Neodownesia Gressitt 1953
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1 At least elytral intervals II, IV, and VI elevated and forming distinct ribs. Punctures on elytra densely arranged in rows, distance between two punctures much narrower than puncture diameter........................................................................................................... 2
– Only interval VI more or less elevated apically. Pronotum sparsely and moderately punctate. Punctures on elytra sparsely arranged in rows, distance between two punctures equal to puncture diameter. Fig. 3................................................ N. sita (Maulik, 1919)
2 All elytral intervals costate and approximately similarly wide, even slightly higher than odd. Punctation of pronotum moderate, forming regular stripes of dense punctures and five impunctate stripes. Pronotum slighly narrowing anteriorly and with black medial stripe. Ventral surface and legs black. Fig. 1.................. N. mediovittata (Gestro, 1920)
– Only even elytral intervals costate, odd intervals very narrow. Punctation of pronotum coarse and irregular, disc with three more or less defined impunctate stripes. Pronotum widening anteriorly and uniformly yellow. Ventral surface and legs dark brown. Fig. 2...................................................................................................... N. rubra Gressitt, 1953
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- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5303341 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5303339 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Genus
- Neodownesia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Gressitt
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- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Neodownesia Gressitt, 1953 sec. Sekerka, 2015
References
- MAULIK S. 1919: Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae (Cassidinae and Hispinae). In: SHIPLEY A. E. (ed.): The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, xi + 439 pp.
- GESTRO R. 1920: Materiali per lo studio delle Hispidae LIII. Hispidae Indocinesi raccolte dal signor R. Vitalis de Salvaza. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ' Giacomo Doria' 48: 385 - 403 [2. ii. 1920].
- GRESSITT J. L. 1953: Supplement to ' The Hispine Beetles of China' (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 29: 121 - 126.