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Issue: Vol. 5689 No. 2: 3 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.8
Page range: 379-391
Abstract views: 165
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Two new species of Clytrini from South-east Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

Russian Entomological Society; Krasnoputilovskaya str.; 105–9; St. Petersburg 196240 Russia.
Mendel University in Brno; Department of Zoology; Fisheries; Hydrobiology and Apiculture; Zemědělská 1; 613 00 Brno; Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Aetheomorpha Smaragdina Thailand Vietnam new species

Abstract

Aetheomorpha prosvirovi sp. nov. (Thailand, Laos) and Smaragdina bienkowskii sp. nov. (Vietnam) are described. The Smaragdina sikkimia species group is established and keyed for yellow Oriental Smaragdina species with a narrow frons and aedeagus featuring a finger-shaped apical process. Color figures of the habitus, male and female genitalia, and some other body details are presented for both new species and related species. The taxonomic relationship between the genera Aetheomorpha and Smaragdina is discussed. Additionally, Aetheomorpha weigeli Medvedev, 2010 is newly recorded from Myanmar and Thailand.

 

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How to Cite

Romantsov, P.V. & Bezděk, J. (2025) Two new species of Clytrini from South-east Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Zootaxa, 5689 (2), 379–391. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.8