Donacia pitoni Goecke 1959 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Synonym: Donacia antiqua Piton 1935 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. Goecke. 1959. Kleine Mitteilungen 1614. Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 184

Belongs to Donacia according to J. A. Santiago-Blay 1994

See also Goecke 1959, Goecke 1961 and Piton 1935

Sister taxa: Donacia (Cyphogaster), Donacia (Donacia), Donacia (Donaciomima), Donacia anetae, Donacia cinerea, Donacia clavipes, Donacia connelli, Donacia crassipes, Donacia dentata, Donacia disjecta, Donacia dubia, Donacia elongatula, Donacia flemora, Donacia geiseltali, Donacia haupti, Donacia hiurai, Donacia impressa, Donacia jaroslavii, Donacia lenzi, Donacia letzneri, Donacia lignitum, Donacia minuta, Donacia obscura, Donacia obtusa, Donacia palaemonis, Donacia pompatica, Donacia pterobrachys, Donacia rottensis, Donacia semicuprea, Donacia sparganii, Donacia splendens, Donacia splendida, Donacia statzi, Donacia stiria, Donacia stirioides, Donacia tenuipunctata, Donacia thalassina, Donacia voigti, Donacia weigelti, Donacia weylandi, Donacia wightoni

Type specimens:

  • Donacia pitoni: Station Limnologique de Besse , an elytra
  • Donacia antiqua: Station Limnologique de Besse 3, an elytra. Its type locality is Varennes near Lac Chambon, which is in a Gelasian crater lake horizon in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Varennes near Lac Chambon (Quaternary of France)

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