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Issue: Vol. 5723 No. 4: 27 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.7
Page range: 577-586
Abstract views: 129
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The Loranthaceae-feeding leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan, with a description of new species

Systematic Entomology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Hokkaido University; N9; W9; Sapporo; Japan.
Coleoptera Cryptocephalinae Cryptocephalini Eumolpinae Typophorini taxonomy Palaearctic region

Abstract

Three leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) are observed to feed on the Loranthaceae plant, Taxillus yadoriki (Siebold ex Maxim.) Danser from Japan for the first time: Cryptocephalus (C.) tsutsumiuchii sp. nov., C. (C.) perelegans Baly, 1873 (both Cryptocephalinae), and Cleoporus variabilis (Baly, 1874) (Eumolpinae). These two Cryptocephalus are distributed sympatrically, and they may have speciated through a change in their host plant.

 

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How to Cite

Shigetoh, H. (2025) The Loranthaceae-feeding leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan, with a description of new species. Zootaxa, 5723 (4), 577–586. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.7