Ablabera clypeata ( Gyllenhal, 1817 ), 2019

Ahrens, Dirk, Fabrizi, Silvia, Nikolaev, Katharina, Knechtges, Lisa & Eberle, Jonas, 2019, On the identity of some taxa of Sericinae described by C. P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 21-29 : 27

Ablabera clypeata ( Gyllenhal, 1817) stat. rev.

( Fig. 4A–E )

Melolontha clypeata Gyllenhal, 1817: 70 .

Ablabera clypeata : Blanchard 1850: 101; Burmeister 1855: 137; Péringuey 1904: 78; Dalla Torre 1912: 76.

Type material examined. Lectotype (here designated). ♀ “ Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. Gyllenhal saml. Typ nr. 1453/ a” ( UUZM).

Remarks. The here designated lectotype specimen was the only available syntype specimen. No other syntype specimen was present in the Stockholm Museum.

Ablabera clypeata and A. totta ( Thunberg, 1818) were listed by Péringuey (1904) as junior synonyms of Ablabera splendida (Fabricius, 1781) . However, the examination of both Thunberg’s type specimens revealed that the types belong to different species and they are not A. splendida . Since there is no evidence in previous works that either Péringuey (1904) or other authors examined the type of any of the tree species, it seems reasonable to treat them as valid taxa until the group is comprehensively revised.

Figures

Fig. 4. A–E. Ablabera clypeata (Gyllenhal, 1817) (lectotype); F–I. Camenta caffra (Thunberg, 1818) (lectotype). A, G. Habitus, lateral view; B, H. Habitus, dorsal view; F, C. Head, dorsal view; D. Metatibia: lateral view; E, I. Specimen labels. Scale: 0.5 mm.