On the genus Limnocassis Spaeth, with description of two new species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Author
Borowiec, Lech
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63 / 77, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland
cassidae@biol.uni.wroc.pl
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic
sagrinae@seznam.cz
text
Zootaxa
2015
2015-08-10
3999
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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.6
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Limnocasis pumilio
(Boheman,
1854
)
(Figs
3
–4, 14)
Additional examined material.
4
specimens
“
RSA, NW,
2008
/
W of Bothaville
/
Vaal river
/
24.12
.
Snižek
lgt.” (
3
LSC
,
1
DBET
).
Comments.
Limnocassis pumilio
is the most widely distributed species of this genus, the only with distribution range in
South Africa
beyond the Western and Eastern Cape provinces including Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, North-West and Limpopo Provinces (
Fig.
14
). It is also the only species with a single locality in
Zimbabwe
(
Borowiec
2002
).