Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939, a species native to the U.S.A. and adventive to Sardinia, Italy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)

SHAWN M. CLARK; ANDREA RATTU; DAVIDE CILLO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.6

Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 1: 4 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.6

Page range: 83–89

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Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939, a species native to the U.S.A. and adventive to Sardinia, Italy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)

SHAWN M. CLARK⁺⁻
ANDREA RATTU⁺⁻
DAVIDE CILLO⁺⁻

Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, U.S.A.

Via del Pozzetto 1, 09126 Cagliari (CA), Sardinia, Italy.

Via Zeffiro 8, 09126 Cagliari (CA), Sardinia, Italy

Atriplex Chenopodium introduced species leaf beetle

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Abstract

Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939, a species native to North America, is newly found in Sardinia, Italy. This discovery constitutes the first report of the species from Europe, as well as the first report from outside of the U.S.A. The species is redescribed and illustrated, and errors in the original description are corrected. Host plants are species of Atriplex and Chenopodium occurring in saline habitats.