Cassida truncata Fabricius, 1781

Sekerka, Lukáš & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2014, Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 657-684 : 676

Cassida truncata Fabricius, 1781

( Figs 37–39 )

Cassida truncata Fabricius, 1781: 112 .

Type locality. Not given.

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: pinned, ‘ Cassida truncata | Fabr. Spec. 112. n. 34. [w, hw, bf]’ ( BMNH).

Status in ZIMSEN (1964). P. 91; No. 1347. ‘London, 1 specimen’

Original description. ‘C. rufa, elytris subreticulatis nigro maculatis dorso gibbis. Habitat ..... Mus. Dom. Banks.

Magna. Antennae nigrae. Thorax rufus maculis duabus dorsalibus nigris. Elytra basi truncata, gibba, rufa, subreticulata, nigro maculata, Margo rufus maculis simplicibus limboque ipso tenuissime nigro. Corpus nigrum.’ ( FABRICIUS 1781).

Current status. Dorynota (Akantaka) truncata ( Fabricius, 1781) .

Remarks. ZIMSEN (1964) reported just a single specimen (BMNH), which is quite likely to be the only one Fabricius used for the description. This name has been correctly applied since its description, and the present identi¿cation is in accordance with the type.

Figures

Figs 37–43. 37–39 – Cassida truncata Fabricius, 1781, syntype; 40–43 – Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) innominata sp. nov.: 40–41 – holotype (Dakar, NMPC); 42 – paratype (Senegal, NMPC); 43 – paratype (Dakar, NMPC). (37, 40, 42–43 – habitus dorsal; 38, 41 – habitus lateral; 39 – label).