Checklist of tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) from Colombia with new data and description of a new species

By

Borowiec, Lech
Swietojanska, Jolanta

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

518

Pages

87-127

Subjects

Cassidinae , Checklist , Chrysomelidae , Coleoptera , Colombia , Cyrtonota abrili , new faunistic data

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.518.9350

 

Abstract

A new tortoise beetle species, Cyrtonota abrili, is described from the Antioquia and Caldas departments in Colombia. New faunistic data are provided for 87 species, including 16 new additions to the country’s fauna. A checklist of the known 238 species of tortoise beetles recorded from Colombia is given.