Species Phrynocaria gratiosa (Mulsant, 1853)

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• Coelophora gratiosa Mulsant, M.E. 1853. Supplément a la Monographie des Coléoptères Trimerès Sécuripapes. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (Nouvelle Série) 2 2(1852-1853): 129-333 [187].

  Type data:

   Lectotype UMZC, Australia.
• Coelophora elegans Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [156].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 57.71, Gehin Gabon.
• Coelophora nigrovittata Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201-258 [Date published Dec. 31, 1895] [237] [as Coleophora nigro-vittata Blackburn].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 5898 T, N. Queensland.
• Phrynocaria gratiosa flavoguttata Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [35] [as Phrynocaria gratiosa var. flavoguttata].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Queensland, Bundaberg.
• Phrynocaria gratiosa koebelei Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [37] [as Phrynocaria gratiosa var. koebelei].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Queensland, Bundaberg.
• Phrynocaria gratiosa nigrocincta Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [36] [as Phrynocaria gratiosa var. nigrocincta].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Queensland, Bundaberg.
• Phrynocaria gratiosa palens Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [36].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Queensland, Brisbane.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1979. Genera der paläarktischen Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 75: 37-75 [62] (for Coleophora nigrovittata Blackburn)
• Houston, K.J. 1983. Inheritance of colour pattern in Phrynocaria gratiosa (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). General and Applied Entomology 15: 19-30 [19] (for C. elegans Crotch)

Generic Combinations

• Autotela elegans (Crotch, 1874) [changed comb cited: Korschefsky 1932]. —
  Korschefsky, R. 1932. Pars 120: Coccinellidae. II. pp. 225-659 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk.
• Phrynocaria gratiosa (Mulsant, 1853). —
  Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [35]
• Lemnia (Phrynocaria) gratiosa (Mulsant, 1853) [change comb cited: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1984]. —
  Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1984. Notes sur la tribu des Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie NS 1(2): 203-222

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis References

Ślipiński, A., Li, J. & Pang, H. 2020. Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini). Clayton Sth, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Publishing pp.231. [104] (Diagnosis and description)

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