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Issue: Vol. 4268 No. 3: 17 May 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.10
Page range: 448–450
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 3

Cassida sekerkai sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), a new species from Madagascar

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassidinae Madagascar

Abstract

Cassida sekerkai sp. nov. is described from Madagascar. This species belongs to the group with completely black pronotal and elytral disc.

References

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    Borowiec, L. & Świętojańska, J. (2013) The Tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Part 2: Cassidini, the genus Cassida L. Polish Taxonomical Monographs, 20, 1–294.

    Borowiec, L. & Świętojańska, J. (2016) Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Permanent electronic publication (open in 2002, last modification 14 XI 2016). Available from: http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/index.htm (accessed 24 April 2017)