Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China

Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China

In this study, five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are described from China: M. albipunctata sp. nov., M. alticola sp. nov., M. bivittata sp. nov., M. mengsongensis sp. nov., and M. rubripennis sp. nov. A key and catalogue to t...

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Main Authors: Qi-long Lei, Si-yuan Xu, Xing-ke Yang, Rui-E Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/65335/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-b406b53b7c3d421898e7dd2537b506812021-09-29T03:30:37ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702021-08-011056355710.3897/zookeys.1056.6533565335Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from ChinaQi-long Lei0Si-yuan Xu1Xing-ke Yang2Rui-E Nie3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesIn this study, five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are described from China: M. albipunctata sp. nov., M. alticola sp. nov., M. bivittata sp. nov., M. mengsongensis sp. nov., and M. rubripennis sp. nov. A key and catalogue to the 68 Chinese species of Monolepta with the second and third antennomeres of equal length are given as well as photographs of the habitus and aedeagus of the new species and type habitus images of 37 known species.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/65335/download/pdf/
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Si-yuan Xu
Xing-ke Yang
Rui-E Nie
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Xing-ke Yang
Rui-E Nie
Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
ZooKeys
author_facet Qi-long Lei
Si-yuan Xu
Xing-ke Yang
Rui-E Nie
author_sort Qi-long Lei
title Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
title_short Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
title_full Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
title_fullStr Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
title_full_unstemmed Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China
title_sort five new species of the leaf-beetle genus monolepta chevrolat (coleoptera, chrysomelidae, galerucinae) from china
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series ZooKeys
issn 1313-2970
publishDate 2021-08-01
description In this study, five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are described from China: M. albipunctata sp. nov., M. alticola sp. nov., M. bivittata sp. nov., M. mengsongensis sp. nov., and M. rubripennis sp. nov. A key and catalogue to the 68 Chinese species of Monolepta with the second and third antennomeres of equal length are given as well as photographs of the habitus and aedeagus of the new species and type habitus images of 37 known species.
url https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/65335/download/pdf/
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