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Aspidimorpha

Aspidimorpha is a large Old World genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae and tribe Aspidimorphini. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848.

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Aspidimorpha
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis (photo taken in Imphal)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Aspidimorphini
Genus: Aspidimorpha
Hope, 1840
species

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Synonyms

Aspidomorpha Agassiz, 1848 (Lapsus calami)

Aspidomorpha miliaris. source ↗
Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata. source ↗
Aspidimorpha togata source ↗
Aspidimorpha deusta, larva. source ↗

Aspidimorpha is a large Old World genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae and tribe Aspidimorphini.1 The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848.2

Species

BioLib includes:1

subgenus Afroaspidimorpha Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha areata (Klug, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha fallaciosa (Fairmaire, 1904)
  • Aspidimorpha loennbergi Spaeth, 1915
  • Aspidimorpha longifrons Shaw, 1961
  • Aspidimorpha multiguttata Spaeth, 1935
  • Aspidimorpha nigripes Spaeth, 1926
  • Aspidimorpha nigritarsis Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha nigromaculata (Herbst, 1799)
  • Aspidimorpha polyspila Spaeth, 1911
  • Aspidimorpha pseudoareata Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha rainoni Borowiec & Coache, 2018
  • Aspidimorpha severini Spaeth, 1902
  • Aspidimorpha virens Shaw, 1961
subgenus Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840
  • Aspidimorpha adhaerens (Weber, 1801)
  • Aspidimorpha adjecta Spaeth, 1940
  • Aspidimorpha adumbrata Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha amabilis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha andrei Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha angoramensis Borowiec, 1992
  • Aspidimorpha assimilis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha astraea Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha atrodorsata Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha aurata (Montrouzier, 1855)
  • Aspidimorpha australasiae (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha bataviana Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha bertiae Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha biguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aspidimorpha bilobata Boheman, 1856
  • Aspidimorpha bimaculata (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aspidimorpha biradiata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha biremis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha birmanica Spaeth, 1914
  • Aspidimorpha castaneipennis Spaeth, 1912
  • Aspidimorpha chandrika Maulik, 1918
  • Aspidimorpha collarti Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha convolvuli (Boheman, 1862)
  • Aspidimorpha corrugata Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha curtidens Hincks, 1962
  • Aspidimorpha delitescens Weise, 1903
  • Aspidimorpha densepicta Hincks, 1962
  • Aspidimorpha deusta (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aspidimorpha diaphana (Sahlberg, 1823)
  • Aspidimorpha difformis (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Aspidimorpha dilecta Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha dissentanea Boheman, 1862
  • Aspidimorpha dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Aspidimorpha dulcicula Boheman, 1862
  • Aspidimorpha elevata (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Aspidimorpha equatoriensis Borowiec, 1986
  • Aspidimorpha ertli Spaeth, 1906
  • Aspidimorpha expansa Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha extumida Spaeth, 1915
  • Aspidimorpha fabricii Sekerka, 2008
  • Aspidimorpha fampanamboensis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha fausta Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha fenestrata (Olivier, 1808)
  • Aspidimorpha filiola Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha firma Weise, 1912
  • Aspidimorpha flaviceps Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha furcata (Thunberg, 1789)
  • Aspidimorpha fusca Shaw, 1961
  • Aspidimorpha fusconotata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha fuscopunctata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha gruevi Borowiec, 1985
  • Aspidimorpha hexaspilota Baly, 1863
  • Aspidimorpha honesta Spaeth, 1902
  • Aspidimorpha hyalina Spaeth, 1934
  • Aspidimorpha icterica Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha illustris Hincks, 1962
  • Aspidimorpha incerta Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha indica Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha indistincta Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha infuscata Spaeth, 1909
  • Aspidimorpha ingens Duvivier, 1891
  • Aspidimorpha inquinata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha intermedia Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha interrupta (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aspidimorpha intricata Weise, 1903
  • Aspidimorpha inuncta Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha isparetta Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha karamojana Borowiec & Sekerka, 2010
  • Aspidimorpha katangana Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha kilimana Weise, 1903
  • Aspidimorpha laevigata Spaeth, 1905
  • Aspidimorpha levissima Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha limbata (Goldfuss, 1805)
  • Aspidimorpha limbipennis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha lobata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha luzonica Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha lynesi Spaeth, 1937
  • Aspidimorpha maculatissima (Boheman, 1856)
  • Aspidimorpha madagascarica Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha maffinbayensis Borowiec, 1992
  • Aspidimorpha malaccana Spaeth, 1937
  • Aspidimorpha miliaris (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aspidimorpha mirabilis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha moluccana Spaeth, 1935
  • Aspidimorpha mombonensis Weise, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha montanella Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha mrogorensis Weise, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha muehlei Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha musta Spaeth, 1914
  • Aspidimorpha mutata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha mutilata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha natalensis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha nigropunctata (Klug, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha novaeguineensis (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha oblectans Spaeth, 1924
  • Aspidimorpha obovata (Klug, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha obtusangula Spaeth, 1906
  • Aspidimorpha obuduensis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha officiosa Boheman, 1862
  • Aspidimorpha orbicularis Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha orbifera Spaeth, 1934
  • Aspidimorpha orientalis Boheman, 1856
  • Aspidimorpha pacalis Spaeth, 1926
  • Aspidimorpha palleago Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha pallescens Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha ponderosa Boheman, 1862
  • Aspidimorpha pontifex Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha potens Weise, 1903
  • Aspidimorpha procax Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha proszynskii Borowiec, 1985
  • Aspidimorpha punctum (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Aspidimorpha quadrilobata Boheman, 1856
  • Aspidimorpha quadriradiata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha quadriramosa Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha quadriremis (Gyllenhal, 1808)
  • Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Aspidimorpha reflexa Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha rubroornata Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aspidimorpha sankuruensis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha sarasinorum Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha sarawacensis Spaeth, 1904
  • Aspidimorpha sassii Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha semiramosa Wagener, 1880
  • Aspidimorpha sessarum Spaeth, 1911
  • Aspidimorpha setosa Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha silfverbergi Borowiec, 1985
  • Aspidimorpha sjoestedti Spaeth, 1903
  • Aspidimorpha snizeki Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha splendidula Spaeth, 1961
  • Aspidimorpha sternalis Weise, 1896
  • Aspidimorpha stevensi Baly, 1863
  • Aspidimorpha strigosa (Gorham, 1892)
  • Aspidimorpha suavis Spaeth, 1912
  • Aspidimorpha subcruciata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha submutata Weise, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha sulawesica Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha sulfuripennis Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha sumbavaensis Świętojańska & Borowiec, 2013
  • Aspidimorpha tamdaoensis Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha tanganikana Spaeth, 1916
  • Aspidimorpha tibetana Świętojańska & Borowiec, 2006
  • Aspidimorpha timorensis Świętojańska, 2001
  • Aspidimorpha togata Thomson, 1858
  • Aspidimorpha togoensis Weise, 1904
  • Aspidimorpha tortuosa Boheman, 1862
  • Aspidimorpha toxopei Spaeth, 1926
  • Aspidimorpha transparipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Aspidimorpha tuberosa Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha uelensis Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha uluguruensis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha undulatipennis Spaeth, 1911
  • Aspidimorpha vernicata Fairmaire, 1901
  • Aspidimorpha wagneri Borowiec & Sekerka, 2014
  • Aspidimorpha wahlbergi Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha westwoodi (Boheman, 1854)
subgenus Aspidocassis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha apicalis (Klug, 1833)
  • Aspidimorpha confinis (Klug, 1835)
  • Aspidimorpha hiekei Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha tanolaensis Borowiec, 1997
subgenus Dianaspis Chen & Zia, 1984
  • Aspidimorpha denticollis Spaeth, 1932
subgenus Megaspidomorpha Hincks, 1952
  • Aspidimorpha angolensis Weise, 1896
  • Aspidimorpha chlorotica (Olivier, 1808)
  • Aspidimorpha puncticosta Boheman, 1854
subgenus Neoaspidimorpha Borowiec, 1992
  • Aspidimorpha septemcostata Wagener, 1881
subgenus Semiaspidimorpha Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha chlorina Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha fatua Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha irrorata Weise, 1898
  • Aspidimorpha kasaiensis Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha kolbei Weise, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha pseudochlorina Borowiec, 1986
  • Aspidimorpha salazarensis Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha viridula Weise, 1903
subgenus Spaethia Berg, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha alluaudi Spaeth, 1924
  • Aspidimorpha cepaecolor (Fairmaire, 1898)
  • Aspidimorpha citrina Spaeth, 1934
  • Aspidimorpha exacta Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha ganglbaueri (Spaeth, 1898)
  • Aspidimorpha gausapina Spaeth, 1924
  • Aspidimorpha heroni Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha pellucida Weise, 1899
  • Aspidimorpha scalena Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha siticulosa Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha socrus Spaeth, 1917
  • Aspidimorpha zambiana Borowiec, 2006
subgenus Spaethiomorpha Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha haefligeri Spaeth, 1906
subgenus Weiseocassis Spaeth, 1932
  • Aspidimorpha sculpturata Borowiec, 1997
  • Aspidimorpha striata Weise, 1896
References

References

  1. BioLib.cz: genus Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840 (retrieved 15 March 2024)
  2. "Aspidimorpha Hope1840". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  • Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840". Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw.
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