Downesia

Downesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Gonophorini
Genus:	Downesia Baly, 1858 [1]
Synonyms
HanoiaFairmaire, 1888

Downesia is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. ^[2]

Species

• Downesia abdominalis Weise, 1922
• Downesia andrewesi Gestro, 1911
• Downesia atrata Baly, 1869
• Downesia auberti (Fairmaire, 1888)
• Downesia balyi Gressitt, 1950
• Downesia bambusae Maulik, 1933
• Downesia basalis Baly, 1888
• Downesia ceylonica Maulik, 1919
• Downesia elegans Gestro, 1890
• Downesia fulvipennis Baly, 1888
• Downesia garambae Uhmann, 1961
• Downesia gestroi Baly, 1888
• Downesia gracilis Uhmann, 1955
• Downesia grandis Gestro, 1890
• Downesia insignis Baly, 1858
• Downesia javana Weise, 1928
• Downesia kanarensis Weise, 1897
• Downesia kwangtunga Gressitt, 1950
• Downesia labrata Uhmann, 1948
• Downesia linkei Uhmann, 1963
• Downesia maculaticeps Pic, 1924
• Downesia major Pic, 1934
• Downesia marginicollis Weise, 1922
• Downesia negrosica Uhmann, 1948
• Downesia nigripennis Chen and Tan, 1962
• Downesia perniciosa Spaeth, 1933
• Downesia picea Baly, 1888
• Downesia puncticollis Chen and Tan, 1962
• Downesia ratana Maulik, 1919
• Downesia sasthi Maulik, 1923
• Downesia simulans Chen and Sun, 1964
• Downesia spenceri Kimoto, 1998
• Downesia strandi Uhmann, 1943
• Downesia strigicollis Baly, 1876
• Downesia strigosa Pic, 1924
• Downesia sulcata Gestro, 1887
• Downesia sumatrana Gestro, 1897
• Downesia tagalica Gestro, 1917
• Downesia tarsata Baly, 1869
• Downesia thoracica Chen and Sun, 1964
• Downesia vandykei Gressitt, 1939

Selected former species

• Downesia atripes Pic, 1928
• Downesia donckieri Pic, 1924

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Gonophorini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 29, 2025.