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Issue: Vol. 5528 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.50
Page range: 744-757
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Notes on Arthrotus Motschulsky, 1857 from Nanling region of China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with descriptions of two new species

Shaanxi Institute of Zoology; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710000; China
Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization; Institute of Zoology; Guangdong Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; Guangdong 510260; China
Shaanxi Institute of Zoology; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710000; China
Shaanxi Institute of Zoology; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710000; China
Coleoptera leaf beetles morphology faunistics

Abstract

Seventeen species of Arthrotus Motschulsky, 1857 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from the Nanling area of China are reviewed, including two new species: A. hamatus sp. nov. and A. oculatus sp. nov., and one newly recorded species for China: A. kalimponganus Kimoto, 2004. Illustrations of the habitus and external genitalia of the new species are provided, and a key to the species of Arthrotus from Nanling region is given.

 

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