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Issue: Vol. 1586 No. 1: 17 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1586.1.5
Page range: 47–58
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Madagascar and notes on subgenera of the genus Cassida

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassidinae Cassidini Cassida new species status of subgenera Madagascar

Abstract

Cassida butterwecki sp. nov. and Cassida morondaviana sp. nov. are described from Madagascar. Both are unique species and have no close relatives in Madagascar or tropical Africa. Subgeneric division of the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 is discussed.

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