A catalog of Cassidinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) collection deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China
A catalog is presented of species of the subfamily Cassidinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University in Jingzhou, Hubei, China. A complete list of all specimens for each species is provided, together with the label data. A total of 1,207 adult specimens of Cassidinae were examined, representing 53 species, 13 genera, and six tribes. Fourteen species are recorded in Hubei Province for the first time: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) transparipennis (Motschulsky, 1860), <i>Basiprionota gressitti</i> Medvedev, 1957, <i>Callispa dimidiatipennis</i> Baly, 1858, <i>Cassida australica</i> (Boheman, 1855), <i>C. expansa</i> Gressitt, 1952, <i>C. juglans</i> Gressitt, 1942, <i>C. pallidicollis</i> Boheman, 1856, <i>C. postarcuata</i> (Chen & Zia, 1964), <i>C. quinaria</i> (Chen & Zia, 1964), <i>C. rati</i> Maulik, 1923, <i>C. sigillata</i> (Gorham, 1885), Glyphocassis (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), <i>Hispellinus chinensis</i> Gressitt, 1950, and <i>H. moerens</i> (Baly, 1874). Five species are newly recorded from Chongqing: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) difformis (Motschulsky, 1860), <i>Cassida sauteri</i> (Spaeth, 1913), <i>C. vespertina</i> Boheman, 1862, Gly. (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), and <i>Dactylispa chinensis</i> Weise, 1905. Furthermore, <i>Callispa almora</i> Maulik, 1923 is new to Zhejiang Province, <i>Platypria aliena</i> Chen & Sun, 1962 is new to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and <i>Cassida rubiginosa</i> Müller, 1776 is new to Sichuan Province.
Authors
- Ping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8852-601X)
- Chaokun Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9868-487X)
- Guanglin Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3273-8985)
- Wenkai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4482-076X)
- Liang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1718-1466)
Institutions
- Yangtze University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1252.139438
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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