Coptocephala bistrinotata ( Fabricius, 1801 )

Coptocephala bistrinotata ( Fabricius, 1801)

Clythra 6notata Fabricius, 1801: 35 (original description, objective junior homonym).

Clythra bistrinotata Fabricius,1803:293 (new substitute name for Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801: 35 , nec Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801: 31 ).

Clythra trinotata Forsberg, 1821a: 264 (unnecessary new substitute name for Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801: 35 ,nec Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801: 31 ).

Type locality. Morocco: ‘Tanger’.

Type material examined. Clythra sexnotata : not examined. The photos of ♀ syntype were sent from ZMUC: ‘C: 6notata / No. 32. Tanger / Schousbo [w, h] // Vahl [w, h] // TYPE [r, p] //zmuc / 00031180 [w, p]’.

Distribution. Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia ( REGALIN & MEDVEDEV 2010).

Comments. The name Clythra trinotata was published only in the ‘key part’ of Forsbergʼs publication. Although there is a short description, the name is associated also with the reference to homonymous Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801: 35 . As explained in the introduction section, the name Clythra trinotata is treated as a substitute name and not as a description of a new species.

The Thunbergʼs collection contains two females labelled as type specimens of Clythra trinotata ( type numbers 1757a, 1757b). These specimens are treated here as invalid types, since Clythra trinotata was proposed as a new substitute name for Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801 and thus both names are objective synonyms and have the same name bearing type, in agreement with Article 72.7 ( ICZN 1999).

The homonymous Clythra sexnotata Fabricius, 1801 was substituted with Clythra bistrinotata Fabricius, 1803 by FABRICIUS (1803) and Clythra trinotata Forsberg, 1821 represents its unnecessary new substitute name.