A study on the genus Chrysolina MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, with a ...

116 ANDRZEJ BIEÑKOWSKI
13. BECHYNÉ (1952) considered Ch. cilissa as a subspecies of Ch. sellata.
I examined the holotype (male) of Ch. cilissa (Fig. 28), two more females from
the type locality, and the original descriptions of both Ch. cilissa and Ch. sellata
(JACOBSON 1924 and WEISE 1894, respectively). I regard Ch. cilissa as a separate
species which differs from Ch. sellata in the coloration of body and the aedeagus
structure. Aedeagus of the type of Ch. sellata was studied and figured by
MEDVEDEV & OKHRIMENKO (1991). I include Ch. cilissa in the subgenus Chalcoidea,
because it is close to Ch. (Chalcoidea) interstincta in the sculpture of pronotum
and elytra and to Ch. (Chalcoidea) hyrcana in the aedeagus structure.
MATERIAL
Chrysomela cilissa: Holotype, male with labels: “Gulek Bodhaz, Taur. cilic.
As. min., M. HOLTZ 97”, “Chr. cilissa”, “Holotype Chrysomela cilissa JACOBSON,
1924” [red, added by A. BIEÑKOWSKI], “Chrysolina cilissa (JACOBSON), A.
BIEÑKOWSKI det. 1999” ZIN. Additional materials: 2 females (topotypes) with the
same geographic labels.
14. Ch. dieckmanni was originally included (MOHR 1966) in the subgenus
Pezocrosita being close to Ch. unicolor (see also remark 21). According to MOHR
(1966), Ch. dieckmanni has developed hind wings and differs from Ch. unicolor
mainly in the proportions of aedeagus (Fig. 10). Therefore, I transfer Ch.
dieckmanni to the subgenus Chalcoidea.
15. I believe that the subspecies alaiensis is closer to Ch. dieckmanni than to
nominotypical subspecies of Ch. unicolor on the basis of external morphology
and aedeagus structure.
16. Ch. hyrcana is first recorded from European Russia.
MATERIAL
Ch. hyrcana: Russia: Saratov reg.: Aleksandrov-Gai, 24.6.1999: 1 female, A.
BIEÑKOWSKI leg.; Volgograd reg.: envir. Elton lake, 13.-15.6.1999: 2 males, 2
females, V. SAVITSKY leg.; Astrakhan reg.: envir. Basinskaya, 4.-9.7.1998: 2
males, 2 females, V. SAVITSKY, M. SAVITSKY leg.
17. Ch. lehri was originally included (LOPATIN 1970) in the subgenus
Pezocrosita. I transfer this species to the subgenus Chalcoidea on the basis of the
following combination of characters: body is black or bluish black above, elytron
bears rufous lateral stripe; last segment of maxilary palpus is cylindrical, not
broader than the previous one, not sexually dimorphic; elytron bears undulated or
slightly irregular rows of coarse punctures; hind wings developed. Externally,
Ch. lehri resembles Ch. (Chalcoidea) cilissa. The aedeagus structure is also
rather similar in these two species.