Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
2016-07-15
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.5305725
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0374-1036
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Aidoia nubilosa
(
Boheman, 1855
)
Coptocycla nubilosa
Boheman, 1855: 103
(original description).
Type
locality.
‘Columbia’.
Type material examined.
SYNTYPE
: pinned, ‘
Colum
| bia [w, hw, s, circle label] || 47 | 25 [hw on underside of preceding label; the number indicates that the specimen was purchased from
Mr. Turner
] || oculosa
Bhn
[w, hw by
Boheman
, s] ||
nubilosa Bohem
|
Cass.
III. 103. [additionally hw on the verso of the preceding label]’ (
BMNH
).
Remarks.
Aidoia nubilosa
is an unmistakable species due to its subcordiform shape of body, narrow pronotum, and black broad stripes on ventral side of each elytron enclosing yellow oval spot. It also has three basal antennomeres shiny and sparsely pubescent, and the apex of elytral epipleura pubescent.
BOROWIEC (1998a)
recorded it as a new species for
Ecuador
based on a single specimen from La Bonita in the
Napo Province
. The locality refers to a small town La Bonita (approx.
0°28.3′N
77°32.8′W
) situated on the Eastern slope of the Andes close to Colombian border and is in the province of
Sucumbíos
not
Napo
.
Distribution.
Colombia
:
Cundinamarca
(
BOROWIEC 1996
) and
Ecuador
:
Sucumbíos
(BOROWIEC 1998a).