FORGOTTEN AULACOTHORAX BOHEMAN, 1858, A SENIOR SYNONYM OF ORTHALTICA CROTCH, 1873 (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: GALERUCINAE: ALTICINI)

Authors

Jan Bezdek, Mendel UniversityFollow
Alexander S. Konstantinov, ARS, USDA c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionFollow

Date of this Version

12-22-2017

Citation

The Coleopterists Bulletin, 71(4): 791–795. 2017.

DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.791

Comments

U.S. Government Works

Abstract

Discovery of the holotype of Aulacothorax exilis Boheman, 1858, originally described in Scydmaeninae (Staphylinidae), in the collections of Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm in Sweden revealed that this species is actually a leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) belonging to the genus until now known as Orthaltica Crotch, 1873. Because Aulacothorax has been available since 1858 and Orthaltica only since 1873, we here synonymize Orthaltica with Aulacothorax. Aulacothorax exilis is redescribed and illustrated.