Title:
New species and new records of Cassidinae from Southern Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
Author(s):
Publication Year:
2005
Abstract:
Three new species of the genus Cassida are described, two of them from the Republic of South Africa: Cassida capensis from Northern Cape Province, and C. drakensbergensis from Northern Province, Drakensberg, and one from Namibia: Cassida namibiensis from Erongo District. New records of 39 species preserved in the collection of the MNHUB are given. A list of all Cassidinae species known from Southern African countries is provided. This is meant to provide a preliminary resume of our biogeographical knowledge of this generally rather well studied region for the Afrotropical Cassidinae and to reveal potential gaps of collection. A pattern of distribution and characteristic species groups emerges, but in view of the scarce data on development and bionomy, we are still far from a profound biological knowledge of the group. Keywords: Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Southern Africa, new species, faunistics, species catalogue.
Publication Title:
Zoosystematics and Evolution
Volume:
81
Issue:
2
Pages:
115-130
Item Type:
Journal Article
Language:
en

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