Phaea Newman, 1840

Phaea Newman, 1840 View in CoL

Phaea Newman, 1840: 13 View in CoL .

Phaea ( Angustopenna) Özdikmen, 2025e: 2950 . Syn. nov.

Remarks. Özdikmen (2025e) divided Phaea into two subgenera and reported: “In first group [ Phaea ( Phaea) Newman, 1840: 13 ], elytra sublinear, more or less obviously expanded in apical quarter, and so the widest part of elytra is the apical part;” and “In second group, elytra angustissimus, almost linear, not or slightly expanded in apical quarter, and so the width between humeri or between margins of apical parts are almost equal each other.”

The division proposed by Özdikmen (2025e) lacks a sound taxonomic basis and cannot be supported. In addition to the elytral shape being highly variable among Phaea species, with intermediate forms between the extremes, more important features, such as the presence or absence of the pronotal umbone, were disregarded. But even the umbone does not provide a reliable basis for dividing the genus, as intermediate forms are also present in the genus. Therefore, as there is no real support for the proposed division, we are synonymizing Phaea ( Angustopenna) with Phaea .