Cazeresia striata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007), 2025

Gómez-Zurita, Jesús & Cardoso, Anabela, 2025, Systematics and evolution of the New Caledonian endemic genus Cazeresia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 127-170 : 127-170

Cazeresia striata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007) n. comb.

Figures 8 e , 11 d

Dumbea striata Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007 a, p. 80 .

Taophila cancellata Samuelson, 2010, p. 49.

Species # 16: Papadopoulou et al., 2013, p. 481.

Dematochroma cancellata : Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014, p. 121

Dematochroma cancellata : Jolivet & Mille, 2022, p. 45.

Dumbea striata : Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2023 a, p. 46.

Dumbea striata : Platania et al., 2024, p. 570.

Material.

Holotype: Male (Fig. 11 d ), Farino , -21.61454 165.70097 [label erroneously with 161.70097], 393 m, on Ficus sp. , 4.xi.2004, S. Cazères leg. ( MNHN) . — Paratypes: 4 males, Sarramea, 3 m, on Syzygium jambos , 22–27.x.2006, J. Brinon and S. Cazères leg. ( MNHN) .

Type material of Taophila cancellata Samuelson.

Holotype: Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , -21.34694 165.46278, 489 m, 2.xii.2006, R. M’Bouen leg. ( MNHN) . — Allotype: Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , 2–25.xi.2005, S. Cazères, C. Mille and J. P. Kataoui leg. ( MNHN) . — Paratypes: 4 females, Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , -21.34694 165.46278, 489 m, 2.xii.2006, R. M’Bouen leg. ; 1 female, Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , 6.xi.2004, C. Mille leg. ; 1 female, Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , 17.x.2005, C. Mille and J. Brinon leg. ; 9 males and 1 female, Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , 2–25.xi.2005, S. Cazères, C. Mille and J. P. Kataoui leg. ; 1 female, Col d’Amieu, Sarramea , 10.v.2006, J. Brinon leg. ; 1 male and 1 female, Col d’Amieu , Malaise trap, 21°34.903’S 165°48.376’E, 611 m, 8.ii–3.iii.2006, ICA personnel leg. ; 2 males and 1 female, Reserve du Col d’Amieu , 21°35’33.97”S 165°48’14.39”E, 362 m, 23.xi.2007, S. Cazères leg. ; 1 female, Station des recherches fruitières de Pocquereux, La Foa , -21.73393 165.89605, 23 m, 16. xi. 204, on Syzygium cumini, Jamelonier and Cazères leg. ; 1 male and 1 female, Station des recherches fruitières de Pocquereux, “ Perrouquet ”, -21.73393 165.89605, 23 m, 4.xii.2004, on Semecarpus atra, S. Cazères leg. ; 1 female, Farino , -21.61198 165.70272, 362 m, 29.xi.2005, J. Brinon leg. ; 1 female, Kanala , Dumbea cancellata Fvl. , coll. et det. A. Fauvel ( RBINS) ; 6 males, Sarramea , -21.66941 165.8172, 3 m, 22.x.2004, on Syzygium jambos, J. Brinon and J. P. Kataoui leg. ; 1 male, Sarramea , -21.63411 165.89527, 465 m, 20.ii.2006, C. Mille and J. P. Katoui leg. ; 1 male, Sarramea , -21.34694 165.46278, 489 m, 2.xii.2006, R. M’Bouen leg.

Other material examined.

JGZC: 2 females ( JGZC-NC 847 and JGZC-NC 848 ), Col d’Amieu, 21°34.922’S 165°46.324’E, 630 m, Malaise trap, 8.viii–18.x.2006, SRFP staff leg. ; 4 males ( JGZC-NC 741 to JGZC-NC 744 ), Col d’Amieu , 21°34.922’S 165°46.324’E, 630 m, Malaise trap, 24.viii–20.ix.2007, SRFP staff leg. ; 2 males ( JGZC-NC 753 and JGZC-NC 754 ), Col d’Amieu , 21°34.922’S 165°46.324’E, 630 m, Malaise trap, 23.xi.2007 – 11.i.2008, SRFP staff leg. ; 1 male ( JGZC-NC 260 ), Col d’Amieu , -21.61172 165.80805, 489 m, 7–8.iii.2008, J. Gómez-Zurita and A. Cardoso leg. ; 1 female ( JGZC-NC 509 ), La Foa, Station des Recherches fruitières de Pocquereux , -21.73331 165.85868, 18 m, 10.iii.2008, J. Gómez-Zurita, J. A. Jurado and A. Cardoso leg. ; 1 male ( JGZC-NC 268 ) and 4 females ( JGZC-NC 269 - JGZC-NC 272 ), Farino, refuge , -21.64877 165.78077, 261 m, 27–28.iii.2008, J. Gómez-Zurita and A. Cardoso leg. MNHW: 25 males and 20 females, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Camp de la Houe , -21.61176 165.75406, 400 m, 13.xi.2008, M. Wanat leg. ; 5 males, Col des Roussettes, refuge , -21.4079 165.5249, 520 m, 1.xii.2010, at light, M. Wanat and R. Ruta leg. ; 1 female and 5 males, Col des Roussettes , rainforest E of river, -21.4080 165.5302, 520 m, 2.xii.2010, M. Wanat and R. Ruta leg. ; 18 males and 5 females, Rivière Bleue Park, Grand Kaori , humid forest, 22°06’S 166°41’E, 160 m, 26.i.2004, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 male, Rivière Bleue Park, Grand Kaori , humid forest, 22°06’S 166°41’S, 160 m, 26.i.2004, sifted litter, M. Wanat leg. ; 2 males, Col d’Amieu, top of hill , 21°37’S 165°49’E, 450 m, 9.ii.2004, ad lucem, M. Wanat leg. ; 6 males and 4 females, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Aire des Araucarias , -21.61859 165.75570, 400 m, 14.xi.2008, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 female, Koghi Mts. , -22.17809 166.50569, 480 m, 24.x.2008, fogged log, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 male, Canala, 4 km S of Mia, road end , river valley forest, -21.5779 165.9719, 380 m, 30.xi.2010, at light, R. Ruta and M. Wanat leg. ; 39 males and 29 females, Farino, refuge and circuit track , 21°39.0’S 165°46.9’E, 220–300 m, 3.i.2007, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 5 males and 6 females, Col d’Amieu, 1 km from gate , 21°35.1’S 165°47.7’E, 440 m, 6.i.2007, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 1 male and 1 female, Col d’Amieu, 3 km from gate , 21°35.1’S 165°47.8’E, 500 m, 6.i.2007, M. Wanat leg. ; 5 males and 3 females, Col d’Amieu, 3.5 km from gate , 21°35.1’S 165°47.8’E, 490 m, 6.i.2007, M. Wanat leg. ; 6 males and 2 females, Col d’Amieu, 6.5–7.0 km from gate , 21°35.2’S 165°46.4’E, 450–470 m, 6.i.2007, night coll., M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 5 males and 5 females, Col d’Amieu, 6.5–7.0 km from gate , 21°35.2’S 165°46.4’E, 450–470 m, 6–7.i.2007, day and night, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 2 males, Col d’Amieu, 1 km from gate , 21°35.1’S 165°47.7’E, 440 m, 7.i.2007, at light, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 5 males and 2 females, Col d’Amieu, 2.5–5.0 km from gate , -21.58536 165.79319, 400–550 m, 15.xi.2008, M. Wanat leg. ; 5 males and 3 females, Col d’Amieu, 7.6 km from gate , -21.57993 165.77128, 600 m, 15.xi.2008, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 female, Col d’Amieu, 6.5–7.0 km from gate , 21°35.2’S 165°46.4’E, 450–470 m, 5.i.2007, night, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 1 male, Col d’Amieu, 3 km from gate , -21.58536 165.79319, 500 m, 14.xi.2008, at light, M. Wanat leg. ; 4 males and 5 females, 1 km W of Col d’Amieu , 21°37’S 165°49’E, 400 m, 10.ii.2004, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 male, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, gate , -21.62803 165.76202, 450 m, at light, 30.xi.2008, M. Wanat leg. ; 1 male, Col des Roussettes , rainforest nr. refuge, -21.4074 165.5250, 530 m, sifting litter, 2.xii.2010, R. Ruta and M. Wanat leg. ; 4 males and 2 females, Rivière Bleue Park, Grand Kaori , humid forest, 22°06’S 166°41’E, 160 m, 25.i.2004, M. Wanat leg. ; 2 males and 1 female, Rivière Bleue Park, Kaori géant , rainforest, 22°05.9’S 166°40.7’E, 160 m, 22.xii.2006, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. ; 1 female, Rivière Bleue Park, Kaori géant , rainforest, 22°05.9’S 166°40.7’E, 160 m, 22.i.2007, M. Wanat leg. ; 2 males, Sarramea, rd to cascade , -21.6367 165.8649, 120–160 m, 8.xi.2010, M. Wanat and R. Ruta leg. ; 1 female, Sarramea, trail to Dogny , -21.6274 165.8647, 150–350 m, 8.xi.2010, M. Wanat and R. Ruta leg. ; 3 females, Koghi Mts. , roadside, -22.17631 166.50138, 340 m, 25.x.2008, M. Wanat leg. HNHM: 3 males, Col d’Amieu , 19.i.1977, J. Balogh leg.

Remarks.

Over its short existence, this taxon had a very unstable position, in part because of the remarkable sexual dimorphism that was not recognized in the initial description, a typical issue in the taxonomy of New Caledonian Eumolpinae (e. g., Gómez-Zurita 2017). The species was originally described in a newly proposed genus Dumbea Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007 , based on male specimens from two close localities in the central part of Grande Terre ( Jolivet et al. 2007 a). Some years later, Samuelson (2010) described Taophila cancellata Samuelson , paying particular attention to females, but recognizing the marked sexual dimorphism of the species, and reporting the species from nearby localities in the Central Massif. This species would be removed from Taophila by Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso (2014) based on molecular phylogenetic evidence and tentatively placed in the genus Dematochroma Baly given its phylogenetic proximity to De. thyiana Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2008 . Interestingly, Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso (2014) hinted the correct association of T. cancellata with Cazeresia mentioning the similarity of the spermathecae of T. cancellata with that of C. montana , apart from recovering the close association of this species with De. thyiana , one of the species formerly in Dematochroma and transferred to Cazeresia in this work. Platania and Gómez-Zurita (2023 a), upon examination of the type specimens of Du. striata and T. cancellata confirmed that they were conspecific, and the taxonomic journey of these taxa temporarily settled, but only briefly, until its final transfer to Cazeresia , as proposed here.

Cazeresia striata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007) comb. nov. has been found particularly abundant in the Central Massif of Grande Terre, from Col des Roussettes to in and around the Reserve Speciale de Faune du Col d’Amieu, but we report some findings further south, from Les Koghis and the Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue (Fig. 8 e ), for which we have no genetic data and should be reassessed genetically to validate their conspecificity. Jolivet et al. (2013) reported the species from two localities in the Massif du Panié (La Guen and Dawenia), in the northern part of the island, which would also be interesting to assess genetically. The elevation range of the species seems to cover from sea level to 630 m in Col d’Amieu, thus among the largest recorded for the genus. Among available records, there is information about potential host-plants of this species, including captures on Syzygium jambos , S. cumini [ Myrtaceae ] and Semecarpus atra [ Anacardiaceae ] ( Jolivet et al. 2007 a; Samuelson 2010) and molecular inferences consistent with numerous angiosperm families ( Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso 2014).

Figures

Figure 8. Distribution maps of the species and subspecies of Cazeresia Jolivet, Verma & Mille in New Caledonia.

Figure 11. Dorsal views of the holotypes of Cazeresia thyiana (Jolivet, Verma & Mille) (a), C. humboldtiana (Heller) (b), C. kanalensis (Perroud) (c), and C. striata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille) (d).