Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953

Sekerka, Lukáš, Jia, Fenglong, Pang, Hong & Borowiec, Lech, 2016, Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 50-78 : 62

Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953

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Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953a: 124 .

Type locality. China, Fujian prov., Shaowu Co., Dazhulan, approx. 27°41.7′N, 117°39.0′E, 1000 m a.s.l.

Original type series. Holotype ( LNHM) and unstated number of paratypes with the same locality data but differing in date (May to June 1943) deposited at LNHM, CAS, and coll. Uhmann (nowadays in SDEI).

Type material examined. Holotype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | Jun.[p]6–9.[hw]1943 [p] | T.C.Maa [w, p, cb] || HOLOTYPE | AGONITA [hw] | PICEA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [r, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || AGONITA | PICEA | GRESS. | J.L.G. Det 1950 [w, hw by Gressitt, cb] || En-289751 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS [w, p, cb]’; two paratypes,

glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | Jun.[p]6–9.[hw]1943 [p] | T.C.Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | AGONITA [hw] | SCULPTURATA [hw]| J.L.Gressitt. [y, p, cb] || AGONITA | SCULPTURATA | Gress. | J. L. G. Det. 1950 [w, hw, cb] || 604 [w, hw, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | VI13-42 [hw], T. C. Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | AGONITA [hw] | SCULPTURATA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || AGONITA | SCULPTURATA | Gress. | J. L. G. Det. 1950 [w, hw, cb]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Remarks. It belongs to the group of species with four rows of punctures at the base of elytra between 1 st and 2nd costa which are in basal 1/5 length reduced to two regular rows.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 19. 12. Wallaceana foveicollis Gressitt, 1939 (holotype, 4.3 mm); 13. Planispa castaneipennis Chûjô, 1937 (syntype, 8.4 mm); 14. Agonita picea Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 5.4 mm); 15. A. sculpturata Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 5.0 mm); 16. Downesia balyi Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 5.7 mm); 17. D. kwangtunga Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 4.5 mm); 18. Neodownesia rubra Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 6.5 mm); 19. Chaeridiona cupreoviridis Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 3.8 mm).