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Issue: Vol. 30 No. 1: December 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-12-23
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2021.30.1.1
Page range: 1–54
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Review of the genus Oncocephala Agassiz 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) in Africa, excluding Madagascar

Rizal Agricultural Research and Experiment Station -Region IV CALABARZON, Cuyambay, Tanay, Rizal 1980, Philippines
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. United States of America
Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology-College of Agriculture University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines
Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology-College of Agriculture University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines
Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology-College of Agriculture University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines
College of Development Communication University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines
Leaf beetles hispines cassidines oncocephalines new species species groups African species

Abstract

The genus Oncocephala Agassiz, 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) is reviewed for Africa, except Madagascar. Twenty-four species are treated. Two new synonyms were proposed, Oncocephala kolbei Gestro, 1899a is synonymized with O. promontorii Péringuey, 1898 and O. scabrosa Gestro, 1905 is synonymized with O. severinii Gestro, 1899(1901). Six new species are proposed:  Oncocephala susanstainesae Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Namibia, Oncocephala deleoni Calcetas, Staines and Adorada sp. nov. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oncocephala camachoi Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Cameroon, Oncocephala eborai Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Equatorial Guinea, Oncocephala dimaculanganae Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Cameroon and Oncocephala demesai Calcetas, Staines and Adorada sp. nov. from Togo. Oncocephala methneri Uhmann, 1928 and O. madoni Pic, 1941 are treated as incerte sedis. The genus Oncocephala in Africa is divided into seven species groups (Gestroi, Perrieri, Insignis, Senegalensis, Promentorii, Cuneata and Angusticollis) based on the similarity of their elytral characters. A key to the species groups and species of Oncocephala is provided.

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