Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China

In this study, five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are described from China: M. albipunctata sp. nov. , M. alticola sp. nov. , M. bivittata sp. nov. , M. mengsongensis sp. nov. , and M. rubripennis sp. nov. A key and catalogue...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 1056; no. 2; pp. 35 - 57
Main Authors Lei, Qi-long, Xu, Si-yuan, Yang, Xing-ke, Nie, Rui-E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sofia Pensoft Publishers 18.08.2021
Subjects
Aedeagus
Animalia
Arthropoda
Asia
Central Asia
China
Chrysomelidae
Chrysomeloidea
Coleoptera
Galerucinae
Habitus
Hexapoda
Insecta
Invertebrata
Leaves
Monolepta
New species
Polyphaga
Systematics
Taxonomy
Zoology
China
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Summary:In this study, five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are described from China: M. albipunctata sp. nov. , M. alticola sp. nov. , M. bivittata sp. nov. , M. mengsongensis sp. nov. , and M. rubripennis sp. nov. A key and catalogue to the 68 Chinese species of Monolepta with the second and third antennomeres of equal length are given as well as photographs of the habitus and aedeagus of the new species and type habitus images of 37 known species.
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Academic editor: Al. Konstantinov
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1056.65335