Agasta formosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Chrysomelini
Subtribus: Chrysomelina
Genus: Agasta
Species: Agasta formosa

Name

Agasta formosa Hope, 1840

Holotype: UMO. ♂. Agasta formosa Hope, col: man. pt3. pl.2f.3 / Type / Named 1900 by M. Jacoby, Agasta formosa Hope / Type: col. 2032. Agasta formosa Hope. Hope Dept. Oxford.

Type locality: Singapore.

Synonymy

Agasta formosa Hope, 1840: 177 [pl. 2, fig. 3]
Agasta fleutiauxi Laboissière, 1932: 130 [syn.: Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 380; syn. conf.: Ge, Daccordi & Yang, 2008: 378]
- Lectotype: MNHN. ♂. Long Xuyen Cochinchine Dorr. / Cotype / Museum Paris, Coll. GÉNÉRALE / agasta fleutiauxi Lab., V. Laboissière, -Det. / Lectotype, Agasta fleutiauxi Laboissière, 1932, Designated, Daccordi, M. & Ge, S., 2007 / Agasta formosa det. Daccordi, M. & Ge, S., 2007. (designated by Ge, Daccordi & Yang, 2008: 384)
- Paralectotypes: 1♂ (ZMUH), 2♀ (MNHN), same data as lectotype.
- Type locality: Cochinchina, Vietnam.

References

Primary references

Ge, S.-Q., Daccordi, M. & Yang, X.-K. 2008. Revision of the genus Agasta Hope (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Entomological News 119(4): 375–388. DOI: 10.3157/0013-872X-119.4.375 . BHL. Reference page.
Hope, F.W. 1841 ("1840"). The coleopterist's manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : J.C. Bridgewater and Bowdery & Kerby. 191 pp. + 3 pls. BHL Reference page.
Kimoto, S. & Gressitt, J.L. 1981. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. II. Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Lamprosomatinae and Chrysomelinae. Pacific Insects 23(3–4): 286–391. PDF. Reference page.
Laboissière, V. 1932. Chrysomelidae nouveaux de l'Indo-Chine et de la presqu'ile de Malacca. Annales de l'Association des Naturalistes de Levallois-Perret 20: 130–142. BHL.

Additional references

Kippenberg, H. 2010. Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 390–443. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.