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Issue: Vol. 2441 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2441.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 80
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A review of the genus Agetocera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Taiwan—are there only two species?

Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung 413, TAIWAN
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Zoology, Zemĕdĕlská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Department of Entomology, MRC 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galerucinae Agetocera new species speciation Taiwan Palaearctic Region

Abstract

The Taiwanese species of Agetocera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are reviewed. Three new species, A. yuae, A. choui, and A. huatungensis are described and A. discedens Weise and A. taiwana Chûjô are redescribed. Agetocera taiwana together with the new species form a group of four sibling species. The Agetocera taiwana species group is defined and a key to Taiwanese Agetocera species is provided.

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