Cassida sexpustulata Fabricius, 1781

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 : 675

Cassida sexpustulata Fabricius, 1781

( Figs 34–36 )

Cassida 6 pustulata Fabricius, 1781: 114.

Type locality. ‘Brasilia’.

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: pinned, ‘ Cassida 6 pustulata | Fab.Entom.p . [printed]114. n. 46. [w, hw, s, bf]’ ( BMNH).

Status in ZIMSEN (1964). P. 92; No. 1363. ‘London, 2 specimens’.

Original description. ‘ C. cyanea , elytris maculis tribus rubris. Habitat in Brasilia. Mus. Dom. Banks.

Media.Thoracis clypeiis transversus, cyaneus, immaculatus, antice subemarginatus. Elytra medio gibba, cyanea maculis tribus rubris, prima baseos, secunda in margine et tertia versus marginem.’ ( FABRICIUS 1781).

Current status. Cyrtonota sexpustulata ( Fabricius, 1781) .

Remarks. ZIMSEN (1964) reported two specimens in BMNH, but apparently in error since there is only one (the opposite error occurred for C. marginella ). This name has been correctly applied since its description and the present identi¿cation is in accordance with the type.

Figures

Figs 31–36. 31–33 – Cassida octopunctata Fabricius, 1787, syntype; 34–36 – Cassida sexpustulata Fabricius, 1781, syntype. (31, 34 – habitus dorsal; 32, 35 – habitus lateral; 33, 36 – labels).