• Cassidini Gyllenhal, L. 1813. Insects Suecica. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleuterata, Tomus I, pars III. Scaris. 734 pp. [434].
• Coptocycliae Spaeth, F. 1926. Monographie der zur Gruppe der Coptocyclitae gehörigrn amerykanischen Cassidinen (Col.): l. Die Gattungen mit gekammten Klauen. Supplementa Entomologica 13: 1-108 [7].
• Chiridites Chapuis, F. 1875. Familie des Phytophages. In, T. Lacordaire (ed.). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu ici dans cet ordre d'Insectes. Tome 11. Paris : A la Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 2 420 pp. [405].

History of changes

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

History of changes

• Aspidimorpha Hope, F.W. 1840. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : Bowdery & Kerby Vol. 3 vi 191 pp. 3 pls. [158].
• Aspidomorpha Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. Nomenclatur zoologici index universalis continens nomina systematica classium, ordinarum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent et Gassmann viii + 393 pp. [16].
• Iphinoe Spaeth, F. 1898. Beschreibung einiger neuer Cassididen nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen, 2. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 48: 537-543 [540].
• Spaethia Berg, F.G.C. 1899. Substitucion de nombres genericos, III. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 1(3): 77-80 [79].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [178] (full generic synonymy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

History of changes

• Cassida australasiae Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [537].
• Aspidomorpha australasiae flyensis Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [148].
• Aspidomorpha australasiae ramifera Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [148].
• Aspidomorpha douei Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [110].
• Cassida guerini Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [538].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [148] (douei Boheman, 1856: 110 junior synonym australasiae Boisduval, 1835: 537)
• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [136] (guerini Boisduval, 1835: 538, australasiae ramifera Spaeth, 1903: 148 and australasiae flyensis Spaeth, 1903: 148 junior synonyms australasiae Boisduval, 1835: 537)

History of changes

• Cassida deusta Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [89].
• Sindia schwalleri Medvedev, L.N. & Zaitsev, Y.M. 1993. A key to the genera of Oriental cassidine beetles feeding on Ipoma with a description of a new species of Sindia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 44: 41-46 [41].
• Cassida collina Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [541].
• Cassida angulifera Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du Gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes. Paris : E. Thunot Vol. 4 422 pp. [324].
• Cassida nigrodorsata Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [119].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [333] (collina Boisduval, 1835: 541 and angulifera Blanchard, 1853: 324 junior synonyms deusta Fabricius, 1775: 89)
• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [142] (nigrodorsata Boheman, 1856: 119 junior synonym deusta Fabricius, 1775: 89)
• Borowiec, L. 1994. New synonyms in the Cassidine (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 5: 153-159 [154] (Sindia schawalleri Medvedev, 1993: 41 junior synonym deusta Fabricius, 1775: 89)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

History of changes

• Cassida interrupta Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [89].
• Aspidomorpha badeni Wagener, B. 1877. Cassididae. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 1: 49-79 [64].
• Aspidomorpha planipennis Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [107].
• Aspidomorpha plasoni Spaeth, F. 1898. Beschreibung einiger neuer Cassididen nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen, 2. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 48: 537-543 [539].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spaeth, F. 1914. Chrysomelidae: 16. Cassidinae. Coleopterorum catalogus Pars 62. Junk, Berlin. 1-182 pp. [71] (plasoni Spaeth, 1898: 539 junior synonym interrupta Fabricius, 1775: 89)
• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [144] (badeni Wagener, 1877: 64 and planipennis Blackburn, 1896: 107 junior synonym interrupta Fabricius, 1775: 89)

History of changes

• Cassida maculatissima Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [117].
• Aspidomorpha maculatissima tamifera Spaeth, F. 1915. Üeber einige australische Cassidinen (Col). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 4: 235-240 [235].
• Cassida macleayi Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [117].
• Cassida tetrica Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [117].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [145] (macleayi Boheman, 1856: 117, tetrica Boheman, 1856: 117 and maculatissima tamifera Spaeth, 1915: 235 junior synonyms maculatissima Boheman, 1856: 117)

History of changes

• Cassida punctum Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [404].
• Aspidomorpha punctum diabolica Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [153].
• Aspidomorpha punctum gibbosula Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [152].
• Aspidomorpha punctum lunifera Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [153].
• Aspidomorpha punctum submunda Spaeth, F. 1914. Chrysomelidae: 16. Cassidinae. Coleopterorum catalogus Pars 62. Junk, Berlin. 1-182 pp. [72].

  Secondary source:

   Spaeth, F. 1909. Cassididae. In Résultats de l'Expedtion scientifique néelandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 sous les auspices du Dr. H. Lorentz. Nova Guinea 9: 27-29 [29] (var. of punctum munda).
• Aspidomorpha ramulopicta Wagener, B. 1877. Cassididae. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 1: 49-79 [63].
• Aspidomorpha munda Weise, J. 1899. Einige neue Cassidinen-Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 65: 268-273 [271].
• Aspidomorpha divisa Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [540].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [152] (divisa Boisduval, 1835: 540, ramulopicta Wagener, 1877: 63 and munda Weise, 1899: 271 abs. punctum Fabricius, 1801: 404)
• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [152] (punctum submunda Spaeth, 1914: 72, punctum gibbosula Spaeth, 1903: 152, punctum lunifera Spaeth, 1903: 153 and punctum diabolica Spaeth, 1903: 153 junior synonyms punctum Fabricius, 1801: 404)

History of changes

• Aspidimorpha quadriradiata Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [300].
• Aspidomorpha lauta Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [108].
• Aspidomorpha stictica Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [294].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spaeth, F. 1926. Fauna Buruana. Coleoptera, Subfam. Cassidinae. Treubia 7: 307-310 [310] (stictica Boheman, 1854: 294 junior synonym quadriradiata Boheman, 1854: 300)
• Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [155] (lauta Blackburn, 1896: 108 junior synonym quadriradiata Boheman, 1854: 300)

History of changes

• Aspidomorpha westwoodi Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [254].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

History of changes

• Neoaspidimorpha Borowiec, L. 1992. A review of the tribe Aspidomorphini of the Australian region and Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 3: 121-184 [126].

History of changes

• Aspidomorpha septemcostata Wagener, B. 1881. Cassididae. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 5: 17-85 [49].

History of changes

History of changes

• Laccoptera Boheman, C.H. 1855. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 543 pp. [55].
• Parorphnoda Spaeth, F. 1932. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Cassidinen (Col. Chrys). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 22: 227-241 [228].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [216] (full synonymy)

History of changes

• Aspidomorpha impressa Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du Gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes. Paris : E. Thunot Vol. 4 422 pp. [322].

History of changes

History of changes

• Austropsecadia Hincks, W.D. 1950. Some nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomelidae (Col.) No. 3, Cassidinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(12): 506-512 [508] [nom. nov. for Psecadia Weise, 1900: 458].
• Psecas Weise, J. 1899. Einige neue Cassidinen-Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 65: 268-273 [272] [junior homonym of Psecas Koch, 1850: 49 (Arachnida)].
• Psecadia Weise, J. 1900. Beschreibungen africanischer Chrysomeliden nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1900: 446-459 [458] [nom. nov. for Psecas Weise, 1899: 272; junior homonym of Psecadia Huebner, 1825: 412 (Lepidoptera)].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland

History of changes

• Psecas chlorina Weise, J. 1899. Einige neue Cassidinen-Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 65: 268-273 [272].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland

History of changes

• Cassida Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [362].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [234-5] (full synonymy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa (American)
• Solomon Islands

General References

Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [234] (full synonymy)

History of changes

• Metriona aureola Spaeth, F. 1915. Üeber einige australische Cassidinen (Col). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 4: 235-240 [239].

History of changes

• Coptocycla compuncta Boheman, C.H. 1855. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 543 pp. [290].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

History of changes

• Cassida denticulata Boheman, C.H. 1856. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IX, Cassididae. London : B.M.N.H. [331].
• Cassida perpusilla Boheman, C.H. 1862. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 504 pp. [335].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1997. New synonyms and notes on some Cassidinae species, with description of Laccoptera rotundicollis n. sp. from West Africa. Genus (Wroclaw) 8: 659-672 [665] (perpusilla Boheman, 1862: 335 junior synonym denticulata Boheman, 1856: 137)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

History of changes

• Cassida diomma Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [540].
• Cassida lawrencei Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [15].

  Secondary source:

   Borowiec, L. 1994. New synonyms in the Cassidine (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 5: 153-159 [155].
• Cassida strigula Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [67].
• Chirida simplaria Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [106].
• Metriona callosipennis Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [135].
• Metriona callosipennis dispar Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [135].
• Metriona strigula sudibunda Spaeth, F. 1915. Üeber einige australische Cassidinen (Col). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 4: 235-240 [238].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [20] (Metriona diomma strigula Spaeth, 1903: 133, Metriona callosipennis Spaeth, 1903: 135, Metriona callosipennis dispar Spaeth, 1903: 135 and Chirida simplaria Blackburn, 1896: 106 junior synonyms Boisduval 1835: 540)
• Borowiec, L. 1994. New synonyms in the Cassidine (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 5: 153-159 [155] (lawrencei Borowiec, 1990: 15 junior synonym diomma Boisduval, 1835: 540)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa (American)
• Solomon Islands

History of changes

• Cassida mera Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [246].
• Cassida (Cassidula) profundestriata Spaeth, F. 1899. Beschreibung einiger neuer Cassididen nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen. III. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 49: 213-221 [216].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [9] (profundestriata Spaeth, 1899: 216 junior synonym mera Germar, 1848: 246)

History of changes

• Cassida navicella Boheman, C.H. 1862. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 504 pp. [331].
• Cassida adelaidae Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [106].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [13] (adelaidae Blackburn, 1896: 106 junior synonym navicella Boheman, 1862: 331)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

History of changes

• Cassida polymeriae Borowiec, L. & Burwell, C. 2011. A new species of Cassida L. from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 22(2): 285-290 [286].

  Type data:

   Holotype Boonah, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Cassida queenslandica Borowiec, L. 2006. A new species of Cassida Linnaeus from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini). Genus (Wroclaw) 17(3): 373-376 [374].

  Type data:

   Holotype Mareeba, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Coptocycla sappho Boheman, C.H. 1862. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 504 pp. [427].
• Cassida prothoracica Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [107].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [12] (prothoracica Blackburn, 1896: 107 junior synonym sappho Boheman, 1862: 427)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

History of changes

• Cassida sexguttata Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [539].
• Chirida multicolor Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [103].
• Coptocycla holmgreni Boheman, C.H. 1862. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 504 pp. [465].
• Metriona holmgreni tesselata Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [123].
• Metriona holmgreni translapsa Spaeth, F. 1915. Üeber einige australische Cassidinen (Col). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 4: 235-240 [239].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [122] (Chirida multicolor Blackburn, 1896: 103 subspecies of Metriona holmgreni Spaeth, 1903: 122)
• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [26] (Metriona holmgreni Boheman, 1862: 465, Metriona holmgreni tesselata Spaeth, 1903: 123, Metriona holmgreni muticolor Spaeth, 1903: 122 and Metriona holmgreni translapsa Spaeth, 1915: 239 junior synonyms sexguttata Boisduval, 1835: 539)

History of changes

• Charidotella Weise, J. 1896. Feststellung einiger Cassiden-Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1896: 10-15 [13] [as subgenus of Metriona].

General References

Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [326] (full synonymy)

History of changes

• Coptocycla purpurata Boheman, C.H. 1855. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus quartus. Holmiae. 543 pp. [300].
• Chirida lacunata Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [105] [mislabelled as an Australian specimen, in actuality, American].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1990. A review of the genus Cassida L. of the Australian region and the Papuan subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Genus (Wroclaw) 1: 1-51 [35] (lacunata Blackburn, 1896: 105 junior synonym purpurata Boheman, 1855: 300)

History of changes

• Charidotis Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [152].

History of changes

• Cassida pygmaea Klug, K. 1829. Preissverzeichniss vorräthiger Insecten-Doubletten des Königl. Zool. Museums. Berlin, 18. [8].

History of changes

• Emdenia Spaeth, F. 1915. Üeber einige australische Cassidinen (Col). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 4: 235-240 [236].

History of changes

• Chirida maxima Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [104].
• Psalidonota australica Mjöberg 1917. II. Subfamily Cassidinae. In: Results of the Swedish scientific expedition to Australia 1910-1913. 14, Cetonidae, Rutelidae, Passalidae, Chrysomelidae: subfam. Sagrinae, Cassidinae, Hispinae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(3): 16-18 [17].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1997. New synonyms and notes on some Cassidinae species, with description of Laccoptera rotundicollis n. sp. from West Africa. Genus (Wroclaw) 8: 659-672 [666] (Psalidonta australica Mjöberg, 1917: 17 junior synonym maxima Blackburn, 1896: 104)

History of changes

• Meroscalsis Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [113].
• Melichrocassis Spaeth, F. 1913. Cassididae, Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique Neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee. Nova Guinea 9(3): 447-452 [451].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Wroclaw : Biologica Silesiae 476 pp. [311] (Melichrocassis Spaeth, 1913: 451 junior synonym Meroscalsis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

General References

Seeno, T.N. & Wilcox, J.A. 1982. Leaf beetle genera (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). pp. 1-221 in Eichlin, T.D. & Papp, C.S. (eds). Entomography, An annual review for biosystematics. Sacramento, California : Entomography Publications Vol. 1. [177] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement subgenus of Meroscalsis)

History of changes

• Melichrocassis blackburni Spaeth, F. 1913. Cassididae, Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique Neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee. Nova Guinea 9(3): 447-452 [452].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

History of changes

• Coptocycla weisei Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [118].

History of changes

• Thlaspidula Spaeth, F. 1901. Neue Cassiden aus Sumatra gesammalt von Dr. H. Dohrn. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 62: 3-13 [9].
• Elpinora Spaeth, F. 1903. Zusammenstellung der bisher von Neu-Guinea bekannt gewordenen Cassiden mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Sammlungen des Ungarischen National-Museums und des Museo Civico von Genua. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 1: 109-160 [119].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hincks, W.D. 1952. The genera of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 327-358 [340] (Elpinora Spaeth, 1903: 119 junior synonym Thlaspidula Spaeth, 1901: 9)

History of changes

• Aspidomorpha boisduvali Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae. 506 pp. [283].

Generic Combinations

• Thlaspidula boisduvali (Spaeth, 1901). —
  Spaeth, F. 1901. Beschreibung neuer Cassididen nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen. IV. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 333-350 [346]

History of changes