Gressitt, 1950 : 118 Uhmann, 1964 : 473 Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Sekerka, Lukáš Jia, Fenglong Pang, Hong Borowiec, Lech Zootaxa 2016 2016-02-24 4084 1 50 78 6BYVG Gressitt, 1950 Gressitt 1950 [151,636,1859,1885] Insecta Chrysomelidae Dactylispa GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 14 64 Arthropoda species kaulina     Dactylispa kaulina  Gressitt, 1950: 118;  Uhmann, 1964: 473(synonymy).    Typelocality. China, Guangdongprov., Lianping Co., Jiulianshan Mt., approx. 24°27.3′N, 114°33.8′E, 400–500 ma.s.l.  Original typeseries. Holotype( LMHN) and unstated number of paratypesfrom Ta-chu-lan, Bohea Hills, Kienyang, and Wu-i (all in Fujian) deposited in LMNH, USNM, CAS, and coll. T.C. Maa).   Typematerial examined. Holotype, glued: ‘Kwangtung, S. China| Kau-lin Shan, 700-900 | M. Lien pʼing Dist. | April 22, 1940J. L. | Gressitt and F. K. To. [w, p, cb] || HOLOTYPE| DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [r, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt- Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || L-56 [w, t, cb] || 608 [w, hw, cb] || En-289746 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS[w. p, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China| Shaowu, TaChuFung | VIII-6- 943 | T. C. Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE| DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt-Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘ Fujian, Jianyang | 24.vi.1941[w, hw in Chinese, cb] || Jiaozhu [w, hw in Chinese, cb] || F. 770 [w, hw, cb] || PARATYPE| DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || DACTYLISPA[hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt- Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb]’.  Current status.Synonym of  Dactylispa(s. str.) issikiiChûjô 1938.   Remarks. Gressitt (1950)compared this species to  D.( Triplispa) pungens(Boheman, 1858)and Uhmann (1964)synonymized it with  D.(s. str.) issikiiChûjô 1938.  Dactylispa issikiis very characteristic as it is the only Chinese species in the nominotypical subgenus having anterior spines in triplets. The holotypeof  D. kaulinahas positions and proportions of thoracic and elytral spines identical to  D. issikiithus the synonymy is in our opinion correct.