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Tortoise beetles of the French Guyana-a faunistic review (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

2005; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

0867-1710

Lech Borowiec, Gérard Moraguès,

Forest Insect Ecology and Management

A list of Cassidinae sensu stricto recorded from the French Guyana is given. Out of 143 listed species, 23 (16.1 %) are known only from this country. Charidotella circumnotata (BOH.), Charidotella puella (BOH.), Charidotis cincticulus (BOH.), Imatidium rufomarginatum B OH., Orexita wagneri (BOH.), Plagiometriona subprasina (SP.), Rhoia clavareaui SP., Spaethiella costipennis (BOH.), Spaethiella surinamensis (SP.), and Stolas decemguttata (STURM) are new to the French Guyana. Five species are excluded from the French Guyana fauna, because their records were based probably on misidentifications or mislabelled specimens. Despite the small area, Cassidinae fauna of the French Guyana seems, in comparison with several other South American countries, rich in species and quite well known.