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Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) ISSN 1211-8788 Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 89: 117–165, 2004 Species of Cassidinae and Hispinae contained in the Moravian Museum Collection in Brno (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) LUKÁŠ SEKERKA University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, Branišovská 31, 370 05 Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic SEKERKA L. 2004: Species of Cassidinae and Hispinae contained in the Moravian Museum Collection in Brno (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 89: 117–165. – A systematic review of species of the subfamilies Cassidinae and Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) gathered in the Moravian Museum in Brno is presented in this paper. It reports a complete list of the specimens of each species, together with the dates of collection. A total of 2,678 specimens, representing 19 genera and 94 species from all over the world, mainly from western Palaearctic region, are listed. Type species of Cassida berolinensis var. guentheri Bechynì, 1944, Cassida undecimpunctata[sic!] var. undecimguttata Reitter, 1890 and Ischyronota jakowleffi Reitter, 1889 were found. Additional records from Bohemia and Moravia to Cassida bergeali Bordy, 1995 and C. leucanthemi Bordy, 1995 are presented. Seven new country records are given. Key words. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispinae, faunology, Moravian Museum Brno, Czech Republic Introduction A relatively large collection of cassids, made up of 2,678 specimens, is contained in the Moravian Museum. The collection is not single; it is made up of partial collections that have been donated to the museum or have been purchased by it. The individual collections made by the scientific workers in the museum also create a far from insubstantial element. Most of the specimens stem from the West Palaearctic region, mainly from the territory of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. The most integrated portion from the tropical regions is the Jageman collection. The history of the entomological collections stretches back to the second half of the 19th century. The oldest parts are the K. Mazura, the Nekolný and the V. Zoufal collections. The last-mentioned, from the turn of the 19th century, contains records for many Czech species. Is also contains specimens published by KLIMENT (1899), ZOUFAL (1921) and many others. The most important collections of Coleoptera from the years between the two World Wars were made by E. David, J. Fiala, R. Formánek, M. Kocourek, J. Matoušek and J. Rauscher. They contain material upon which copious entomological papers have been based. One of the most important papers is BECHYNÌ (1944). Many of the dates associated with the Moravia district stem from the collections mentioned above. I found four type specimens described by Reitter in the R. Formánek collection: two syntypes of Cassida undecimpunctata var. undecimguttata Reitter, 1890 and two syntypes of Ischyronota jakowleffi Reitter, 1889. The type specimen for I. jakowleffi is probably the only one that has been lost. 117 L. SEKERKA The Dr. E. Jagemann collection, which contains many tropical specimens, is especially notable; there are some 200 specimens, mainly from Paraguay. Tropical specimens are also included in the Dvoøák collection (coll. in Pakistan in the 1970’s) and in the collection from Guinea (I. Korecká and M. Mrázek leg.). The holotype of Agroiconota cubana Blake, 1970 is part of the tropical material (J. Prokop coll.). The expedition to Afghanistan in the 1960’s was also important, but it yielded only 14 cassids. Most of the material from the 1950’s to the 1980’s was collected by the museum’s scientific staff (L. Pospíšilová, P. Lauterer, J. L. Stehlík and Vl. Krejèí), mainly in the territory of Moravia and Slovakia. Other collections from this period were assembled by Dezort, Grulich and Olejníèek. The collections from the second half of the 20th century contain very notable specimens, often the last-known from our territory. Valid names synonyms and distribution are used after BOROWIEC (1999) and BOROWIEC & ŒWIETOJAÑSKA (2002). Host plants are mentioned in the main after BECHYNÌ (1944), BORDY (2000), BOROWIEC (1997), BOROWIEC & ŒWIETOJAÑSKA (2002), BROVDIJ (1983) and WINSDOR et al. (1992). The dates for each specimen are written in the following order: locality, grid reference number, date of collection, number of specimens, collector’s name, determinator’s name, and sometimes also the name of the “auditor”, i.e. the collection to which the specimen belongs. If dates are missing, they are not mentioned. All the specimens determined by Bechynì and Reitter were revised by myself. Abbreviations [List of abbreviations used for partial collections gathered in the Moravian Museum.] ED . E. David KM . K. Mazura EJ . E. Jagemann LB . L. Brejcha FD . F. Dvoøák LK . L. Krejcárek FH . F. Herèík MAC . J. Macek FN . F. Netopil MAJ . K. Majer IG . I. Grulich MK . M. Kocourek JC . J. Cakl MMB . Moravian Muzeum, Brno, JD . J. Dezort NEK . Nekolný JF . J. Fiala PL . P. Lauterer JLS . J. L. Stehlík RF . R. Formánek JM . J. Matoušek VZ . V. Zoufal JO . J. Olejníèek ZF . Z. Fleischer JR . J. Raušer ZP . Z. Pecha Corrections in the systematic collections There are four major systematic collections (Fiala, Formánek, Grulich and Zoufal) in which many determination changes have been made. All specimens that in my opinion belong to other species have been assigned my own determination labels with the note 118 Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. Biol. (Brno), 89, 2004 Cassidinae and Hispinae in Moravian Museum, Brno “ORIGINAL DETERMINATION ERROR” (this label includes the older name determined, since a considerable number of papers and books are referenced upon this material). Where old synonyms have been used, the material has been marked as “OLD SYNONYM” with the label that contains the original determination. Changes in individual collections are given below. The Fiala Collection The Fiala collection contains 46 specimens. Eight of them have been misidentified or old synonyms applied. Cassida ferruginea Fabricius, 1781 = old synonym of Hypocassida subferruginea (Schrank, 1776) (synonymised by DESBROCHES, 1891) 2ex (Brno) Cassida rufovirens Suffrian, 1844 1ex (Moravia – Mohelno, 26.ix.1942, Šnoflák leg.) = C. denticollis (Suffrian, 1844) Cassida sanguinosa Suffrian, 1844 1ex (Moravia – Brno, 25.v.1946, J. Fiala leg.) = C. pannonica (Suffrian, 1844) Cassida stigmatica Suffrian, 1844 1ex (Moravia – Brno, 25.vi.1947, J. Fiala leg.) = H. subferruginea (Schrank, 1776) Cassida sanguinolenta Müller, 1776 1ex (Mor., B. Dobšík leg.) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Moravia – Rožná, 12.vii.1946, J. Fiala leg.) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) The Formánek Collection The Formánek collection contains 137 specimens, 19 of them have been misidentified or old synonyms applied. Fourteen undetermined specimens are listed in the main revision. Cassida ferruginea Goeze, 1777 1ex (Morienbas) = C. panzeri (Weise, 1907) 1ex (Moravia) = C. panzeri (Weise, 1907) Cassida incompta Weise, 1887 1ex (Samarkand, Reitter leg.) = old synonym of C. palaestina (Reiche, 1858) Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 1♀ (Moravia, Formánek leg.) = C. sanguinosa (Suffrian, 1844) Cassida rufovirens Suffrian, 1844 1ex (Moravia) = C. denticollis (Suffrian, 1844) 1ex (Øeèkowitz, Formánek leg.) = C. denticollis (Suffrian, 1844) 2ex (Silesia) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. Biol. (Brno), 89, 2004 119 L. SEKERKA Cassida sanguinolenta Müller, 1776 2ex (Silesia) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 2ex (Moravia) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Moravia, Formánek leg.) = C. pannonica (Suffrian, 1844) 1ex (Dalmatia – Metkovic, Formánek leg.) = C. stigmatica (Suffrian, 1844) Cassida sanguinosa Suffrian, 1844 1♀ (Bilowitz, Formánek leg.) = C. leucanthemi (BORDY 1995) 1♂ (Umgebung Wiens, Reitter leg. et det.) = C. leucanthemi (BORDY 1995) Cassida vittata Villers, 1789 1ex (Moravia) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Moravia, Formánek leg.) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Croatia) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Øeèkowitz, Formánek leg.) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Øeèkowitz, Formánek leg.) = C. sanguinolenta (Müller, 1776) Hypocassida meridionalis (Suffrian, 1844) 1♂ (Caucasus – Arexestahl, Reitter leg. et det.) = H. sufberruginea (Schrank, 1776) 1ex (Umgegend Wiens, Reitter leg. et det.) = H. sufberruginea (Schrank, 1776) The Grulich Collection The Grulich collection contains 122 specimens. Thirty-five of them have been falsely determined. Most of the material was undetermined and is now listed in the main revision. Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794 2ex (Obzor, vii.1966) = H. subferruginea (Schrank, 1776) 2ex (Fruška, vi.1966) = H. subferruginea (Schrank, 1776) Cassida hemisphaerica Herbst, 1799 1ex (Boh. or. – N. Hradec Kr., vi.1943, Grulich leg.) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) 2ex (Pouzdøany, v.1966) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) 1ex (Kremsbrücke, 20.vi.1967) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) 1ex (Moravia occ. – Studenec, v.1969, Grulich leg.) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 4ex (Topolovgrad, v.1966) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 4ex (Levka, v.1966) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Obzor, vii.1966) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) 1ex (Rila, vii.1967) = C. prasina (Illiger, 1798) Cassida stigmatica Suffrian, 1844 1ex (?Sbraskolin, vi.1966) = C. denticollis (Suffrian, 1844) Cassida vibex Linnaeus, 1767 3ex (Kremsbrücke, 20.vi.1967) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) 1ex (Valtice, vi.1967) = C. rubiginosa (Müller, 1776) 120 Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. Biol. (Brno), 89, 2004 Cassidinae and
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