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Issue: Vol. 4282 No. 1: 23 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.6
Page range: 111–122
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 4

New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (I): Gansuapteris new genus and Primulavorus new genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. College of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, China.
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Washington DC, USA
Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P.O., Trivandrum -695 522, Kerala, INDIA.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Coleoptera new genus new species leaf beetles Alticini China Primrose

Abstract

Two new genera and species of flea beetles (Gansuapteris gen. nov., Primulavorus gen. nov., Gansuapteris fulvus sp. nov. and Primulavorus maculata sp. nov.) from south-west China are described and illustrated. Distinguishing features of the new genera and their allies are discussed.

 

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