Cassida socialis Spaeth, 1926

Simões, Marianna V. P., Husemann, Martin & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2021, A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 191-210 : 196

Cassida socialis Spaeth, 1926

( Figs. 17–18 )

Cassida socialis Spaeth 1926: 86 .

Type Localities. “ India: Malabar , Mahé, Barwag ” .

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype: pinned, “ Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [y, t, cb] || COTYPUS [pi, t, cb] || COLL. ACHARD | MUS. PRAGENSE [w, t, cb] || Cassida | socialis | 114.) Spaeth. | Vorderindien [y, hw, sf, bf] || Malabar [w, t, cb, glued on side of the previous label] || socialis | m. cotyp. [hw] | Spaeth det. [t, w, cb] || ZMH 824609 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Valid species.

Remarks. Spaeth (1926) described C. socialis based on a long series of specimens from the collection of J. Achard (deposited in the NMP), but did not select one as the holotype. Thus, all specimens are syntypes. He retained multiple specimens for his collection, which were afterwards exchanged with different collectors and institutions. The ZMH specimen is part of the type series, which we examined in NMP and MM. The type series is consistent, and there is no need for a lectotype designation.

Figures

Figs. 17–32. Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. 17–18) Cassida socialis Spaeth, syntype; 19–20) Chelymorpha costaricensis Spaeth, syntype; 21–22) Chiridopsis baumanni nigriceps Spaeth, syntype; 23–24) Chlamydocassis (s. str.) metallica retipennis (Spaeth), syntype; 25–26) Cistudinella rossi Spaeth, syntype; 27–28) Cyrtonota compulsa (Spaeth), syntype; 29–30) Discomorpha (s. str.) bernhaueri (Spaeth), syntype; 31–32) Metrionella bilimeki Spaeth, paralectotype.