Cassida deusta Fabricius, 1775

Sekerka, Lukáš & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2014, Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 657-684 : 663

Cassida deusta Fabricius, 1775

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Cassida deusta Fabricius, 1775: 89 .

Type locality. ‘nova Hollandia’ [= Australia].

Type material examined. SYNTYPES (2 specimens): pinned, one with following label, the other without label: ‘ Cassida deusta | Fab. Entom. p. [printed] 89. n. 8. [w, hw, s, bf]’ ( BMNH): 1 specimen: pinned, ‘deusta [grey and hw by Fabricius pinned separately from the specimen]’ ( JFUK).

Status in ZIMSEN (1964). P. 90; No. 1313. ‘London, 2 specimens (Kiel 1 specimen)’.

Original description. ‘C. rufescens, thorace punctis duobus, elytris numerosis cyaneo nigris, clypeo integro.Habitat in nova Hollandia. Dom. Banks.

Statura nostratum. Antennae apice nigrae. Clypeus rotundatus, integer, rufus, punctis duobus nigris in medio, elytra rufa, punctis circiter novem lateralibus majoribus nigro cyaneis. Margo subtus fasciis tribus. Corpus flavescens.’ ( FABRICIUS 1775).

Current status. Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) deusta ( Fabricius, 1775) .

Remarks. Cassida deusta was described from the Banks collection and ZIMSEN (1964) reported two specimens in BMNH and one in JFUK. This is the only case when the JFUK specimen agrees morphologically with those in BMNH and is also pinned on the same kind of pin: therefore all three can probably be regarded as syntypes. The taxon is clearly distinct morphologically from other Aspidimorpha species and the name has been correctly applied since its description thus there is no need for a lectotype designation.

Figures

Figs 13–18. 13–15 – Cassida deusta Fabricius, 1775, syntype; 16–18 – Cassida dorsata Fabricius, 1787, lectotype. (13, 16 – habitus dorsal; 14, 17 – habitus lateral; 15, 18 – labels).