A catalog of Cassidinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) collection deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China

By

Yang, Chaokun
Zhang, Liang
Wang, Ping
Xie, Guanglin
Wang, Wenkai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-19

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1252

Pages

182--218

Subjects

Hispine beetles , new record , specimen collections , Tortoise beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1252.139438

 

Abstract

A catalog is presented of species of the subfamily Cassidinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University in Jingzhou, Hubei, China. A complete list of all specimens for each species is provided, together with the label data. A total of 1,207 adult specimens of Cassidinae were examined, representing 53 species, 13 genera, and six tribes. Fourteen species are recorded in Hubei Province for the first time: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) transparipennis (Motschulsky, 1860), Basiprionota gressitti Medvedev, 1957, Callispa dimidiatipennis Baly, 1858, Cassida australica (Boheman, 1855), C. expansa Gressitt, 1952, C. juglans Gressitt, 1942, C. pallidicollis Boheman, 1856, C. postarcuata (Chen & Zia, 1964), C. quinaria (Chen & Zia, 1964), C. rati Maulik, 1923, C. sigillata (Gorham, 1885), Glyphocassis (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), Hispellinus chinensis Gressitt, 1950, and H. moerens (Baly, 1874). Five species are newly recorded from Chongqing: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) difformis (Motschulsky, 1860), Cassida sauteri (Spaeth, 1913), C. vespertina Boheman, 1862, Gly. (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), and Dactylispa chinensis Weise, 1905. Furthermore, Callispa almora Maulik, 1923 is new to Zhejiang Province, Platypria aliena Chen & Sun, 1962 is new to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 is new to Sichuan Province.