Dercetina chinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Hylaspini
Genus: Dercetina
Species: Dercetina chinensis

Name

Dercetina chinensis (Weise, 1889) ["stat. r." in Lee & Bezděk, 2013: 9]

Holotype: ZMB. ♀. "Yunnan Fischer / Yünnan Fischer / Arthrotus chinensis 89., m. / Typus (red label) / Arthrotus chinensis Wse L. N. Medvedev det. 1987".

• Note: locality labels of holotype don't fit the original description.

Type locality: "Peking".

Synonymy

• Arthrotus chinensis Weise, 1889: 626 (original combination)
• Antipha varipennis Jacoby, 1890: 214 [syn. conf. Lee & Bezděk, 2013: 9]
  • Lectotype: BMNH. ♂. "Chang Yang A. E. Pratt Coll. July 1888. / Jacoby Coll. 1909-28a / varipennis Jac". (designated by Lee & Bezděk, 2013: 9)
  • Paralectotypes:
    • 1♂ (BMNH): [same as lectotype but without determination label]
    • 2♂♂ (MCZ): "Chang Yang A. E. Pratt Coll. July 1888. / 1st Jacoby Coll.".
    • 1♂ (MCZ): [same as above but with additional labels:] "Type 18269 (red label) / Antipha varipennis Jac. / Jan.-Jul. 2004 MCZ Image Database".
  • Type locality: "Chang-Yang, China".
• Dercetina varipennis: Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 710
• Dercetina chinensis: Gressitt & Kimoto, 1965: 802

References

Primary references

• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1963. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 2. Pacific Insects Monograph 1B: 301–1026. PDF. Reference page. 
• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1965. Second supplement to "The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea". Pacific Insects 7(4): 799–806. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1890. Descriptions of new species of phytophagous Coleoptera received by Mr. J. H. Leech, from Chang-Yang, China. (Continued from p. 197.). The Entomologist 23: 214–217. BHL.
• Lee, C.-F. & Bezděk, J. 2013. Revision of the genus Dercetina from Taiwan and their similar species, with description of a new species from Myanmar (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). ZooKeys 323: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.323.5195 . Reference page. 
• Weise, J. 1889. Insecta, a cl. G. N. Potanin in China et in Mongolia novissime lecta. IX. Chrysomelidae et Coccinellidae. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 23: 560–653. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.  [as synonym of Dercetina flavocincta]