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Issue: Vol. 1357 No. 1: 13 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1357.1.4
Page range: 45–60
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 7

Four new species of Discomorpha Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini), with key to Discomorpha s. str.

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassidinae Omocerini Discomorpha new species key South America

Abstract

The following new species of Discomorpha s. str. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) are described: Discomorpha howdenorum sp. nov. (Venezuela), Discomorpha atahualpai sp. nov. (Peru), Discomorpha putamayoensis sp. nov. (Peru), and Discomorpha giganteensis sp. nov. (Colombia). Colour photos of the dorsal and lateral habitus of all new species are provided. A key to the subgenus Discomorpha s. str. is given. Discomorpha nevermanni (Spaeth, 1928) is transferred from the nominotypical subgenus to the subgenus Vulpia Spaeth, 1913.

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