Basiprionota bimaculata ( Thunberg, 1789 )

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 : 550

Basiprionota bimaculata ( Thunberg, 1789) ( Fig. 3C )

Cassida bimaculata Thunberg, 1789:86 . Prioptera impustulata Boheman, 1850:46 .

Material examined. 1 spec., India , Sikkim, Toong , 31.vii.1959, leg. A.G.K. Menon (1622/H4A).

Distribution in India . Assam ( Boheman, 1850; Spaeth, 1914c; Maulik, 1919); Sikkim ( Vazirani, 1972; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024); West Bengal (“Calcutta” Kolkata – Maulik, 1913).

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

Remarks. Spaeth (1914c) included as P. bimaculata and P. impustulata and Maulik (1913, 1919) as P. impustulata .

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).