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Issue: Vol. 1586 No. 1: 17 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1586.1.6
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of Charidotella Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini), with a key to Charidotella sexpunctata group

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassidinae Cassidini Charidotella new species key Bolivia Brazil French Guyana

Abstract

Two new species of Charidotella s. str. are described: Charidotella moraguesi from French Guyana and Charidotella pacata from Bolivia and Brazil. Both belong to the group of species close to Charidotella sexpunctata Fabricius characterized by a dark pattern on the ventral surface of elytral disc. A key to the Charidotella sexpunctata group is given.

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