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Aspidimorpha dorsata

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Species of beetle

Aspidimorpha dorsata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Aspidimorpha
Species: A. dorsata
Binomial name
Aspidimorpha dorsata
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Cassida dorsata Fabricius, 1787
  • Aspidimorpha fuscopunctata Boheman, 1854
  • Aspidimorpha rubrodorsata Boheman, 1854

Aspidimorpha dorsata, is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed in South Asia and South East Asia.

Description

Body length is about 8 to 10 mm. Body sub-circular. Two variations can occur as continental morph and insular morph. Insular populations lack a humeral spot on the elytral explanate margin. There are dark markings on the disc of the elytra. The continental populations have the humeral spot. Elytral disc is uniformly yellow.

References

  1. "Long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of Tripura, northeastern India with some new additions". Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  2. Dinh, Nguyen Thi (2020-10-01). "The dna barcoding data and genetic distance of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Vietnam". Academia Journal of Biology. 42 (4). doi:10.15625/2615-9023/v42n4.15124. S2CID 236812605. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. De Julio, Milena; Fernandes, Flávia Rodrigues; Costa, Cleide; Almeida, Mara Cristina; Cella, Doralice Maria (2010-01-01). "Mechanisms of karyotype differentiation in Cassidinae sensu lato (Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Chrysomelidae) based on seven species of the Brazilian fauna and an overview of the cytogenetic data". Micron. 41 (1): 26–38. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2009.07.013. PMID 19747835. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. "New records of Asian and Australopapuan tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Genus: Vol. 20(3), 435-484. Wroclaw, 15 X 2009. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. "Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London". ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Published 15.xii.2014 Volume 54(2), pp. 657–684. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
Taxon identifiers
Aspidimorpha dorsata


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