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Issue: Vol. 4497 No. 4: 11 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.4.3
Page range: 501–534
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Revision of the Australian leaf beetle genus Cheiloxena Baly, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)

Entomology & Arachnology, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
Entomology & Arachnology, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
Coleoptera fiery leaf beetle morphology taxonomy new species

Abstract

The endemic Australian leaf beetle genus Cheiloxena Baly, 1860 is revised, with eight valid species, three new: C. aitori sp. nov.; C. blackburni Reid, 1992; C. conani sp. nov.; C. frenchae Blackburn, 1893; C. insignis Blackburn, 1896; C. monga sp. nov.; C. tuberosa Reid, 1992; C. westwoodii Baly, 1860. A key is provided for their identification and all species are described. Cheiloxena species occur from southern Victoria to central Queensland. Hosts are Araliaceae (Astrotricha), Proteaceae (Lomatia) and possibly Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus).

 

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