Aulacophora indica

Aulacophora indica

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: Luperini
Subtribus: Aulacophorina
Genus: Aulacophora
Species: Aulacophora indica

Name

Aulacophora indica (Gmelin, 1790)

Type locality: "India orientali".

Lectotype: ZMUC. ♂. (designated by Lee & Beenen, 2015: 164)

Synonymy

• Crioceris testacea Fabricius, 1787: 87 [nec Cryptocephalus testaceus Fabricius, 1775]
• Cryptocephalus indicus Gmelin, 1790: 1720 [replacement name for Crioceris testacea Fabricius, 1787]
• Galeruca similis Olivier, 1808: 624 [fig. 2, pl. 23] [Kimoto, 1989: 56 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "les îles de l'Océan Indien".
  • Type(s): lost?
• Raphidopalpa femoralis Motschulsky, 1858: 37 [Baly, 1886: 16 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: Japan.
  • Type(s): ZMUM?
• Aulacophora flavipes Jacoby, 1883: 202 [Baly, 1886: 17 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "Saleyer". [from article title]
  • Holotype: MCZ. ♀. "H.E.D. / Engelhard / Saleyer / 20/1, 81 [w, h, round label] // 1st Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // ♀ [b, h] // Type [p] / 17561 [r, h]".
• Aulacophora similis: Baly, 1886: 16
• Rhaphidopalpa pubescens Allard, 1889: 306 [Lee & Beenen, 2015: 164 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: Annam.
  • Lectotype: MNHN. ♂. "wchinchine [h, w] // Ex.Musæo / 1899 [vertical] / E.ALLARD [p, w] // MUSEUM PARIS / 1952 / COLL. OBERTHUR [p, w] // TYPE [p,r] // Rhaphidopalpa / Pubescens All. / Cochinchine [p, y]". (designated by Lee & Beenen, 2015: 164)
• Rhaphidopalpa similis: Allard, 1889: 307
• Aulacophora femoralis: Schönfeldt, 1890: 174
• Orthaulaca similis: Weise, 1892: 393
• Rhaphidopalpa bengalensis Weise, 1892: 394 [Weise, 1924: 8 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "Calcutta".
  • Lectotype: ZMB. ♂. "Calcutta / Hauser [w, h] // India or. / Calcutta [w, p] // ♂ [w, h] // SYNTYPUS / Rhaphidopalpa / bengalensis Weise, 1892 / labelled by MNHUB 2014 [r, p]". (designated by Lee & Beenen, 2015: 164)
• Rhaphidopalpa ceramensis Weise, 1892: 394 [Barroga & Mohamedsaid, 2002: 103 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "Ceram; Borneo".
  • Lectotype: ZMB. ♀. "Ceram / Jllo [w, h] // ex Coll. / J. Weise [w, p] // ceramensis / Ws. [w, h] // Type [r, p] // SYNTYPUS / Rhaphidopalpa / ceramensis Weise, 1892 / labelled by MNHUB 2014 [r, p]". (designated by Lee & Beenen, 2015: 164)
• Rhaphidopalpa niasiensis Weise, 1892: 394 [Barroga & Mohamedsaid, 2002: 103 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "Nias, Sumatra".
  • Type(s): lost? (originally deposited at ZMB)
• Rhaphidopalpa chinensis Weise, 1892: 395 [Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 486 (synonymy)]
  • Type locality: "Shanghai".
  • Lectotype: ZMB. ♂. "Shanghai / Simon [w, h] // ♂ [w, h] // chinensis / Ws. [w, h]". (designated by Lee & Beenen, 2015: 165)
• Rhaphidopalpa indica: Weise, 1924: 8
• Ceratia similis: Miwa, 1931: 190
• Aulacophora femoralis chinensis: Chen & Kung, 1959: 375
• Aulacophora indica: Wilcox, 1972: 237
• Aulacophora pubescens: Kimoto, 1989: 62

References

Primary references

• Allard, E. 1889. Synopsis des galerucines à corselet silloné transversalement, 1e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8 [1888]: 305–332. BHL.
• Baly, J.S. 1886. Descriptions of a new Genus and of some new Species of Galerucinae, also Diagnostic Notes on some of the older described Species of Aulacophora. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 20(116): 1–27. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb01432.x . BHL.
• Barroga, G.F. & Mohamedsaid, M.S. 2002. Revision of the genus Aulacophora Chevrolat (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland. Serangga 7: 15–194. [not seen]
• Chen, S.-H. & Kung, Y.-T. 1959. Notes on Chinese cucumber beetles of the genus Aulacophora Chevrolat. Acta Entomologica Sinica 9(4): 373–387 (in Chinese with English summary). Online.
• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
• Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars IV. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 1517–2224. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 
• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1963. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 2. Pacific Insects Monograph 1B: 301–1026. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1883. On some new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the island of Saleyer. Notes from the Leyden Museum 5: 197–203. BHL
• Kimoto, S. 1989. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. IV. Galerucinae. Esakia 27: 1–241. hdl: 2324/2511 . Reference page. 
• Lee, C.-F. & Beenen, R. 2015. Revision of the genus Aulacophora from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3949(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.1 . Reference page. 
• Motschulsky, V. de 1858. Insectes du Japon. Études Entomologiques 6 [1857]: 25–41. BHL. Reference page. 
• Olivier, G.A. 1808. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Tome sixième. pp. 613–1104. Desray, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Weise, J. 1892. Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden von der Insel Nias, nebst Bemerkungen über andere, meistens südostasiatische Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1892: 385–400. BHL.
• Wilcox, J.A. 1972. Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae. Luperini: Aulacophorina, Diabroticina. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 78(2) (Editio Seconda). 's-Gravenhage [The Hague]: Dr. W. Junk. Pp. 221–431. Reference page.  [not seen]

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. 
• Reid, C.A.M., Halling, L. & Beatson, M. 2021. Revision of the Australopapuan and West Pacific species of plain pumpkin-beetles, the Aulacophora indica species-complex (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 4932(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4932.1.1 . Plazi. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

中文（臺灣）: 黃守瓜