Cassida spaethiana Gressitt, 1945

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 : 58

Cassida spaethiana Gressitt, 1945

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Taiwania spaethi Gressitt, 1942: 2 (secondary junior homonym of C. spaethi Weise, 1900 ). Cassida (Taiwania) spaethiana Gressitt, 1945: 147 (new substitute name).

Type locality. China, Guangdong prov., Lianping Co., Jiulianshan Mt., approx. 24°27.3′N, 114°33.8′E, 400–500 m a.s.l.

Original type series. Holotype ( LNHM) and one paratype with unspecified depository.

Type material examined. Holotype, pinned: ‘Kwangtung, S. China. | Kau-lin Shan, Lien- | pʼing Distr., April | 16, 1940, J. L. | Gressitt & F. K. To. [w, p, cb] || HOLOTYPE | TAIWANI [hw] | SPAETHI [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [r, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || CASSIDA | ( TAIWANIA ) | SPAETHIANA | Gress. | J.L.G. Det 1950 [w, hw by Gressitt, cb] || En-289741 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS [w. p, cb]’; paratype, pinned: ‘Kwangtung, S. China. | Kau-lin Shan, Lien- | pʼing Distr., April | 16, 1940, J. L. | Gressitt & F. K. To. [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | TAIWANI [hw] | SPAETHI [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb]’

Current status. Valid species.

Remarks. The species was originally described in Taiwania Spaeth, 1913 which was, however, at that time already considered as a subgenus of Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 and the name became secondary junior homonym of C. spaethi Weise, 1900 . Gressitt (1945) proposed a new substitute name to replace his C. spaethi . The paratype specimen is also deposited in LNHM.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 11. 4. Cassida expansa Gressitt, 1952 (holotype, 6.7 mm); 5. C. imitatrix Gressitt, 1952 (holotype, 4.8 mm); 6. C. juglans Gressitt, 1942 (holotype, 4.8 mm); 7. C. inflata Gressitt, 1952 (holotype, 7.0 mm); 8. C. laticollis Gressitt, 1952 (holotype, 6.0 mm); 9. C. spaethi Gressitt, 1942 (holotype, 6.9 mm); 10. Glyphocassis tetrasticta Gressitt, 1942 (holotype, 5.4 mm); 11. G. trilineata szechuana Gressitt, 1952 (holotype, 5.5 mm).