First record of the genus Macrispa in China, with a redescription of Macrispa saundersii Baly, 1859 (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Botryonopini)

By

Huang, Zhengzhong
Zhang, Chao-Fan
Leng, Shi-Xing
Yang, Xingke.
Ge, Si-Qin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-19

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1252

Pages

69--76

Subjects

Beetles , Faunistics , new record , Oriental region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1252.142681

 

Abstract

The genus Macrispa Baly, 1859, previously known only from Southeast Asia and south of the Himalayas, has remained unrecorded in China until now. Here, we report the first discovery of Macrispa saundersii Baly, 1859 from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, representing a northward range extension for the genus. Through integrative examination of external morphology and male genitalia, we provide a comprehensive redescription of M. saundersii. High-resolution stacked imaging was employed to document key taxonomic characters, including elytral punctation patterns, stridulatory files, abdominal ventrite structures, and male genitalia.