Xanthonia decemnotata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Bromiini
Genus: Xanthonia
Species: Xanthonia decemnotata

Name

Xanthonia decemnotata (Say, 1824)

Neotype: USNM, USNMENT 871342. ♂. Labels: "PlummersI./ Oct.4, 14 Md [white label] // WLMcAtee / Collector [white label]/Specimen / No. 296 [white label]/NEOTYPE / Xanthonia / decemnotata (Say) / des. C. L. Staines 1999 [red label] // BLNO / 002562 [pale blue label] / USNM ENT / [QR code] / 00871342 [white label]". (designated by Staines & Weiseman, 2001: 162)

Type locality: Plummers Island, Montgomery, Maryland, United States.

Synonymy

• Colaspis decemnotata Say, 1824: 445 [original combination] [as "10-notata"]
• Eumolpus? hobsoni Curtis, 1840: 281 [syn.: Bezděk, Riley & Walker, 2022]
  • Holotype: MVMA. Labels: "A7 [white label]", box label: "3 Hobsoni Curt. [white label]".
  • Type locality: Houghend Clough near Charlton, England. (possibly an incorrect locality, according to Bezděk, Riley & Walker, 2022)
• Pachnephorus decemnotata (Say, 1824): F. E. Melsheimer, 1853: 126
• Xanthonia decemnotata (Say, 1824): Crotch, 1873: 96

References

Primary references

• Bezděk, J., Riley, E.G. & Walker, K. 2022. Detective Stories from Historical Collections: The Case of Eumolpus hobsoni Curtis, 1840 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(2): 206–208. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-76.2.206 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Crotch, G.R. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Salem, Massachusetts: Naturalists' Agency. 136 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11476 BHL
• Curtis, J. 1840. Descriptions, &c. of some rare or interesting indigenous insects. Annals of Natural History 5: 274–282. BHL.
• Melsheimer, F.E. 1853. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 174 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1562 BHL
• Say, T. 1824. Descriptions of Coleopterous Insects collected in the late Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Long. (Continued.) Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3[1823] (2): 403–462. BHL Reference page. 
• Staines, C.L. & Weisman, D.M. 2001. The species of Xanthonia Baly 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) in North America east of the Mississippi River. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(1): 157–183. BHL Reference page.