (Germar 1823). The following new combinations are proposed: Phenrica quadriguttata (Fabricius 1781), Asphaera nitida (Fabricius 1801), Phenrica obsoleta (Fabricius 1801), Alagoasa aerata aerata (Germar 1823), Alagoasa aerata decempunctata (Latreille 1833), Alagoasa aerata escuintla Bechyne 1955, Alagoasa aerata macromela Bechyne 1958, Alagoasa aerata praecessa Bechyne 1959, Alagoasa aerata ruperata Bechyne 1959, Alagoasa aerata recupetara Bechyne 1972. New placement: Galleruca avicienniae Fabricius 1792 is removed from Alticini and placed in Galerucini insertae sedis; Galleruca trifasciata Fabricius 1801 is removed from Chrysomelidae and placed in genus Ora Clark (Scirtidae).