Dactylispa (s. str.) kaulina Gressitt, 1950

Sekerka, Lukáš, Jia, Fenglong, Pang, Hong & Borowiec, Lech, 2016, Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 50-78 : 64-65

Dactylispa (s. str.) kaulina Gressitt, 1950

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Dactylispa kaulina Gressitt, 1950: 118 ; Uhmann, 1964: 473 (synonymy).

Type locality. China, Guangdong prov., Lianping Co., Jiulianshan Mt., approx. 24°27.3′N, 114°33.8′E, 400–500 m a.s.l.

Original type series. Holotype ( LMHN) and unstated number of paratypes from Ta-chu-lan, Bohea Hills, Kienyang, and Wu-i (all in Fujian) deposited in LMNH, USNM, CAS, and coll. T.C. Maa).

Type material examined. Holotype, glued: ‘Kwangtung, S. China | Kau-lin Shan, 700-900 | M. Lien pʼing Dist. | April 22, 1940 J. L. | Gressitt and F. K. To. [w, p, cb] || HOLOTYPE | DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [r, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt- Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || L-56 [w, t, cb] || 608 [w, hw, cb] || En-289746 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS [w. p, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | Shaowu, TaChuFung | VIII-6 - 943 | T. C. Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt-Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘ Fujian, Jianyang | 24.vi.1941 [w, hw in Chinese, cb] || Jiaozhu [w, hw in Chinese, cb] || F. 770 [w, hw, cb] || PARATYPE | DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || DACTYLISPA [hw] | KAULINA [hw] | GRESS. [hw] | J.L.Gressitt- Det.19[p]50[hw] [w, p + hw by Gressitt, cb]’.

Current status. Synonym of Dactylispa (s. str.) issikii Chûjô 1938 .

Remarks. Gressitt (1950) compared this species to D. (Triplispa) pungens (Boheman, 1858) and Uhmann (1964) synonymized it with D. (s. str.) issikii Chûjô 1938 . Dactylispa issiki is very characteristic as it is the only Chinese species in the nominotypical subgenus having anterior spines in triplets. The holotype of D. kaulina has positions and proportions of thoracic and elytral spines identical to D. issikii thus the synonymy is in our opinion correct.

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 25. 20. Asamangulia longispina Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 2.5 mm); 21. Dactylispa cervicornis Gressitt, 1950 (holotype 5.0 mm); 22. D. kaulina Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 5.5 mm); 23. D. mauliki Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 4.1 mm); 24. D. paucispina Gressitt, 1939 (holotype, 3.7 mm); D. piceomaculata Gressitt, 1939 (holotype, 5.1 mm).