Taumacera laevipennis (Jacoby, 1886)

(Figs 10–12, 22, 46, 76)

Metellus laevipennis Jacoby, 1886: 62 (original description)

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Sumatra / Ajer Mantcior / Agosto 1878 / O. Beccari [w, p] // Typus [red letters, w, p] // laevipennis / Jac. [w, h] // Neocharis / laevipennis / Jac. [b, h] // GALERUCINAE [p] / Taumacera / laevipennis (Jacoby) [p h] / det. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 4 [w, h]’ (MSNG).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: SUMATRA: ‘Sumat’, 1 ♀ (BMNH); Liangagas, 2 ♀♀, Dohrn leg. (BMNH, ZMHB); Sandaran Agong, Korinchi lake, 2450 ft., v.–vi.1914, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Soekaranda, i.1894, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, Dohrn leg. (1 ♂ BMNH, 3 ♀♀ ZMHB); Padang, 1 ♀, J. Müller leg. (MCZ). MALAYSIA: KELANTAN: 30 km NW of Gua Musang, Ulu Lalat Mt., Kampong Sungai Om, 800–1000 m, 22.v.–14. vi.2012, 5♂♂ 8♀♀, P. Čechovský leg. (JBCB). PERAK: Batang Padang, Jor Camp, 2.vii.1923, 1 ♀, M. H. Pendlebury leg. (BMNH); Batang Padang, Jor Camp, 23.i.1925,1♂, M.H.Pendlebury leg. (BMNH); Cameron Highlands, Batu (= Mile) 19 vill. env., 04°22.2′N, 101°20.0′E, 590 m, 22.iv.2009, 1♀, P. Baňař & M.Trýzna leg.(BMNH); Cameron Highlands, Batu (= Mile) 19 vill. env., 04°22.2′N, 101°20.0′E, 590 m, 5.v.2009, 2 ♀♀, P. Baňař & M. Trýzna leg. (BMNH); Cameron Highlands, road 59 between Tapah and Tanah Rata, 4°22.121′N, 101°20.012′E, 600–660 m, 12.–13.v.2011, 1 ♂, P. Šípek & D. Vondráček leg. (JBCB) .

Comments. JACOBY (1886) described Metellus laevipennis explicitely based on one male (holotype) deposited in the MSNG. Therefore additional specimens labelled as types found in the MCZ (one male) and ZMHB (four females) cannot be considered as part of the type series. The specimens from ZMHB refer to material published by JACOBY (1899).