No subspecies are recognized. However, the species is very variable and
much of this variation is apparently related to geographic distribution.
Therefore, I suspect that the present species might be a complex of
closely related subspecies (or even species).
Haltica abdominalis Duftschmidt, 1825
Thyamis abdominalis (Duftschmidt, 1825)
Aphthona abdominalis (Duftschmidt, 1825)
Aphthona foudrasi Jacoby, 1885
Aphthona finitima Ogloblin, 1926
Aphthona sajanica Ogloblin, 1926
Aphthona licetana Chen, 1939
Teinodactyla albinea auct. nec XXXX, xxxx (misidentification)
Aphthona albinea auct. nec XXXX, xxxx (misidentification)
Note:
Konstantinov (1998)
has defined a neotype for the taxon abdominalis. However, he did not
have topotypical specimens (Austria) available and therefore took a
specimen from Ukraine. This action is unfortunate, because the species
is known to be morphologically variable, and the populations in Austria
(i.e. the original abdominalis) and in Ukraine (i.e. the newly defined
abdominalis) may belong to separate subspecies or species. In fact, the
neotype selection by Konstantinov may be invalid, because it does not
fulfil all criteria of Article 75.3. of the Code, especially Article
75.3.6. is not met. A thorough revision of this potential
species-complex is required which might also re-validate some of the
taxa currently placed in synonymy (e.g. foudrasi, licetana).
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