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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Orexita
Spaeth, 1911
Orexita
Spaeth, 1911: 254
(original description).
Type
species.
Coptocycla complanata
Boheman, 1855
, designated by
HINCKS (1952)
.
Remarks.
SPAETH (1911)
established the genus
Orexita
for conspicuous group of species described in the genus
Coptocycla
Chevrolat, 1836
, and characterized by large and flattened body. Spaeth pointed that this group of species is however more related to
Physonota
than to other species classified as
Coptocycla
as they differ in flat prosternum, elongate tarsomere IV and short antennae in proportion to body length. However, he kept
Orexita
in the tribe
Cassidini
(
SPAETH 1914
,
1942
) and subsequent authors accepted this position (
HINCKS 1952
,
BOROWIEC 1999a
). I concur with
SPAETHʼs (1911)
findings and hereby transfer
Orexita
from
Cassidini
to
Ischyrosonychini
.
Ischyrosonychini
differ in having a transverse head with small eyes, while
Cassidini
have circular head, mostly with large eyes.