Li Jiahui, Tomaszewska Wioletta, Pang Hong, Ślipiński Adam
College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University, No. 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China.; Email:
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2014 Dec 24;3900(4):592-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.9.
Two species of ladybird beetles, one belonging to Phrynocaria Timberlake (Coccinellni) and the second to Chilocorus Leach (Chilocorini) collected by R.A. Wallace in the Maluku Islands (Indonesia) have identical body size and colour pattern with longitudinal stripes on elytra. Their external features were so similar that G.R. Crotch included both of them in the type series of Chilocorus wallacii Crotch, 1874. The specimen designated as the lectotype of Chilocorus wallacii belongs to Phrynocaria. Coelophora wallacii Crotch, 1874 is also transferred to Phrynocaria (new comb.) and becomes senior homonym and Phrynocaria crotchi new name is proposed for the secondary junior homonym. Chilocorus crotchi sp. nov. is described for the taxon misidentified as Chilocorus wallacii Crotch.
R.A. 华莱士在马鲁古群岛（印度尼西亚）采集到的两种瓢虫，一种属于Phrynocaria Timberlake（瓢虫族），另一种属于Chilocorus Leach（盔唇瓢虫族），它们体型和颜色图案相同，鞘翅上有纵向条纹。它们的外部特征非常相似，以至于G.R. 克罗奇将它们都归入了1874年描述的Chilocorus wallacii Crotch的模式系列中。被指定为Chilocorus wallacii lectotype的标本属于Phrynocaria属。1874年的Coelophora wallacii Crotch也被转移到Phrynocaria属（新组合），成为同名异物，同时为次生同物异名提出了新名称Phrynocaria crotchi。为被误鉴定为Chilocorus wallacii Crotch的分类单元描述了新物种Chilocorus crotchi sp. nov.。
