Contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (II): Baoshanaltica new genus and Sinosphaera new genus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

By

Ruan, Yong-Ying
Konstantinov, Alexander S, 1955-
Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal
Yang, Xingke.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

720

Pages

103-120

Subjects

Alticini , beetle diversity , China , Flea beetles , moss-inhabiting , new genera , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.720.12715

 

Abstract

Two new genera: Baoshanaltica gen. n. and Sinosphaera gen. n., and two new species: Baoshanaltica minuta sp. n. and Sinosphaera aptera sp. n. from south-west China are described and illustrated. Baoshanaltica is compared to the allied moss-inhabiting genera Cangshanaltica Konstantinov et al. and Phaelota Jacoby, in addition to Minota Kutschera. Sinosphaera is compared to Sphaeroderma Stephens, Omeisphaera Chen & Zia, Jacobyana Maulik, and Kamala Maulik.