A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH)
Author
Simões, Marianna V. P.
Author
Husemann, Martin
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2021
2021-03-20
75
1
191
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-75.1.191
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.191
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Notosacantha poeciloptera
(Spaeth, 1913)
(
Figs. 35–36
)
Hoplionota tricolorata
var.
poeciloptera
Spaeth 1913c: 418
.
Type
Localities.
“Forêt Nord Fort Dauphin; Tananarivo; Mahatsinjo” [
Madagascar
:
Forest
north of
Fort-Dauphin
;
Antananarivo
;
Mahatsinjo
]
.
Type Specimens Examined.
Syntype
: pinned, “
Coll. E. Ross
| Berlin. N 113 [t, g, cb] || Donckier [t, w, cb] || poeciloptera | m. cotypus |
Spaeth
det. [t & hw, w, cb] || Madagas- | kar 1914 [t, b, cb] ||
Hoplionota
| poeciloptera | 8.) Spaeth. |
Madagaskar
. [hw, b, bf, cb] ||
ZMH 824678
[w, bf, sf]” (
ZMH
)
.
Current Status.
Synonym of
Notosacantha horrida
(
Boheman, 1850
)
.
Remarks.
Notosacantha poeciloptera
was described based on an unknown number of specimens from the collection of the MNHN and Spaeth’ s collection (
Spaeth 1913c
). The present specimen is part of the
type
series and originally came from the collection of H. Dockier, which was purchased by Spaeth. The blue locality label was subsequently added, but its purpose and origin are unknown.