Agasta formosa

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 Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects.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.