Cyrtonota compulsa (Spaeth, 1909)

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 : 198-199

Cyrtonota compulsa (Spaeth, 1909) ( Figs. 27–28 )

Semaia compulsa Spaeth 1909b: 371 .

Type Localities. “Columbia, Cordill. occid., Alto de los Cruces, Rio Vitaco [= R´ıo Bitaco], S. Antonio ” .

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype: female, pinned, “ Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [g, t, cb] || Semaia | compulsa [hw, w, cb] || Speath det. | cotyp. [t & hw, w, cb] || Rio Vitaco | 2000 m [hw, w, cb] || Columbia | W. Cord. | Fassl X08 [hw, w, cb] || Semaia | compulsa | 32.) Spaeth. | 64.) | Columbien. [hw, g, bf, s] || ZMH 824669 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Valid species.

Remarks. Spaeth (1909b) described this species based on numerous specimens but did not select one

as the holotype. Therefore, all specimens must be considered syntypes. We have studied the series, and it is consistent. There is, therefore, no need for a lectotype designation. The ZMH specimen is of an unusual color ( Fig. 25 ), as it is not fully sclerotized; fully developed specimens are black with red spots on the elytra .

Discomorpha (s. str.) bernhaueri (Spaeth, 1909) ( Figs. 29–30 )

Oxynodera Bernhaueri Spaeth 1909b: 364 .

Type Localities. “W Colombia: Alto de las Cruces , San Antonio , Rio Vitaco [= Rio Bitaco], Villa Elvira ” .

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype: pinned, “COTYPE [pi, t, cb] || Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [b, t, cb] || Rio Vitaco [hw, sf, w] || Columbia | W. Cord. | Fassl X08 [w, t, cb] || bernhaueri | m. cotyp. (male) [hw, w] || Bogota 1914 | Columbia [b, t, cb, sic! subsequently added] || Oxynodera [underlined] | Bernhaueri | 26.) Spaeth | Columbien [g, hw, sf, bf] || ZMH 823527 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Valid species.

Remarks. Spaeth (1909b) described this species based on numerous specimens collected by Dr. A. Fassl in the western Cordillera of Colombia. Based on the specimens in Spaeth’ s collection, he labeled one specimen of each sex as the type and the remaining specimens as cotypes; therefore, all specimens must be considered syntypes. We have studied the type series, and it is consistent. There is, therefore, 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.