Charidotella (Philaspis), Spaeth, 1913

Sekerka, Lukas & Borowiec, Lech, 2015, Subgenera of Charidotella Weise with description of a new subgenus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cassidini), ZooKeys 506, pp. 61-74 : 62-63

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Philaspis Spaeth, 1913 Figs 14-15

Philaspis Spaeth, 1913: 142; Hincks 1952: 342 (as subgenus of Charidotella ).

Type species.

Odontionycha seriatopunctata Spaeth, 1901 designated by Hincks (1952).

Number of species.

10 ( Borowiec 2004, present paper).

Key to species.

Spaeth (1936) covered eight species, Borowiec (2004) covered nine species.

Range.

One species in Mexico and Costa Rica, remaining in the southern part of South America.

Distinguishing characters.

Philaspis species are at first glance easily distinguished by the parallel-sided elytra in combination with subangulate sides of the pronotum. All species are uniformly yellow or have a small black spot in the middle of each elytron.

Remarks.

Charidotella stulta (Boheman, 1855) was previously classified in the nominotypical subgenus. We recently examined its holotype, preserved in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, and found that it belongs to the subgenus Philaspis near Charidotella (Philaspis) inculta (Boheman, 1855).