Aspidomorpha (s. str.) plasoni Spaeth, 1898

Simões, Marianna V. P., Husemann, Martin & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2021, A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 191-210 : 195

Aspidomorpha (s. str.) plasoni Spaeth, 1898 ( Figs. 7–8 )

Aspidomorpha plasoni Spaeth 1898: 539 .

Type Locality. “ Nova Hollandia: nov. Walesia [ Australia: New South Wales]” .

Type Material Examined. Syntype: pinned, head and pronotum missing, “ Coll. E. Ross. | Berlin N. 58 [w, t, cb] || N. S. Wales | Plason 98 [violet, hw, s] || COTYPE [pi, t, cb] || interrupt. [hw] | Spaeth det. [w, t, cb] || Plasoni | m. type [w, hw, cb] || N.-S.- Wales | coll. Ross, Berlin [violet, t, cb] || Aspidomorpha | Plasoni | 71.) Spaeth. | Nordl. Austral. [violet, hw, s, bf] || ZMH 824634 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Synonym of Aspidomorpha (s. str.) interrupta (Fabricius, 1775) .

Remarks. Spaeth (1898) described this taxon based on a long series of specimens collected by Dr. V. Plason in New South Wales, Australia. As Spaeth did not select the type in the original description, all specimens are syntypes. We have studied the type series, and it is consistent. There is, therefore, no current need for a lectotype designation. The ZMH specimen agrees with syntypes in the MM and, thus, is part of the type series.

Figures

Figs. 1–16. Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. 1–4) Agenysa boliviana Spaeth, syntypes; 5–6) Androya obscuricollis (Fairmaire), syntype; 7–8) Aspidimorpha (s. str.) plasoni Spaeth, syntype; 9–10) Basiprionota sarawacensis (Spaeth), syntype; 11–12) Botanochara convexiuscula Spaeth, syntype; 13–14) Cassida aspectabilis Spaeth, syntype; 15–16) Cassida kristenseni Spaeth, syntype.