New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (III): revision of Meishania Chen Wang with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

Yongying Ruan; Alexander S Konstantinov; K D Prathapan; Mengna Zhang; Shihong Jiang; Xingke Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.11

New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (III): revision of Meishania Chen Wang with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

Zootaxa. 2018 Apr 3;4403(1):186-200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.11.

Authors

Yongying Ruan¹, Alexander S Konstantinov, K D Prathapan, Mengna Zhang, Shihong Jiang, Xingke Yang

Affiliation

¹ School of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology, Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.. user@example.com.

PMID: 29690252
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.11

Abstract

The flea beetle genus Meishania Chen Wang is revised and five new species-M. cangshanensis sp. nov., M. flavipennis sp. nov., M. fulvotigera sp. nov., and M. sichuanica sp. nov. from China and M. bhutanensis sp. nov. from Bhutan-are described. All species of Meishania are illustrated and a key to species is provided.

Keywords: Coleoptera, leaf beetles, Alticini, Bhutan, China, biodiversity.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures
Animals
Bhutan
China
Coleoptera*
Siphonaptera