Types of Cuyabasa Bechyné, Palmaraltica Bechyné and Rhynchasphaera Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Oedionychina) of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, with keys to species and descriptions of genitalia, and new combinations for species transferred to the oedionychine genus Walterianella Bechyné

Martijn VAN Roie; Anouk D'Hont; Alexander Konstantinov; David Furth

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3

Types of Cuyabasa Bechyné, Palmaraltica Bechyné and Rhynchasphaera Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Oedionychina) of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, with keys to species and descriptions of genitalia, and new combinations for species transferred to the oedionychine genus Walterianella Bechyné

Zootaxa. 2023 Jul 18;5318(1):67-82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3.

Authors

Martijn VAN Roie¹, Anouk D'Hont², Alexander Konstantinov³, David Furth⁴

Affiliations

¹ Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO); Walmersumstraat 44; 3380 Glabbeek; Belgium.; Department of Biology; Ecosphere Research Group; University of Antwerp; Universiteitsplein 1; Wilrijk; Belgium.. martijn.vanroie@uantwerpen.be.
² Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO); Walmersumstraat 44; 3380 Glabbeek; Belgium.. anouk.dhont@gmail.com.
³ Systematic Entomology Laboratory; USDA; ARS; c/o Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Washington; District of Columbia; USA.. alex.konstantinov@usda.gov.
⁴ Department of Entomology; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Washington; District of Columbia; USA.. furthd@si.edu.

PMID: 37518397
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3

Abstract

Jan Bechyné described several genera within the species-rich subtribe Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875. A large part of his collection is housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel - Georg Frey holdings (NMB). Images of type specimens of the following species are provided: Cuyabasa chiquitoensis Bechyné, 1959, Cuyabasa gastrophysoides Bechyné, 1959, Cuyabasa minor (Bechyné, 1955), Palmaraltica heteronycha Bechyné, 1959, Rhynchasphaera basisticta Bechyné, 1958, Rhynchasphaera latipleura Bechyné, 1956 and Rhynchasphaera orophila Bechyné, 1955. Additionally, photographs of Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969 and Palmaraltica tomentosa (Jacoby, 1880), comb. nov. are provided. Keys to species of the treated genera are provided, as well as notes on taxonomy and distribution. Lastly, the following new combinations are established: Palmaraltica tomentosa (Jacoby, 1880), Walterianella basimaculata (Jacoby, 1905), Walterianella dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1905), Walterianella discolor (Jacoby, 1886), Walterianella illigeri (Jacoby, 1886), Walterianella jansoni (Jacoby, 1886), Walterianella marginicollis (Jacoby, 1885), Walterianella montana (Jacoby, 1886) and Walterianella pavonina (Jacoby, 1892), all comb. nov.

MeSH terms

Animal Structures
Animals
Coleoptera*
Genitalia
Museums