Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2017
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2017-12-31
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2
351
380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/aemnp-2017-0081
journal article
10.1515/aemnp-2017-0081
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Hybosispa truncatipennis
(
Baly, 1869
)
comb. nov.
(
Fig. 22
)
Cephaloleia truncatipennis
Baly, 1869: 371
(original description).
Type locality.
‘Upper Amazons’.
Type material examined.
HOLOTYPE
: pinned, ‘
Type
| H.T. [w, p, cb, circular label with red frame] || Baly Coll. [w, p, cb] ||
Cephaloleia
| truncatipennis |
Baly
|
Upper Amazons
[g, hw by Baly, cb]’ (
BMNH
).
Remarks.
BALY (1869)
described
C. truncatipennis
presumably based on a single specimen as he gave just a single length and mentioned only a female. The species was only listed in catalogues since its description until STAINES & GARCÍA- ROBLEDO (2014) who included it in their revision of
Cephaloleia
and reported
one specimen
from Capella in
Brazil
. However based on the photograph presented in the revision (STAINES & GARCÍA- ROBLEDO 2014: 314, Fig. 258) the specimen was misidentified and belonged to another species of
Cephaloleia
. The redescription of
C. truncatipennis
is also not in full agreement with the
holotype
and seems to combine characters of both specimens thus may not be reliable.
The
holotype
(
Fig. 22
) has anterior corners of pronotum clearly without any seta and head just like the other species of
Hybosispa
therefore I hereby transfer it to the latter genus. The species is thus far known only from the single specimen collected by H. W. Bates in the Upper Amazons. Unfortunately no precise data are available for it and thus whether it was captured in
Brazil
or in
Peru
is unknown.
Distribution.
Amazonas state of
Brazil
or Region of
Loreto
in
Peru
.