title: Subgenera of Charidotella Weise with description of a new subgenus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cassidini).
abstract: A new subgenus and species, Charidotella (Chapadacassis subgen. n.) paradoxasp. n. is described and figured from the Chapada plateau in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Subgenera of Charidotella Weise, 1896 are listed, supplemented with basic data, diagnostic table, and a key is proposed. Based on a study of respective type material following new combinations are proposed: Charidotella (Philaspis) stulta (Boheman, 1855), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) amoenula (Boheman, 1855), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) cyclographa (Boheman, 1855), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) discoidalis (Boheman, 1855), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) incerta (Boheman, 1855), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) purpurea (Linnaeus, 1758), comb. n., Charidotella (Xenocassis) myops (Boheman, 1855), comb. n. (all previously placed in the nominotypical subgenus), and Plagiometrionacingulata (Boheman, 1862), comb. n. (from Charidotella (Xenocassis)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic ; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lukáš
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sekerka
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borowiec
keywords: Brazil; Entomology; Neotropical Region; new combination; new species; new subgenus; taxonomy