Basiprionota sexmaculata ( Boheman, 1850 )

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 : 551

Basiprionota sexmaculata ( Boheman, 1850) ( Fig. 3G )

Prioptera sexmaculata Boheman, 1850:49 . Prioptera maculipennis Boheman, 1850:50 . Prioptera punctipennis Wagener, 1877:59 . Prioptera rugosa Baly, 1863:8 , 13. Prioptera maculipennis ssp. reducta Gressitt, 1938:185 .

Material examined. 1 spec., India , Assam, Lusai Hills , 16.ix.1960, leg. F. Schmid (931/H4A) . 1 spec., India , Arunachal Pradesh, Kameng, N.E.F.A., 21.v.1961, leg. K.C. Jairamkrishnan (2428/H4A) . 1 spec., India , Meghalaya, Tura, 1200-1500 ft., Garo Hills , 07.viii.1917, leg. S.W. Kemp (6811/H4A).

Distribution in India . Assam (Mangadalai Hills, Lushai Hills, Umrongso – Boheman, 1850; Spaeth, 1914c; Maulik, 1919; Vazirani, 1972; Borowiec, 2001); Arunachal Pradesh (Kameng – Vazirani, 1972); Meghalaya (Garo Hills, Tura – Kimoto, 1981; Basu, 2000a; Borowiec, 2001); West Bengal (Kolkata “Calcutta”, Buxa Tiger Reserve – Boheman, 1850; Maulik, 1919; Raychaudhuri & Saha, 2014; Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1997; Darjeeling: Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

General distribution. Oriental ( India , Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam) and Palaearctic ( Bhutan, China, India , Nepal, Pakistan) (Borowiec, 1999, 2009; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Remarks. Spaeth (1914c) as P. maculipennis and P. sexmaculata ; Maulik (1919) as P. punctipennis ; Raychaudhuri & Saha (2014) as B. maculipennis .

Figures

Figure 3. Habitus of the tortoise beetles. A. Notosacantha circumdata (Wagener, 1881); B. Notosacantha maculipennis (Boheman, 1856); C. Basiprionota bimaculata (Thunberg, 1789); D. Basiprionota decemmaculata (Boheman, 1850); E–F. Basiprionota multiplagiata (Wagener, 1881); G. Basiprionota sexmaculata (Boheman, 1850); H. Basiprionota westermanni (Mannerheim, 1844); I. Epistictina viridimaculata (Boheman, 1850).