Galleruca abbreviata Fabricius, 1798
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- genus
- Omophoita
- species
- Omophoita abbreviata
description
Fig. 9
description
Status in Zimsen (1964) P. 111 No. 1716. “ Cajennae D. Richard ” Kiel 1 specimen. Original description “ G. saltatoria nigra thorace elytrorumque fasciis duabus albis. Habitat Cajennae Dom. Richard. Magna in hac familia. Caput nigrum fronte late alba. Thorax albus, nitens, immaculatus. Elytra violacea, nitida fasciis duabus latis albis, quae tamen nec marginem nec futuram attingunt. Corpus nigrum abdomini pallidiore. Pedes nigri. ” Current status Asphaera abbreviata (Fabricius, 1781). Measurements Misplaced specimen (Fig. 9): LB = 5.05 mm; WB = 2.80 mm.
discussion
Remarks The specimen in Kiel with label abbreviata belongs to Monomacra Chevrolat, 1836, but it does not conform with the original description of Galleruca abbreviata. It is an alticine but obviously does not belong in Oedionychina. Olivier (1808) redescribed and figured this species. Both description and illustration are not similar to the specimen in Kiel. Thus, we suspect that the original type specimen of Galleruca abbreviata is currently lost, and potentially destroyed. Due to the type not conforming with the descriptions of Fabricius and Olivier, we did not designate a lectotype for this species. We do illustrate it (Fig. 9).
materials_examined
Material examined Types probably lost. Specimen probably misplaced COUNTRY NOT INDICATED ON SPECIMEN • 1 ♀; “ abbreviata / TYPE ”; Kiel.
Name
- Homonyms
- Galleruca abbreviata Fabricius, 1798