Chiridopsis selecta ( Weise, 1905 )

Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Priyanka, Wani, Irtiza, Bhunia, Debika, Sonali, Shipra & Kumar, Vivek, 2025, A comprehensive checklist and geographic distribution of Tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 543-600 : 580

Chiridopsis selecta ( Weise, 1905) ( Figs 7H, 7I , 10B )

Chirida selecta Weise, 1905:128 . Chirida binduta Maulik, 1919:423 . Chiridopsis promiscula [sic]: Takizawa, 1980:31.

Material examined. 2 spec., India , Kerala, Cochin State , Parambikulam, 16.ix.1914, leg. F.H. Gravely (4049/H4A).

Distribution in India . Karnataka (Coorg, Shimoga, Coorg, Mysore, Nandi Hills); Kerala (Parambikulum, Cochin, Kochi, Pooparai); Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills, Nilgiri Hills, Anaimalai Hills, Coimbatore) ( Maulik, 1919; Borowiec, 1990; Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991; Borowiec, 1999, 2001, 2009; Borowiec & Ghate, 1999).

General distribution. Oriental ( India ) and Palaearctic ( Pakistan) ( Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Remarks. Maulik (1919) included this species from Tamil Nadu as C. binduta .

Figures

Figure 7. Habitus of tortoise beetles. A. Cassida nigriventris Boheman, 1854; B. Cassida obtusata Boheman, 1854; C. Cassida occursans Spaeth, 1914; D. Capellocassis dorsata (Duvivier, 1891); E. Chiridopsis andamanica (Dohrn, 1880); F. Chiridopsis bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1767); G. Chiridopsis mimica (Weise, 1905); H–I. Chiridopsis selecta (Weise, 1905).

Figure 10. Habitus of type/co–type and attached label data. A. Cassida circumdata var. dentata Herbst, 1799 (current valid name: Cassida circumdata Herbst, 1799); B. Cassida selecta (Weise, 1905) (current valid name: Chiridopsis selecta (Weise, 1905); C. Cassida stupa Maulik 1919; D. Epistictina reicheana (Guérin, 1844); E. Sindia sedecimmaculata Spaeth, 1901 (current valid name: Laccoptera sedecimmaculata Spaeth, 1901).