title: Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen <br />University, Guangzhou, China.
abstract: Type specimens of Cassidinae deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China were studied and as a result following new synonymies are proposed: Cassida expansa Gressitt, 1952 = C. smaragdocruciata Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1982 syn. nov.; C. concha Solsky, 1872 = C. juglans Gressitt, 1942 syn. nov.; Rhoptrispa dilaticotnis (Duvivier, 1891) = Rhadinosa abnormis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 syn. nov. Lasiochila fukiena Gressitt, 1950 stat. nov. is removed from synonymy of L. insulana Uhmann, 1929. Each taxon is provided with photograph of dorsal habitus and additional comment clarifiyng its status where necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-19300, Prague, Czech Republic.; Email: sagrinae@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lukáš
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sekerka
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China.; Email: lssjfl@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fenglong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.; Email: cassidae@biol.uni.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borowiec
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014495:Universities