Basiprionota cf. decemmaculata  (Boheman, 1850)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Basiprionotini
Genus: Basiprionota
​Species: decemmaculata
  • Common names: Tortoise beetle​
  • Distribution: N India to Malay Penisula
  • Image locations: Mae Hong Son (Pai)
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  • Additional notes: Michael Geiser "This could be B. decemmaculata. I'm uncertain because there are quite a lot of poorly-known species in Indochina that I've never actually looked at".
  • Diognosis:  Brownish. Head with vertical area black. pronotum with two black spots; disc convex, smooth, finely punctured. Elytra without conical elevation behind scutellum; disc convex, with irregular punctures, except a row of large punctures along  the sutura. Each elytron with 4 black spots, the first spot behind scutellum, the second behind the humerus, the third behind the middle near the suture, and the fourth behind the middle at the lateral side and extended to the explanate margin. Metasternum with a black patch. Length 9.0-9.4 mm; width 7.6-8.3 mm.  1.
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Image locations
Images of Basiprionota cf. decemmaculata from Thailand.
Basiprionota cf. decemmaculata lateral view Pai Mae Hong Son June 2017.jpg
Basiprionota cf. decemmaculata (Boheman, 1850) Pai, Mae Hong Son, June 2017
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Basiprionota cf. decemmaculata (Boheman, 1850) Pai, Mae Hong Son, June 2017
References: 
 1. Mohamedsaid, Mohamed. (1996). Basiprionota decemmaculata (Boheman), a new record of tortoise beetle from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Serangga. (link to paper below)
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​Basiprionota decemmaculata (Boheman), a new record of tortoise beetle from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

New records of Asian and Australopapuan tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)