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Described by Spaeth in 1937. He wrote "female unknown":
"Die Makel des Seitendaches hat zwei dunkle Querbinden; vor der Spitze der Scheibe ist je eine unscharfe, vorn sich netzförmig auflösende, längliche gelbe Makel. Halsschild vorn breit abgestutzt, schmal rötlich, an der Seite gerade, Flügeldecken des Weibchens an der Basis seicht ausgerandet, die Schulterecken sehr wenig vorgezogen und gewinkelt; Seitendach breit; Scheibe mit sehr verloschener Netzung. 13 x 12,5 mm (Weibchen unbekannt). Ecuador (Buckley, Brit. Mus.) ......................collecta n. Sp."
Spaeth (1937) page 92:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_98_0079-0095.pdf

Now we have the first documented and verified female of this species and it is even mentioned in a paper by Leocadio et. al. (2020).

Subsociality and parental care is quite common in Cassidinae (and probably also in other Chrysomelidae) and an interesting behaviour.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341462065_Molecular_systematics_reveals_the_origins_of_subsociality_in_tortoise_beetles_Coleoptera_Chrysomelidae_Cassidinae_Evolution_of_subsociality_in_Cassidinae

http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/omaspidescollecta.htm

Etiquetas

rainforest, subsociality, Ecuador, Nangaritza, Südamerika, T16, Tag16, Yankuam, Zamora-Chinchipe, Omaspides collecta, neotropical, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, South America, parental care

Grau de Pesquisa

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Fotos / Sons

4 fotos

What

Subtribo Acontistina

Observador

marilindner

Data

Dezembro 2022

Lugar

Brazil (Google, OSM)

Precisa de ID

View

Fotos / Sons

7 fotos

What

Caligo brasiliensis

Observador

projetobioif

Data

Setembro 15, 2022

Lugar

Albatroz, Osório - RS, 95520-000, Brasil (Google, OSM)

4 IDs

Grau de Pesquisa

View

Fotos / Sons

9 fotos

What

Tribo Hemisphaerotini

Observador

oscarneto

Data

Maio 5, 2022 10:29 AM -03

Lugar

Dionísio Torres, Fortaleza - CE, Brasil (Google, OSM)

Descrição

This post belongs to the life cycle coded under the Similar Observation Set number 145464047.

Due to iNaturalist's policy of keeping different organisms and pictures taken at different timespans in separate posts, the life cycle was divided into multiple posts, all belonging to this post. The posts can be found here:

Main post, which includes an adult beetle and pupal exuvia: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464047

Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464039

Various larvae and pupae, as well as damage caused to the leaf: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464040

Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464042

Pupa as time passed: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464044

Pre eclosion pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464045

Post eclosion beetle 1: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464049

Post eclosion beetle 2: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464048

Mating pair: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464050

THIS POST IS ALSO LINKED TO MY YOUTUBE ACCOUNT. THE VIDEO DISPLAYS ADDITIONAL VISUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS LIFE CYCLE AND CAN BE ACCESSED HERE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLru7pHFjYlQ3517HS1OwRzAArO_ryjVud

The larvae were collected from the host plant Carpentaria acuminata and were bred feeding exclusively on it. The larvae were wrapped in a fecal cocoon, which is excreted after birth. The insect will carry and remain inside the fecal cocoon throughout the entire larval and pupal cycle, freeing itself only after emerging as an adult. The fecal cocoon consists of long fecal strands attached to the rear end of the insect, probably used both as camouflage and protection from predators.