Tribe Oncocephalini Chapuis 1875 · 2019. 6. 10. · C. L. Staines. 2015. Catalog of the hispines...

C. L. Staines. 2015. Catalog of the hispines of the world (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Cassidinae). Oncocephalini. 1

Tribe Oncocephalini Chapuis 1875 Onocephalites Chapuis 1875:308. Handlirsch 1925:666 (classification). Onocephalinae Chapuis. Gestro 1905b:517 (faunal list), 1909b:252 (Madagascar species); Liao

et al. 2015:162 (host plants). Oncocephalini Chapuis. Würmli 1975a:55 (genera); Staines 2004a:313 (host plants);

Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:21 (noted); Lee et al. 2009:558 (noted); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog); Bouchard et al. 2011:78, 517 (nomenclature).

Oncocephalini Weise 1911a:50 (catalog). Weise 1911b:55 (catalog); Gestro 1914:276 (faunal list), 1920:394 (faunal list); Schröder 1925:666 (classification); Uhmann 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:844 (museum list), 1940g:121 (claws), 1943a:245 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (faunal list), 1954f:22 (faunal list), 1954h:183 (faunal list), 1956f:339 (catalog), 1958e:253 (catalog), 1959d:6 (scutellum), 1961a:29 (faunal list), 1964a:466 (catalog), 1964(1965):248 (faunal list), 1966b:215 (faunal list), 1966d:276 (noted), 1968a:362 (faunal list), 1969:298 (faunal list); Chûjô 1933:312 (Taiwan species); Gressitt 1938:324 (Hainan Island), 1939a: 166 (distribution), 1939c:133 (distribution), 1950:80 (China species), 1957b:265 (South Pacific species), Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:912 (China species); Chen et al. 1986:596 (China species); Jolivet 1988b:14 (host plants), 1989b:311 (host plants); Jolivet & Hawkeswood 1995:155 (host plants); Chaboo 2007:182 (phylogeny).

Onchocephalini Gressitt 1950:80 (description). Choeridionini Weise 1911a:49 (lapsus, catalog). Weise 1911b:73 (description); Maulik

1915:371 (museum list); Gestro 1923:5 (noted); Schröder 1925:666 (classification); Liu 1936:249 (China species); Uhmann 1940g:121 (claws), 1943a:245 (sculpture); Gressitt 1950:77 (description); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:911 (China species); Bouchard et al. 2011:518 (nomenclature).

Chaeridionini Weise. Uhmann 1951a:24 (correction, museum list), 1958e:251 (catalog), 1959d:6 (scutellum), 1964a:466 (catalog), 1964(1965):247 (faunal list), 1966d:276 (noted); Gressitt 1963:704 (New Guinea species); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:911 (China species); Würmli 1975a:55 (synonymy); Chen et al. 1986:596 (China species); L. Medvedev 1992b:152 (synonymy); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species); Staines 2004a:313 (host plants).

Type genus:Oncocephala Agassiz.

Chaeridiona Baly 1869b Chaeridiona Baly 1869b:380. Type species:Chaeridiona metallica Baly 1869, designated by

Maulik 1919. Chapuis 1875:309 (redescription); Maulik 1919:85 (India species); Gressitt 1950:77 (China species); Uhmann 1951a:24 (museum list), 1958e:251 (catalog), 1959d:9 (scutellum), 1964a:466 (catalog); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:911 (China species); Würmli 1975a:56 (genera), 1976h:402 (revision); Seeno & Wilcox 1982:164 (catalog); Anand 1984:11 (noted); Chen et al. 1986:191 (China species); Jolivet 1989b:311 (host plants); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Jolivet & Hawkeswood 1995:155 (host plants);


Staines 1997b:414 (Uhmann species list), 2004a:313 (host plants), 2007c:19 (review); Basu 1999:163 (India species); Kimoto 1999:109 (southeast Asia species); Staines & Staines 1999:524 (Baly species list); Santiago-Blay 2004:57 (host plants); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:21 (noted); Lee et al. 2009:558 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:21 (noted); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:575 (Indian species).

Choeridiona Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (lapsus, catalog). Donckier 1899:571 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:73 (catalog); Maulik 1919:85 (India species); Gestro 1923:5 (noted); Gressitt 1950:77 (China species); Chaboo 2007:107 (noted).

Chaeridiona angulata Staines 2007c Chaeridiona angulata Staines 2007c:21 (type:Laos, Ban-van-eue, BPBM). Chaboo et al.

2010:22 (host plant); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:577 (noted). Distribution: Laos. Food plant: Collected on an unidentified ginger (Staines 2007c); Zingiber sp. (Chaboo et al. 2010) (Zingiberaceae). Chaeridiona cupreovirida Gressitt 1950 Chaeridiona cupreovirida Gressitt 1950:77 (type:Fukien, S. China, ICRI). Uhmann 1958e:251

(catalog); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:911 (China species); Chen et al. 1986:604 (China species); Hua 2002:290 (faunal list); Staines 2007c:22 (redescription); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog). Distribution: China:(Fukien).

Food plant: Unknown. Chaeridiona feae Gestro 1890 Choeridiona feae Gestro 1890:239 (type:Burma, Palon, MCSN, BMNH, DEI, ISNB). Gestro

1901b:437 (noted); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:73 (catalog); Maulik 1919:88 (India species); Uhmann 1943a:245 (morphology); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:372 (type specimens).

Chaeridiona feae Gestro. Uhmann 1951a:24 (museum list), 1958e:251 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Würmli 1976h:403 (revision); Staines 2007c:23 (redescription).

Distribution: Myanmar. Food plant: Unknown. Chaeridiona mayuri Shameem & Prathapan 2014 Chaeridiona mayuri Shameem & Prathapan 2014:576 (type:India, Kerala, Tirurangadi, BMNH). Distribution: India. Food plant: Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Koenig) C.D. Specht (Costaceae), Curcuma longula L., Globba sessiliflora Sims, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Z. zerumbet (L.) Smith (Zingiberaceae) (Shameem & Prathapan 2014).


Chaeridiona metallica Baly 1869b Chaeridiona metallica Baly 1869b:381 (type:India, BMNH). Kalshoven 1957:11 (host plants);

Uhmann 1958e:252 (catalog); Würmli 1976h:403 (revision); Staines & Staines 1999:524 (Baly species list); Santiago-Blay 2004:57 (host plants); Staines 2004a:313 (host plant), 2007c:23 (redescription); Borowiec & Świętojańska 2007:280 (distribution); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:21 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog); Shameem & Prathapan 2104:580 (Indian species).

Choeridiona metallica Baly. Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (lapsus, catalog); Donckier 1899:571 (catalog); Weise 1908:214 (noted), 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:73 (catalog); Maulik 1919:85 (India species), 1937:148 (host plants).

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu). Food plant: Curcuma sp. (Zingiberaceae) (Maulik 1937). Chaeridiona picea Baly 1869b Chaeridiona picea Baly 1869b:382 (types:India, BMNH, OXUM). Uhmann 1958e:252 (catalog),

1964a:466 (catalog); Monrós 1959:31 (illustration); Würmli 1976h:403 (revision); Basu 1999:163 (comparative note); Staines & Staines 1999:524 (Baly species list); Staines 2002c:17 (types); 2007c:25 (redescription); Świętojańska et al. 2006:51 (larva, pupa, host plant); Borowiec & Świętojańska 2007:282 (distribution); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:21 (noted); Lee et al. 2009:558 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:580 (Indian species).

Choeridiona picea Baly. Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (lapsus, catalog); Donckier 1899:571 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:73 (catalog); Maulik 1919:87 (Indian species); Kalaichelvan & Verma 2005:1840 (faunal list).

Distribution: India (Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal). Food plants: Reared from Commelina sp. (Świętojańska et al. 2006). Adults have been collected on Commelina bengalensis L. and C. nudiflora (L.) Brenan (Kalaichelvan & Verma 2005) (Commelinaceae).

Chaeridiona pseudometallica Basu 1999 Chaeridiona pseudometallica Basu 1999:163 (type:India, West Bengal, Darjeeling dist.,

Rangiroom, ZUIC). Staines 2007c:25 (noted); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:579 (redescription).

Distribution: India (West Bengal). Food plant: Adults have been collected on an unidentified Zingiberaceae (Shameem &

Prathapan 2014). Chaeridiona semiviridis Pic 1935 Choeridiona semiviridis Pic 1935:17 (types:Vietnam, Tonkin:Hoa-Binh, MNHN). Chaeridiona semiviridis Pic. Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1954a:187 (faunal list),

1958e:252 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Würmli 1976h:402 (revision); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Kimoto


1999:110 (southeast Asia species); Staines 2007c:26 (redescription); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:577 (noted).

Distribution: Thailand, Vietnam. Food plants: Adults have been collected in an unidentified ginger (Zingiberaceae) and Costus sp. (Costaceae) (Staines 2007c); Zingiber sp. (Zingiberaceae) (Chaboo et al. 2010). Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto 1998 Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto 1998:3 (type:Thailand, 50 km West of Tak, BPBM). Kimoto

1999:110 (southeast Asia species); Staines 2007c:27 (redescription); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:21 (immatures); Lee et al. 2009:559 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:579 (noted).

Distribution: Thailand. Food plants: Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf., Zingiber spp. (Zingiberaceae) (Świętojańska & Kovac 2007). Chaeridiona tuberculata Uhmann 1961b Chaeridiona tuberculata Uhmann 1961b:45 (type:India, Anamali Hills, Cinchona, MGFT).

Uhmann 1964a:466 (catalog); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:392 (type specimens); Würmli 1976h:403 (revision); Takizawa 1987:525 (faunal list); Staines 1997b:414 (Uhmann species list), 2007c:27 (redescription); Lee et al. 2009:559 (noted).

Chaeridiona sp. Takizawa 1985:571 (faunal list). Distribution: India (Tamilnadu). Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala Agassiz 1846 Oncocephala Agassiz 1846:259. Type species:Oncocephala quadrilobata GuérinMéneville

1844a, by monotypy. Guérin-Méneville 1844a:270 (noted); Chapuis 1875:308 (redescription), 1876:24 (noted); Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (catalog); Chenu 1884:341 (noted); Gestro 1897b:72 (distribution); 1899(1901):313 (review), 1909b:252 (Madagascar species); Péringuey 1898:115 (faunal list); Alluaud 1900:328 (faunal list); Maulik 1913:117 (distribution), 1919:98 (India species); Uhmann 1931i:844 (museum list), 1933a:64 (Philippine species), 1942a:9 (faunal list), 1943a:241 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (noted), 1954e:22 (West Africa species), 1954f:22 (noted), 1954h:183 (key), 1958e:254 (catalog), 1959d:10 (scutellum), 1961a:29 (faunal list), 1964a:466 (catalog); Risbec 1950a:392 (host plants); Chen et al. 1962:121 (faunal list); Würmli 1975a:56 (genera); Nickel 1979:39 (noted); Medler 1980:267 (faunal list); Chen et al. 1986:199 (China species); Jolivet 1989b:311 (host plants); Jolivet & Hawkeswood 1995:155 (host plants); Kimoto & Chu 1996:128 (faunal list); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list); Kimoto 1999:107 (southeast Asia species), 2005:105 (faunal list); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species); Santiago-Blay 2004:71 (host plants); Staines 2004a:316


(host plants); Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax 2005:333 (Nepal species); Lee et al. 2009:558 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:21 (noted); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog).

Onchocephala Chevrolat 1836:390 Nomen Nudum. Onchocephala Chevrolat 1847:110 (lapsus). Chenu & Desmarest 1870:341 (noted); Maulik

1916:571 (museum list). Oncocephala Chevrolat. Chapuis 1875:308 (redescription), 1876:xxiv (faunal list); Weise

1897:120 (redescription); Péringuey 1898:115 (noted); Gestro 1899c:313, 1905c:517 (noted), 1914:404 (faunal list), 1917:404 (faunal list), 1920:394 (faunal list); Weise 1910d:501 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Maulik 1915:372 (museum list), 1919:82 (India species); Schultze 1916:100 (faunal list); Uhmann 1931i:844 (distribution); Chûjô 1933:312 (Taiwan species); Gressitt 1939a:166 (China species); Gressitt 1950:80 (China species), 1957b:265 (South Pacific species), 1961:81 (biogeography); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:912 (China species); Anand 1984:11 (noted), 1984:7 (India species); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Basu 1999:164 (distribution).

Nepius Thomson 1858:225. Type species:Nepius corrosus Thomson by monotypy. Chapuis 1875:309 (synonymy).

Onchocephala Weise 1911a:50 (not Chevrolat). Weise 1911b:74 (lapsus, catalog); Maulik 1916:571 (correction); Nayar et al. 1976:353 (noted). Oncocephala Uhmann 1933a:64. Risbec 1950a:392 (host plants). Oncocephala acutangula Gestro 1917 Oncocephala acutangula Gestro 1917:404 (type:Philippines, Mindanao, Davao, MCSN). Gestro

1922:101 (faunal list); Uhmann 1930-1932:38 (distribution), 1933a:65 (key), 1937d:103 (noted), 1943a:243 (sculpture), 1958e:254 (catalog), 1964(1965):248 (faunal list); Blunck 1954:368 (host plant). Distribution: Philippines (Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Samar, Tayabas).

Food plant: Orchid (Orchidaceae) (Blunck 1954).

Oncocephala angulata Gestro 1885a Oncocephala angulata Gestro 1885a:172 (type:Indonesia, Sumatra, MCSN, ISNB). Gestro

1897b:72 (distribution), 1897c:175 (distribution), 1899(1901):324 (review), 1917:406 (faunal list), 1919:343 (host plant), 1922:101 (faunal list); Kolbe 1897:342 (faunal list); Koningsberger 1908:70 (host plants), 1911-1915:343 (host plants); Weise 1899:263 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Maulik 1919:103 (India species); Weise 1924:80 (distribution); Dammerman 1929:92 (biology); Leefmans 1930:8 (host plant), 1935:333 (host plant); Uhmann 1931e:2 (faunal list), 1937d:103 (distribution), 1943a:246 (sculpture), 1958e:254 (catalog), 1963b:150 (museum list), 1964(1965):248 (faunal list); Miller 1932:18 (host plant); Franssen & Tiggelovend 1935:55 (host plant); Maulik 1937:148 (host plant); Risbec 1950a:394 (host plants); Kalshoven 1957:11 (host plant); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (as synonym of O. tuberculata); Kimoto 1999:107 (southeast Asia species); Mohamedsaid 2000a:358 (faunal list); Santiago-Blay 2004:71 (host plants); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:32 (host plant); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant).

Oncocephala anulata Gestro (sic). Uhmann 1964a:466 (lapsus, catalog).


Oncocephala bicristata Baly (not Chapuis). Gestro 1897b:73 (synonymy). Oncocephala weisei Gestro 1899c:324 (type:Indonesia, Sumatra, MCSN). Gestro

1899(1901):320 (review); Weise 1911a:51 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog), 1924: 80 (distribution); Uhmann 1931e:2 (faunal list), 1943a:244 (noted), 1948c:21 (noted), 1958e:259 (catalog); Kimoto 1999:108 (synonymy); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Oncocephala jeanvoinei Pic 1935:19 (type:Vietnam, Tonkin, Than-Moi, MNHN). Uhmann 1958e:253 (catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Kimoto 1999:108 (synonymy).

Oncocephala weisei yunnanica Chen & Yu 1962:137 (type: China, Yunnan, Gin-ping, IZAS). Gressitt & Kimoto 1963b:932 (noted); Yang & Sun 1991:60 (types); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant).

Oncocephala siamensis yunnanica Chen & Yu. Uhmann 1963b:476 (lapsus, museum list). Distribution: China (Yunnan), India (Andhra Pradesh, Punjab), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Food plant: Orchid (Orchidaceae) (Gestro 1919); Solanum melongena L. (Solanaceae) (Miller 1932); Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) (Hua 2002); Dioscoreaceae, Zingiberaceae (Świętojańska & Kovac 2007).

Oncocephala angusticollis Gestro 1906b Oncocephala angusticollis Gestro 1906b:480 (type:Niger, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50 (catalog),

1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1954h:183 (key), 1958e:255 (catalog), 1961a:84 (distribution), 1964a:466 (catalog); Medler 1980:267 (faunal list).

Distribution: Guinea, Nigeria. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala atratangula Gressitt 1938 Oncocephala atratangula Gressitt 1938:324 (type:China, Hainan Island, Chung Kon, CASC).

Gressitt 1939a:166 (noted), 1950:80 (China species); Uhmann 1943a:243 (sculpture), 1958e:255 (catalog); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:912 (China species); Chen et al. 1962:121 (faunal list); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan). Food plant: Commelina communis L. (Commelinaceae) (Hua 2002). Oncocephala atripennis Pic 1935 Oncocephala atripennis Pic 1935:18 (type:Borneo, Pontianak, MNHN). Uhmann 1958e:255

(catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species).

Distribution: Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia. Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala basilewskyi Uhmann 1953b Oncocephala basilewskyi Uhmann 1953b:19 (type:Belgian Congo, Kivu, Rwanbwi, MRAC).

Uhmann 1955c:242 (distribution), 1958e:255 (catalog); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:365 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: Congo, Rwanda. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala bicristata Chapuis 1876 Oncocephala bicristata Chapuis 1876:xxiv (type:Philippines, Luzon, ISNB). Gemminger &

Harold 1876:3609 (catalog); Baly 1888a:659 (faunal list); Gestro 1890:239 (distribution), 1899(1901):315 (review), 1917:407 (faunal list), 1922:101 (faunal list); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Schultze 1916:100 (faunal list); Uhmann 1930-1932:38 (distribution), 1931f:224 (noted), 1933a:65 (Philippines species), 1943a:243 (sculpture), 1958e:255 (catalog), 1960c:23 (faunal list), 1964a:466 (catalog), 1964(1965):248 (faunal list); Gressitt 1939c:133 (distribution); L. Medvedev 1995:19 (distribution); Samuelson 1996:290 (morphology).

Distribution: Indonesia (Celebes), Philippines (Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro). Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala bouvieri Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala bouvieri Gestro 1899(1901):326 (type:Madagascar, MCSN). Alluaud

1900:328 (faunal list); Gestro 1909b:252 (Madagascar species), 1909c:204 (noted); Weise 1910d:501 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931i:847 (distribution), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1958e:255 (catalog).

Oncocephala perrieri Alluaud 1900:328 (not Fairmaire) (misidentification, faunal list). Distribution: Madagascar. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala cuneata Gestro 1905b Oncocephala cuneata Gestro 1905b:517 (type:Fernando Poo, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50

(catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:847 (distribution), 1936a:440 (faunal list), 1936c:408 (museum list), 1937g:372 (museum list), 1942a:9 (faunal list), 1943a:250 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (distribution), 1954h:183 (key), 1958e:255 (catalog), 1961a:29 (distribution).

Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea. Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala depressa Maulik 1919 Oncocephala depressa Maulik 1919:103 (type:India, Madras, Nilgiri Hills, BMNH). Uhmann

1958e:255 (catalog); Würmli 1976e:366 (distribution); Takizawa 1985a:2 (faunal list). Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh). Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala dorsalis Weise 1897 Oncocephala dorsalis Weise 1897:123 (type:India, Belgaum, ZMHB, BMNH). Gestro

1899(1901):317 (review); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Maulik 1919:101 (India species); Uhmann 1958e:255 (catalog); Anand 1989:8 (India species); Santiago-Blay 2004:71 (host plants); Borowiec & Świętojańska 2007:282 (distribution).

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Maharashtra). Food plant: Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) (Anand 1989). Oncocephala feae Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala feae Gestro 1899(1901):316 (type:Birmania, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50 (catalog),

1911b:75 (catalog); Maulik 1919:104 (India species); Gestro 1920:394 (faunal list); Uhmann 1958e:256 (catalog); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (as synonym of O. tuberculata); Kimoto 1999:108 (southeast Asia species).

Oncocephala bicristata Baly (not Chapuis) 1888a:659 (type:Burma, MCSN). Gestro 1890:239 (distribution), 1899:316 (synonymy).

Distribution: Myanmar, Vietnam. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala gestroi Weise 1899 Oncocephala gestroi Weise 1899:263 (type:Ethiopia, ZMHB). Gestro 1905b:547 (catalog),

1914:277 (faunal list); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931i:846 (distribution), 1938c:114 (museum list), 1938d:422 (distribution), 1954f:22 (faunal list), 1957e:336 (faunal list), 1958e:256 (catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Grist & Lever 1969:227 (noted).

Distribution: Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania. Food plant: Oryza sativa L. (Poaceae) (Grist & Lever 1969).

Oncocephala grandis Chen & Yu 1962 Oncocephala grandis Chen & Yu 1962:128 (type:China, Yunnan, Xi-shuang-ban-na, IZAS).

Gressitt & Kimoto 1963b:932 (noted); Yang & Sun 1991:60 (types); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Yunnan). Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala hemicyclica Chen & Yu 1962 Oncocephala hemicyclica Chen & Yu 1962:128 (type:China, Yunnan, Xi-shuang-banna, IZAS).

Gressitt & Kimoto 1963b:932 (noted); Yang & Sun 1991:60 (types); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list). Distribution: China (Yunnan).

Food plant: Unknown. Oncocephala inchoans Uhmann 1954f Oncocephala inchoans Uhmann 1954f:22 (type:Belgian Congo, Kabwe-sur-Muye, MRAC).

Uhmann 1958e:256 (catalog); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:376 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: Congo. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala incisa Pic 1941 Oncocephala incisa Pic 1941:15 (type:Madagascar, Diego-Suarex, MNHN). Uhmann 1958e:256

(catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types).

Distribution: Madagascar. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala insignis Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala insignis Gestro 1899(1901):325 (type:Mhonda-Ouzigoua, MCSN). Gestro

1905b:547 (catalog); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1928g:67 (noted), 1936a:441 (faunal list), 1936c:408 (museum list), 1942a:9 (faunal list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (distribution), 1955c:242 (distribution), 1957f:305 (museum list), 1958e:256 (catalog), 1961a:29 (distribution), 1964a:467 (catalog).

Distribution: Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala kolbei Gestro 1899c Oncocephala kolbei Gestro 1899c:324 (type:German East Africa, Usambara, depository

unknown). Gestro 1899(1901):323 (review), 1905b:547 (catalog), 1914:276 (faunal list); Weise 1901:228 (noted), 1910:340 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1928g:67 (faunal list), 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:846 (distribution), 1936a:440 (faunal list), 1938d:422 (distribution), 1943a:250 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (noted), 1954f:18 (faunal list), 1955c:242 (distribution), 1956i:390 (museum list), 1958e:256 (catalog); Gomes Alves 1951:182 (distribution); Oncocephala angulata Kolbe (not Gestro) 1897:342. Gestro 1899c:324 (synonymy); Weise 1899:263 (distribution).

Oncocephala promontorii Uhmann (not Péringuey) 1928g:67. Uhmann 1931i:847 (synonymy). Distribution: Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania. Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala madoni Pic 1941 Oncocephala madoni Pic 1941:15 (type:Gabon, MNHN?). Uhmann 1958e:357 (catalog). Distribution: Gabon. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala methneri Uhmann 1928g Oncocephala methneri Uhmann 1928g:67 (type:German East Africa, N. W. Usagara, DEI).

Uhmann 1931g:76 (museum list), 1931i:847 (distribution), 1936:441 (faunal list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1958e:257 (catalog); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:381 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: Congo, Tanzania. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala modiglianii Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala modiglianii Gestro 1899(1901):320 (type:Nias, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50 (catalog),

1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1958e:257 (catalog). Oncocephala angulata Gestro (in error) 1898d:217 (distribution). Gestro 1899c:320 (synonymy). Distribution: Nias. Food plant: Unknown. Oncocephala montivaga Gestro 1914 Oncocephala montivaga Gestro 1914:278 (type:Kenya, Amboni, MNHN). Uhmann 1931i:847

(distribution), 1938d:422 (distribution), 1943a:250 (sculpture), 1958e:257 (catalog).

Distribution: Zimbabwe. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala nervosa Weise 1901 Oncocephala nervosa Weise 1901:228 (type:Tanga, ZMHB). Gestro 1905b:547 (catalog),

1911b:25 (noted); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931i:846 distribution), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1953b:18 (distribution), 1958e:257 (catalog).

Distribution: Congo, Tanzania, Uganda. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala perrieri Fairmaire 1899 Oncocephala perrieri Fairmaire 1899:557 (type:Madagascar, Suberbieville, MNHN). Gestro

1909b:252 (Madagascar species), 1909c:204 (noted); Weise 1910d:501 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1958e:257 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types).

Distribution: Madagascar. Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala philippinica Uhmann 1937d Oncocephala philippinica Uhmann 1937d:103 (type:Philippines, Luzon, Laguna, DEI). Uhmann

1943a:243 (sculpture), 1958e:257 (catalog), 1964(1965):257 (faunal list); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:384 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Oncocephala angulata Uhmann (not Gestro) 1933a:64 (Philippine species).

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro). Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala polilloana Uhmann 1931f Oncocephala polilloana Uhmann 1931f:224 (type:Philippines, Polillo, SMTD). Uhmann

1933a:65 (Philippines species), 1943a:242 (sculpture), 1958e:257 (catalog), 1964(1965):257 (faunal list); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:385 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: Philippines (Bucas Grande, Luzon, Polillo). Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala promontorii Péringuey 1898 Oncocephala promontorii Péringuey 1898:115 (type:South Africa, Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth,

Kowie, Grahamstown; Natal, Estcourt, SAMC). Gestro 1899(1901):326 (review), 1905b:547 (catalog), 1914:274 (faunal list); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1928g:67 (noted), 1930h:129 (museum list), 1931c:2 (museum list), 1931g:76 (museum list), 1931i:849 (distribution), 1934b:391 (museum list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1950b:333 (museum list), 1955g:456 (museum list), 1956f:336 (museum list), 1957c:87 (immatures), 1957e:337 (faunal list), 1958e:257 (catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Hering 1957:86 (host plant); Chaboo et al. 2010:21 (biology).

Distribution: Angola, Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Food plants: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Roth. (Uhmann 1950b); I. purpurea (L.) Roth., Mina lobata Llav. & Lex. (Uhmann 1957c); I. cairica (L.) Sweet, I. coccinea L., I. ficifolia Lindl., I. obscura (L.) Ker. Gawl, I. wightii (Wall.) Choisy, Convolvulus arvensis L., C. farinosus L. (Chaboo et al. 2010) (Convolvulaceae).

Oncocephala proxima Gestro 1899c Oncocephala proxima Gestro 1899c:322 (type:Congo; Gabon; Gold Coast, MCSN). Gestro

1899(1901):328 (distribution), 1905b:518 (faunal list); Weise 1901:228 (noted), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog), 1915:182 (faunal list); Uhmann 1930h:129 (museum list), 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:845 (distribution), 1936a:441 (faunal list), 1937g:372 (museum list), 1938a:442 (faunal list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1953b:20 (distribution), 1954h:183 (faunal list), 1954l:1114 (museum list), 1956g:78 (faunal list), 1958e:258 (catalog), 1958f:489 (distribution), 1961a:29 (distribution), 1964a:467 (catalog),


1968a:362 (faunal list); Hargreaves 1937:508 (distribution); Risbec 1950:394 (host plant); Medler 1980:267 (faunal list).

Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. Food plants: Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae), grasses (Poaceae) (Hargreaves 1937). Oncocephala quadrilobata Guérin-Méneville 1844a Onchocephala quadrilobata Guérin-Méneville 1844a:281 (type:India, Pondicherry, MNHN?).

Maulik 1916:571 (museum list); Uhmann 1966d:276 (noted). Oncocephala quadrilobata Guérin-Méneville. Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (catalog); Weise

1897:121 (redescription), 1905b:117 (faunal list); Gestro 1899(1901):313 (review); Maulik 1913:117 (distribution), 1915:372 (museum list), 1919:98 (India species); Gressitt 1938:325 (noted), 1939c:133 (distribution); Uhmann 1943a:251 (sculpture), 1958e:259 (catalog); Kimoto 1972:48 (faunal list); Takizawa 1985a:2 (faunal list), 1986:47 (faunal list); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (as synonym of O. tuberculata); Basu 1999:165 (distribution); Kimoto 1999:108 (southeast Asia species), 2003:41 (faunal list); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Świętojańska et al. 2006:59 (larva, pupa); Borowiec & Świętojańska 2007:282 (distribution); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:32 (host plant); Lee et al. 2009:559 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog); Shameem & Prathapan 2014:576 (noted).

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan), India (Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pashan Prune, Pondicherry, Tamilnadu), Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. Food plants: Ipomoea sp., Argyreia nervosa (Burm.) Bojer (Takizawa 1985a); Ipomoea sp. (Świętojańska et al. 2006) (Convolvulaceae); Rumex sp. (Polygonaceae) (Hua 2002).

Oncocephala ruficornis Pic 1941 Oncocephala ruficornis Pic 1941:15 (type:Afr. Or. Morogoro, MNHN). Uhmann 1958e:

258 (catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types).

Distribution: Afr. Or. Morogoro? Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala scabrosa Gestro 1905b Oncocephala scabrosa Gestro 1905b:518 (type:Congo, Fernand Vaz, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50

(catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Gestro 1914:277 (faunal list); Uhmann 1931i:846 (distribution), 1936a:441 (faunal list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1954f:24 (faunal list), 1958e:258 (catalog).

Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya. Food plant: Unknown.


Oncocephala senegalensis Guérin-Méneville 1844a Oncocephala senegalensis Dejean 1837:390 Nomen Nudum. Onchocephala senegalensis Guérin-Méneville 1844a:280 (type:Senegal, ZMHB?). Uhmann

1966d:276 (noted). Oncocephala senegalensis Guérin-Méneville. Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (catalog); Gestro

1899(1901):328 (distribution), 1905b:518 (faunal list); Weise 1903:61 (faunal list), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:844 (noted), 1937g:372 (museum list), 1938c:114 (museum list), 1938d:422 (distribution), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1954h:183 (key), 1954l:1114 (museum list), 1956f:339 (catalog), 1957j:124 (faunal list), 1958e:258 (catalog), 1961a:84 (faunal list), 1964a:467 (catalog), 1966b:215 (faunal list), 1967c:256 (faunal list), 1968a:362 (faunal list), 1969:298 (faunal list); Gomes Alves 1949:116 (distribution); Risbec 1950a:392 (biology), 1950b:304 (biology); Tiberghien 1976:181 (faunal list); Medler 1980:267 (faunal list).

Nepius corrosus Thomson 1857:226 (type:Gabon, depository unknown). Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (synonymy).

Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia.

Food plant: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae) (Uhmann 1938c).

Oncocephala severinii Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala severinii Gestro 1899(1901):324 (type:Chiloango, ISNB). Gestro 1905b:547

(catalog); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931g:75 (museum list), 1931i:846 (distribution), 1936a:441 (faunal list), 1936c:408 (museum list), 1937g:372 (museum list), 1943a:248 (sculpture), 1953b:20 (distribution), 1954f:25 (faunal list), 1954h:183 (key), 1958e:259 (catalog), 1961a:30 (noted), 1966b:215 (faunal list); Gomes Alves 1949:116 (distribution).

Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Togo. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala siamensis Gestro 1899(1901) Oncocephala siamensis Gestro 1899(1901):321 (type:Siam, MCSN). Weise 1911a:50 (catalog),

1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1931f:224 (museum list), 1958e:259 (catalog), 1963b:476 (museum list); Gressitt 1938:324 (noted); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (as synonym of O. tuberculata); Kimoto 1999:109 (southeast Asia species); Mohamedsaid 2008:129 (host plant); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant).

Oncocephala donckieri Pic 1935:18 (type:Cochinchina, MNHN). Uhmann 1958e:255 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Kimoto 1999:109 (synonymy).

Distribution: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Food plant: Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. (Convolvulaceae) (Mohamedsaid 2008).


Oncocephala sulawesia Gressitt 1957 Oncocephala sulawesia Gressitt 1957:266 (type:New Guinea, Celebes, ZMUC). Uhmann

1964a:467 (catalog). Distribution: Indonesia (Celebes, Sulawesi), New Guinea. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala tenax Weise 1897 Oncocephala tenax Weise 1897:122 (type:Borneo, Kina Balu, ZMHB). Gestro 1899(1901):319

(review), 1902b:147 (faunal list), 1909(1910):147 (faunal list); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Uhmann 1943a:244 (sculpture), 1958e:259 (catalog); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (as synonym of O. tuberculata); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species).

Distribution: Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia. Food plant: Unknown.

Oncocephala tuberculata (Olivier 1792) Hispa tuberculata Olivier 1792:99 (type:Jamaica, MNHN?). Olivier 1808:773 (noted); Gyllenhal

1817:5 (noted); Schönherr 1817:7 (catalog); Staines 2002(2003):410 (types). Oncocephala tuberculata (Olivier). Gemminger & Harold 1876:3609 (catalog); Weise 1897:122

(redescription), 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:75 (catalog); Gestro 1899(1901):315 (review); Fletcher 1914:204 (host plant); Maulik 1919:100 (India species), 1937:149 (host plant); Uhmann 1935g:144 (faunal list), 1939c:39 (noted), 1943a:252 (sculpture), 1956a:499 (immatures), 1958e:259 (catalog), 1964a:467 (catalog); Cherian & Menan 1940:97 (biology); Risbec 1950a:394 (host plants); Mo 1957:517 (biology); Monrós 1959:32 (illustration); Takizawa 1985a:2 (faunal list); Anand 1989:7 (India species); L. Medvedev 1990:44 (faunal list), 1992b:153 (Vietnam species), 2000a:181 (distribution); Zaka-UrRab 1991:23 (biology); Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax 1999a:347 (faunal list), 2005:333 (Nepal species); Santiago-Blay 2004:71 (host plants); Kimoto 2005:105 (faunal list); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:32 (noted); Lee et al. 2009:559 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog); Sprecher-Uebersax 2011:491 (faunal list).

Onchocephala tuberculata (Olivier). Nayar et al. 1976:353 (lapsus, noted). Oncocephala formosana Chûjô 1933:312 (type:Taiwan, Shinkwa, TARI). Gressitt 1950:81

(China species); Chûjô 1954:47 (host plant); Uhmann 1958e:256 (catalog); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:912 (China species); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (synonymy); Kimoto & Chu 1996:128 (faunal list); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:389 (catalog).

Oncocephala bicristata Gestro 1885a:172 (not Chapuis) (distribution). Uhmann 1943a: 254 (synonymy).

Distribution: China, India, Indonesia (Java), Laos, Nepal, Taiwan. Food plants: Adults collected on Ipomoea sp. (Fletcher 1914); I. sepiaria Koenig ex.

Roxburgh (Cherian & Menon 1940); I. batatas (L.) Lam. (Uhmann 1956c) (Convolvulaceae).


Incerte Sedis Oncocephala deltoides Dohrn. Tennent 1868:452 (faunal list).

Prionispa Chapuis 1875

Prionispa Chapuis 1875:337. Type species:Prionispa subopaca Chapuis 1875, by monotypy. Gemminger & Harold 1876:3616 (catalog); Chapuis 1877:48 (noted); Gestro 1897b:74 (distribution), 1899b:226 (catalog), 1909d:557 (noted), 1917:401 (faunal list), 1923:5 (noted); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:73 (catalog); Maulik 1915:371 (museum list), 1919:88 (India species); Liu 1936:252 (noted);Uhmann 1943a:246 (sculpture), 1951a:24 (noted), 1958e:252 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog); Gressitt 1950:78 (China species); Gressitt 1957b:267 (South Pacific species), 1963:704 (New Guinea species), 1961:81 (biogeography), 1982:723 (ecology); Chen et al. 1962:121 (faunal list); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:911 (China species); Baltazar 1968:221 (faunal list); Abdullah & Qureshi 1969:98 (Bangladesh species); Würmli 1975a:57 (genera); Anand 1984:11 (noted); Chen et al 1986:193 (China species); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Staines 1997b:418 (noted); Basu 1999:164 (distribution); Kimoto 1999:110 (southeast Asia species), 2005:106 (faunal list); Staines & Staines 1999:526 (Baly species list); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species); Santiago-Blay 2004:75 (host plants); Staines 2004a:316 (host plants); Medvedev & SprecherUebersax 2005:333 (Nepal species); Lee et al. 2009:558 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:21 (noted); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Prionispa bakeri Gestro 1917 Prionispa bakeri Gestro 1917:401 (type:Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Banahao, MCSN). Gestro

1922:101 (faunal list), 1923:6 (catalog); Uhmann 1933a:64 (faunal list), 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:252 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog), 1964(1965):247 (faunal list); Monrós 1959:31 (illustration).

Prionispa magnifica Weise 1922b:63 (type:Philippines, Luzon, Mount Maquiling, ZMHB). Gestro 1923:6 (synonymy).

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa champaka Maulik 1919 Prionispa champaka Maulik 1919:94 (type:India, Assam, Patkai Hills, BMNH). Gestro 1923:6

(catalog); Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:252 (catalog); Chen et al. 1962:121 (faunal list); Würmli 1976f:397 (noted); Chen et al. 1986:605 (China species); Kimoto 1999:111 (southeast Asia species); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Lee et al. 2009:567 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Yunnan), India (Assam), Thailand. Food plant: Zingiberaceae (Hua 2002).


Prionispa cheni Staines 2007c Chaeridiona tuberculata Chen & Yu 1964:114 (not Uhmann) (type:China, Yunnan,

Shishong-Baana, IZAS). Gressitt & Kimoto 1965:805 (noted); Chen et al. 1986: 604 (China species); Yang & Sun 1991:59 (types); Hua 2002:290 (faunal list).

Prionispa cheni Staines 2007c:20 (replacement name). Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog). Distribution: China (Yunnan). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa clavata (Yu 1992) Chaeridiona clavata Yu 1992:609 (type:China, Hunan, Mt. Huping, IZAS?). Prionispa clavata (Yu). Staines 2007c:20 (transfer); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog). Distribution: China (Hunan). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa crassicornis Gestro 1909d Prionispa crassicornis Gestro 1909d:556 (type:India, Nilgiri, MCSN, BMNH). Gestro 1923:6

(catalog); Weise 1911b:74 (catalog); Maulik 1919:95 (India species); Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:252 (catalog); Takizawa 1985b:572 (faunal list).

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa cuneata Uhmann 1954n Prionispa cuneata Uhmann 1954n:510 (type:India, Darjeeling, Himalaya, Pashok, BMNH).

Uhmann 1957f:306 (museum list), 1964a:466 (catalog); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:369 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: India (Darjeeling). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa dentata Pic 1938 Prionispa dentata Pic 1938:354 (type:Siam, Doi Sutep, Chiengmai, MNHN). Uhmann 1951a:37

(museum list), 1958e:252 (catalog); Descarpentries & Villiers 1959b:504 (types); Chen et al. 1962:121 (faunal list), 1986:604 (China species); Chûjô 1964:313 (faunal list); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Kimoto 1999:111 (southeast Asia species); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Yunnan), Thailand, Vietnam. Food plant: Zingiberaceae (Hua 2002); Commelinaceae (Chaboo et al. 2010).


Prionispa distincta Gestro 1897b Prionispa distincta Gestro 1897b:76 (type:Indonesia, Sumatra, Foresta di Si-Rambe, MCSN).

Gestro 1899b:226 (catalog), 1909:558 (noted), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Uhmann 1953h:91 (faunal list), 1958e:252 (catalog).

Distribution: Indonesia (Java, Sumatra). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa fulva L. Medvedev 1995 Prionispa fulva L. Medvedev 1995:19 (type:Philippines, Leyte, N. Baybay, SMNS).

Distribution: Philippines (Leyte). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa fulvicollis (Guérin-Méneville 1830) Hispa fulvicollis Guérin-Méneville 1830:141 (type:Indonesia, Java, MNHN?). Gemminger &

Harold 1876:3617 (catalog); Uhmann 1966d:276 (noted). Prionispa fulvicollis (Guérin-Méneville). Chapuis 1877:48 (noted); Gestro 1897b:74

(distribution), 1899b:226 (catalog), 1909:558 (noted), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Uhmann 1935g:144 (faunal list), 1951a:24 (museum list), 1958e:252 (catalog); Taylor 1937:144 (host plant); Kalshoven 1957:11 (host plant); Santiago-Blay 2004:75 (host plants); Świętojańska & Kovac 2007:32 (host plant); Lee et al. 2009:567 (noted); Chaboo et al. 2010:22 (host plant).

Prionispa nitida Chapuis 1875:338 (type:Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, INSB). Chapuis 1875:44, plate 129, fig. 6 (illustration); Gemminger & Harold 1876:3616 (catalog); Baly 1876:129 (synonymy); Chapuis 1877:48 (synonymy); Gestro 1897a:74 (synonymy).

Distribution: Indonesia (Java, Sumatra). Food plant: Pollia thyrsiflora Endl ex Hasskarl (Commelinaceae) (Taylor 1937).

Prionispa gemmata Baly 1876 Prionispa gemmata Baly 1876:129 (type:Batchian, BMNH). Gestro 1897b:77 (distribution),

1899b:226 (catalog), 1909d:558 (noted), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Gressitt 1957b:267 (South Pacific species); Uhmann 1958e:253 (catalog), 1964:466 (catalog); Staines & Staines 1999:526 (Baly species list).

Distribution: Moluccas (Batjan Island). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa heruka Würmli 1976f Prionispa heruka Würmli 1976f:395 (type:India, Assam, Tura, BMNH).

Distribution: India (Assam) Food plant: Unknown.


Prionispa himalayensis Maulik 1915 Prionispa himalayensis Maulik 1915:371 (type:India, Sikkim, Kurseong, NZSI). Maulik 1919:92

(India species); Gestro 1923:6 (catalog); Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog); Abdullah & Qureshi 1969:99 (Bangladesh species); Würmli 1975b:371 (faunal list), 1976e:366 (distribution); Basu 1999:164 (distribution); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Prionispa cuneata Uhmann 1954n:510 (type:India, Pashok, Darjeeling Dist., BMNH). Uhmann 1957f:306, 1958e:252 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog); Würmli 1976e:366 (synonymy); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:369 (types).

Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal. Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa houjayi Lee et al. 2009 Prionispa houjayi Lee et al. 2009:559 (type:Taiwan, Taipei, Wulai, TARI). Lee & Cheng

2010:196 (Taiwan species).

Distribution: Taiwan. Food plant: Disporum kawakamii Hayata (Liliaceae) (Lee et al. 2009).

Prionispa inermis Gestro 1899b Prionispa inermis Gestro 1899b:224 (type:Burma, Mine des Rubis, MNHN). Gestro 1909d:558

(noted), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Maulik 1919:90 (India species); Uhmann 1958e:253 (catalog).

Distribution: Myanmar. Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa laeta L. Medvedev 1990 Prionispa laeta L. Medvedev 1990:43 (type:Nepal, Ilam Distr., Nodia Khola Valley, SMNS).

Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax 1999a:347 (faunal list), 2005:333 (Nepal species); Kimoto 2005:106 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog); Sprecher-Uebersax 2011:492 (faunal list).

Distribution: Nepal Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa longicornis Gestro 1906b Prionispa longicornis Gestro 1906b:485 (type:Burma, Tavoy, Tenasserium, BMNH). Gestro

1909d:558 (noted), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Maulik 1919:90 (India species); Uhmann 1958e:253 (catalog); Würmli 1976e:367 (distribution); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Distribution: India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Myanmar. Food plant: Unknown.


Prionispa lucida Gestro 1917 Prionispa lucida Gestro 1917:403 (type:Philippines, Mindanao, Davao, MCSN). Gestro 1923:6

(catalog); Uhmann 1931f:225 (museum list), 1933a:64 (faunal list), 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog).

Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa mauliki Uhmann 1930-1932 Prionispa mauliki Uhmann 1930-1932:37 (type:Philippines, Biliran, DEI). Uhmann 1933a:64

(faunal list), 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog), 1964(1965):257 (faunal list); Gaedike & Döbler 1971:382 (types); Staines 1997b:418 (Uhmann species list).

Distribution: Philippines (Biliran). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa opacipennis Chen & Yu 1962 Prionispa opacipennis Chen & Yu 1962:127 (type:China, Yunnan, Pu-wen, IZAS). Gressitt &

Kimoto 1963b:932 (noted); Chen et al. 1986:605 (China species); Yang & Sun 1991:60 (types); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Yunnan). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa patra Maulik 1919 Prionispa patra Maulik 1919:97 (type:India, Assam, Patkai Mountains, BMNH). Gestro 1923:6

(catalog); Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog).

Distribution: India (Assam). Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa pulchra Gorham 1892 Prionispa pulchra Gorham 1892:82 (type:Borneo, Kina Balu, BMNH). Gestro 1897b:77

(distribution), 1899b:226 (catalog), 1902b:147 (faunal list), 1909d:558 (noted), 1909(1910):147 (faunal list), 1923:6 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 catalog); Uhmann 1958e:253 (catalog); Mohamedsaid 2004:178 (Malaysian species).

Prionispa pulchella Gorham (sic). Whitehead 1893:184 (lapsus, distribution); Gestro 1899b:226 (synonymy).

Distribution: Malaysia. Food plant: Unknown.


Prionispa papuana Gressitt 1963 Prionispa papuana Gressitt 1963:704 (type:New Guinea, Vogelkop, Kebar Valley, BPBM).

Distribution: New Guinea. Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa sinica Gressitt 1950 Prionispa sinica Gressitt 1950:78 (type:China, Fukien, Yen-ping, AMNH). Uhmann 1958e:253

(catalog); Gressitt & Kimoto 1963a:912 (China species); Chen et al. 1986:604 (China species); Hua 2002:294 (faunal list); Borowiec & Sekerka 2010:390 (catalog).

Distribution: China (Fukien). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa sonata Maulik 1919 Prionispa sonata Maulik 1919:93 (type:India, Assam, Shillong, NZSI). Gestro 1923:7 (catalog);

Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog); Abdullah & Qureshi 1969:99 (Bangladesh species); Basu 1999:164 (distribution).

Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Meghalaya). Food plant: Unknown. Prionispa subopaca Chapuis 1875 Prionispa subopaca Chapuis 1875:338 (type:Pulo Penang, ISNB). Gemminger & Harold

1876:3616 (catalog); Chapuis 1877:48 (noted); Gestro 1897b:74 (distribution), 1899b:226 (catalog), 1909d:558 (noted), 1923:7 (catalog); Weise 1911a:49 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Uhmann 1931e:2 (faunal list), 1935g:144 (faunal list), 1951a:24 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog); Mohamedsaid 2004:179 (Malaysian species).

Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia. Food plant: Unknown.

Prionispa tenuicornis Gestro 1909 Prionispa tenuicornis Gestro 1909:554 (type:India, Assam, Genoa). Weise 1911b:74 (catalog);

Maulik 1919:96 (India species); Gestro 1923:7 (catalog); Uhmann 1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog); Abdullah & Qureshi 1969:99 (Bangladesh species).

Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Assam). Food plant: Unknown.


Prionispa tuberculata Pic 1926g Prionispa tuberculata Pic 1926g:48 (type:Vietnam, Tonkin, Hou-Binh, MNHN). Uhmann

1951a:37 (museum list), 1958e:253 (catalog), 1964a:466 (catalog); Mo 1956:517 (host plant); Descarpentries & Villiers. 1959b:504(types); Würmli 1976h:402 (noted); L. Medvedev 1992b:153 (Vietnam species); Kimoto 1999:111 (southeast Asia species).

Distribution: Thailand, Vietnam. Food plant: Ipomoea batatus Poir. (Convolvulaceae) (Mo 1956). Prionispa vethi Gestro 1906b Prionispa vethi Gestro 1906b:484 (type:Indonesia, Giava, MCSN). Gestro 1909d:558 (noted),

1923:7 (catalog); Weise 1911a:50 (catalog), 1911b:74 (catalog); Uhmann 1935g:144 (faunal list), 1958e:253 (catalog); Reid 1998:302 (faunal list).

Distribution: Indonesia (Java). Food plant: Unknown.

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