This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lee, Chi-Feng, Bezdĕk, Jan (2016): Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 4179 (1): 1-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1
Abstract
The genus Morphosphaera Baly, 1861 is revised. Eleven species are considered as valid, including, M. takizawai sp. nov. (Mt. Basor, 90 km N of Gua Musang, Malaysia, W. Kelantan), described from Malaysia and Indonesia. Color photos of habitus and drawings of diagnostic characters from eleven species are presented. The following synonymies are proposed: M. sodalis Chen, 1935 and M. brunnea Maulik, 1936 are junior synonyms of M. albipennis Allard, 1889; M. margaritacea Laboissière, 1930, M. viridipennis Laboissière, 1930, and M. prava Maulik, 1936 are junior synonyms of M. coomani Laboissière, 1930; M. gracilicornis Chen, 1963 is a junior synonym of M. maculicollis Baly, 1861; M. cavaleriei Laboissière, 1930, M. cincticollis Laboissière, 1930, M. marginata Laboissière, 1930, M. purpurea Laboissière, 1930, M. gingkoae Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963, and M. metallescens Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 are junior synonyms of M. sumatrana Jacoby, 1886. The type material of M. impunctata Allard, 1890 from the Philippines was not found and its taxonomic status remains uncertain. Morphosphaera peregrina Weise, 1913 is transferred to the genus Borneola Mohamedsaid, 1998 nov. comb. A neotype is designated for Chrysomela japonica Hornstedt, 1788. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: Adorium chrysomeloides Bates, 1866, A. japonicum Baly, 1874, Morphosphaera albipennis Allard, 1889, M. bimaculata Chûjô, 1938, M. caerulea Jacoby, 1896, M. cavaleriei Laboissière, 1930, M. collaris Laboissière, 1930, M. formosa Laboissière, 1930, M. marginata Laboissière, 1930, M. montivaga Maulik, 1936, M. prava Maulik, 1936, M. purpurea Laboissière, 1930, M. sumatrana Jacoby, 1886, M. viridipennis Laboissière, 1930, and Galerucida simplex Weise, 1922.
Key words: taxonomy, new synonymy, new species, neotype, lectotype designations, leaf beetles, Moraceae, Urticaceae
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b60b2b12-7f4e-496f-b17b-ad49c8057fe0
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FF96586F622DC81FFF8C4B0FFFD06567
Citation: Lee C, Bezdĕk J, plazi (2016). Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.