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Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) dorsata

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Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)

Cassida dorsata Fabricius, 1787:64. Aspidomorpha fuscopunctata Boheman, 1854:298. Aspidomorpha fuscopunctata ab. corporaali Spaeth, 1926a:308. Aspidomorpha rubrodorsata Boheman, 1854:310.

Distribution in India. India (Spaeth, 1914c); Assam (Umrongso, Bhaulnpong – Borowiec, 2001, 2009); Karnataka (Mysore, Shimoga, Agumbe Ghat, Shimoga – Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991; Borowiec, 2009); Kerala (Kottayam, Peermade, Pudmudi Hills, Thiruvananthapuram “Trivandrum”, Kunchapanay, Vellayani – Maulik, 1919; Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991; Borowiec, 2001; Maharashtra (Amba Valley – Ghate et al., 2003); Meghalaya (Tura – Borowiec, 2001); Sikkim (Maulik, 1919); Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills, Kumli, Kotagiri – Maulik, 1919; Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991; Borowiec, 2001); West Bengal (Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Mungpu, Kolkata, Buxa Tiger Reserve – Maulik, 1919; Borowiec, 1990; Raychaudhuri & Saha, 2014; Ghosh et al., 2023).

General distribution. Oriental (Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam) and Palaearctic (China, India, Nepal) (Świętojańska, 2001; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Remarks. The name Aspidomorpha dorsata now pertains to the taxon formerly known as A. fuscopunctata Boheman, 1854 (Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

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Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Priyanka, Wani, Irtiza, Bhunia, Debika, Sonali, Shipra & Kumar, Vivek, 2025, A comprehensive checklist and geographic distribution of Tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in India, pp. 543-600 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3) on page 555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.3.543, http://zenodo.org/record/17025017

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Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Aspidomorpha
Species
dorsata
Taxon rank
species
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Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) dorsata (Fabricius, 1787) sec. Gupta, Ghosh, Wani, Bhunia, Sonali & Kumar, 2025

References

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  • Boheman, C. H. (1854) Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus Secundus. Ex Officina Norstedtiana, Holmiae. 506 p. + 2 tab.
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  • Spaeth, F. (1914 c) Chrysomelidae: 16. Cassidinae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 62, W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1-182.
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