Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953

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 : 62

Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953

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Agonita sculpturata Gressitt, 1953a: 124 .

Type locality. China, Fujian prov., Shaowu Co., Dazhulan, approx. 27°41.7′N, 117°39.0′E, 1000 m a.s.l.

Original type series. Holotype ( LNHM) and unstated number of paratypes with the same locality data but differing in date ( May to June 1943) deposited at LNHM, CAS, and coll. Uhmann (nowadays in SDEI).

Type material examined. Holotype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | Jun.[p]6–9.[hw]1943 [p] | T.C.Maa [w, p, cb] || HOLOTYPE | AGONITA [hw] | PICEA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [r, p + hw by Gressitt, cb] || AGONITA | PICEA | GRESS. | J.L.G. Det 1950 [w, hw by Gressitt, cb] || En-289751 | [Data Matrix barcode] SYS [w, p, cb]’; two paratypes,

glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | Jun.[p]6–9.[hw]1943 [p] | T.C.Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | AGONITA [hw] | SCULPTURATA [hw]| J.L.Gressitt. [y, p, cb] || AGONITA | SCULPTURATA | Gress. | J. L. G. Det. 1950 [w, hw, cb] || 604 [w, hw, cb]’; paratype, glued: ‘Fukien, S. China | ShaoWu TaChuLang | VI13-42 [hw], T. C. Maa [w, p, cb] || PARATYPE | AGONITA [hw] | SCULPTURATA [hw] | J.L.Gressitt [y, p, cb] || AGONITA | SCULPTURATA | Gress. | J. L. G. Det. 1950 [w, hw, cb]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Remarks. It belongs to the group of species with four rows of punctures at the base of elytra between 1 st and 2nd costa which are in basal 1/5 length reduced to two regular rows.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 19. 12. Wallaceana foveicollis Gressitt, 1939 (holotype, 4.3 mm); 13. Planispa castaneipennis Chûjô, 1937 (syntype, 8.4 mm); 14. Agonita picea Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 5.4 mm); 15. A. sculpturata Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 5.0 mm); 16. Downesia balyi Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 5.7 mm); 17. D. kwangtunga Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 4.5 mm); 18. Neodownesia rubra Gressitt, 1953 (holotype, 6.5 mm); 19. Chaeridiona cupreoviridis Gressitt, 1950 (holotype, 3.8 mm).