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Issue: Vol. 5301 No. 4: 13 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.4.3
Page range: 447-460
Abstract views: 385
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Two new species of Clavicornaltica Scherer (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan, with a redescription of C. sakishimana Suenaga and Yoshida

108-11; Nakashima; Kurashiki; Okayama; 710–0803; Japan
Coleoptera leaf beetle flea beetle moss leaf litter Ryukyu archipelago Palearctic Region taxonomy

Abstract

Two new flea beetles living in leaf litter, Clavicornaltica tokushigei sp. nov. from Okinawa-jima I. and C. nakanoi sp. nov. from Ishigaki-jima I., Iriomote-jima I., and Yonaguni-jima I. are described and illustrated. Clavicornaltica sakishimana Suenaga and Yoshida, 2016 is redescribed including description and illustration of female genitalia. A key to the species distributed in the Ryukyu Is., Japan is provided. The biology of C. nakanoi sp. nov. is noted with the ecological photograph for the first time in this genus.

 

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