Revision of the genera Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1932 and Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) of Taiwan, with type designation of Galerucella lineatipes Takei

By

Lee, Chi-Feng 1968-
Bezděk, Jan, 1974-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1039

Pages

1--108

Subjects

host plant , leaf beetles , new species , new synonym , Nomenclature , taxonomy , Tricholochmaea

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740

 

Abstract

The taxonomic status ofPyrrhaltaJoannis, 1865 and allied generaTricholochmaeaLaboissière, 1932 andXanthogalerucaLaboissière, 1934 is discussed based on the study of Taiwanese species. Tentatively,XanthogalerucaandPyrrhaltaare regarded as valid genera whileTricholochmaeais a synonym ofPyrrhalta. Fourteen species are recognized and redescribed, includingP. gressittiKimoto, 1969;P. taiwanaKimoto, 1969;P. viridipennisKimoto, 1981;P. igaiKimoto, 1981;P. meifenaKimoto, 1976;P. maculataGressitt & Kimoto, 1963;P. tsouiBezděk & Lee, 2019;P. semifulva(Jacoby, 1885);P. discalisGressitt & Kimoto, 1963;P. ishiharaiKimoto, 1994;P. shirozuiKimoto, 1969;P. kobayashiiKimoto, 1974;P. ohbayashiiKimoto, 1984; andP. takizawaiKimoto, 1996. Taiwanese populations identified asXanthogaleruca aenescens(Fairmaire) were misidentified and those are described as a new species,X. yuaesp. nov.Xanthogaleruca aenescensis redescribed for comparison. Eight additional new species ofPyrrhaltaare described:P. alishanensissp. nov.,P. houjayisp. nov.,P. formosanensissp. nov.,P. jungchanisp. nov.,P. luisp. nov.,P. meihuaisp. nov.,P. tahsiangisp. nov., andP. wulaiensissp. nov.Type specimens ofGalerucella lineatipesTakei, 1916 were rediscovered and are designated as lectotype and paralectotype.Galerucella lineatipesis removed from synonymy withG. calmariensis(Linnaeus, 1767) and regarded as a senior synonym ofP. humeralis(Chen, 1942),syn. nov.MostPyrrhaltaspecies can be classified into four species groups based on their morphological and genitalic similarity. host plants and other biological information are provided for almost all species.