Generic reassignment of species in the tribe Cephaloleiini Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera: Cassidinae)

Authors

C. L. Staines, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0107: 1-4. Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Thirty-one species of Cephaloleiini are assigned to new genera, creating new combinations: 19 to Parimatidium Spaeth, 10 to Stilpnaspis Weise, and two to Demotispa Baly. Demotispa peruana membrata Uhmann, 1957 is raised to full species status. As the transfer of Cephaloleia limbatum Pic to Demotispa creates a homonymy, the species is renamed Demotispa pici nomen novum.