Chrysina psittacina ( Sturm, 1843 )

Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2025, Catalogue of the specimens of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 401-449 : 441

Chrysina psittacina ( Sturm, 1843)

Original combination. Plusiotis psittacina Sturm, 1843 ( Fig. 22 ).

Junior synonym. Pelidnota laeta Sturm, 1843 .

Type material. Lectotype [ Plusiotis psittacina Sturm, 1843 ]: Specimen on research loan to David Hawks. “ Mexico, / Sallé Coll. [p] // Ex Coll. / J. STURM. [p] // Plusiotis / psittacina St. / type apud Sallé // Pelidnota / psittacina / St / Plusiotis [sic!] auripes / Gray. // B.C.A.Col.II.(2).” Holotype [ Pelidnota laeta Sturm, 1843 ]: “ Mexico. / Sallé Coll. [p] // 1175 [p, green label] // Ex Coll. / J. STURM. [p] // Brasil. [sic!] / B. / P. / laeta / Mihi. [h] // Plusiotis / Amalia, / Burm. [h] // Plusiotis / laeta, Sturm / type / apud Sallé [h] // B.C.A.Col.II.(2) / plusiotis / psittacina, Sturm [h & p] // HOLOTYPE / (by monotypy) / Pelidnota laeta / Sturm, 1843 / det. D.C.Hawks, 2000 [p, red label] // NHMUK 014589781 [p] // LECTOTYPE Pelidnota laeta Sturm, 1843 des. Hawks, 2001 ”.

Distribution. MEXICO (2): No Data.

Remarks. The lectotype of Plusiotis psittacina Sturm, 1843 was designated by Hawks (2001), who also listed the holotype of its junior synonym Pelidnota laeta Sturm, 1843 . The lectotype P. psittacina is reported by Moore et al. (2017).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Lectotype of Pelidnota laeta Sturm, 1843 (junior synonym of Chrysina psittacina (Sturm, 1843)). A) Dorsal habitus; B) labels.