Notes on spotted-elytron species of Gallerucida Motschulsky with the description of six new species from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)

Si-Yuan Xu; Rui-E Nie; Xing-Ke Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1116.85987

Notes on spotted-elytron species of Gallerucida Motschulsky with the description of six new species from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)

Zookeys. 2022 Aug 4:1116:33-55. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1116.85987. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Si-Yuan Xu^{1

2}, Rui-E Nie^{1

3}, Xing-Ke Yang^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China Anhui Normal University Wuhu China.
⁴ Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou 510260, China Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources Guangzhou China.

Abstract

In this study, fifteen species of Gallerucida Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), with spotted elytra, from China are reviewed, including one new record: G.balyi (Duvivier, 1885), six new species: G.fortispina Xu & Yang, sp. nov., G.levifasciata Xu & Nie, sp. nov., G.nigrovittata Xu & Yang, sp. nov., G.octodecimpunctata Xu & Yang, sp. nov., G.piceusfasciata Xu & Yang, sp. nov., G.rufipectoralis Xu & Nie, sp. nov., and Aplosonyxgansuica (Chen, 1942), comb. nov. is removed from genus Gallerucida. A key to the spotted-elytron species of Gallerucida from China is given as well as habitus photographs of the related species and Aplosonyxgansuica comb. nov. and photographs of the aedeagus of each new species.

Keywords: Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Galerucinae; Gallerucida; new species.

Si-yuan Xu, Rui-E Nie, Xing-ke Yang.