The genus Shairella Chûjô A Clinopodium laxiflorum var. taiwanianum (Lee & Beenen, 2017) B Hemiboea bicornuta (Lee, 2022) C Larva of S. guoi feeding on leaves of Strobilanthes flexicaulis D pupa of S. guoi E Adult of S. aeneipennis species group (Lee & Beenen, 2017) associated with C. laxiflorum var. taiwanianum F adult of S. cheni species group (Lee and Beenen 1027) associated with H. bicornuta G adult of S. quadricostata (Lee 2022) associated with H. bicornuta.

#LiteratureNotice Lee. hat drives the reduction of hindwings in #Galerucinae sensu stricto (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)? A case study based on the Taiwanese fauna doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #morphologystudy #taxonomystudy

Afrotropicaltica fulvipennis (Jacoby) comb. nov. A lectotype of Blepharida favareli Achard, male, Ogooué, Sam-Kita, habitus B holotype of Cladocera fulvipennis Jacoby, male, habitus C distribution D head, pronotum, and base of elytra, male, Cameroun, Victoria E head, Republique du Congo, P.N. d’Odzala, Mbandza F median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view, Republique du Congo, P.N. d’Odzala, Mbandza G spermatheca, paralectotype of Blepharida favareli Achard, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eala H metafemoral extensor tendon, Camerun, Victoria. Abbreviations: am: apical margin; bav: basal angle of the ventral lobe; dba: dorsal-basal angle; dl: dorsal lobe; dmv: dorsal margin of the ventral lobe; ea: extended arm; vba: ventral-basal angle; vl: ventral lobe. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B); 1 mm (D, E, F, G); 500 μm (H).

#LiteratureNotice D'Alessandro & Biondi. A new flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan Africa, and taxonomic remarks on the Blepharida genera group in the Afrotropical region ( #Chrysomelidae, #Galerucinae, Alticini) doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #NewGenus #NewSpecies #LeafBeetles

Paleosepharia subrubra sp. nov. (holotype, male) A–C habitus D–F aedeagus G depression of the elytra of the male. A, D dorsal view B, E ventral view C, F lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–C); 0.5 mm (D–F).

#LiteratureNotice Feng et al. Two #NewSpecies and two new combinations within Paleosepharia ( #Coleoptera, #Chrysomelidae, #Galerucinae) from China doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetles #Taxonomy #LeafBeetles

Synetocephalus species, lateral habitus. 1) S. adenostomatus (Sunset Valley, Santa Barbara County, CA); 2) S. adenostomatus (Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA); 3) S. atricornis. Scale bars = 1 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Gilbert & Clark. A Review of the Genus Synetocephalus Fall, 1910 ( #Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae: #Galerucinae: Luperini), with Descriptions of Five #NewSpecies doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #LeafBeetles #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Taxonomy

Longitarsus cohongorooto, new species. Habitus drawing by Taina Litwak (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA).

#LiteratureNotice Konstantinov. A New Longitarsus Latreille ( #Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae: #Galerucinae: Alticini) Species from the Greater Washington, DC Region, USA doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #LeafBeetles #NewSpecies #TheColeopteristsBulletin

#LiteratureNotice Matthew & Divakaran. Four species of Chaetocnema Stephens, 1831 new to India ( #Coleoptera, #Chrysomelidae, #Galerucinae, Alticini) doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #LeafBeetles #NewRecords

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Paola D'Alessandro & Maurizio Biondi. 2025. A new flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan #Africa, and taxonomic remarks on the #Blepharida genera group in the Afrotropical region (#Chrysomelidae, #Galerucinae, #Alticini). ZooKeys 1228(3):139-159

books on my shelf: Yan, Ge, Nie, Ruan, & Li (2015) Chinese #leafbeetles #Chrysomelidae (deals with #Chrysomelinae, #Galerucinae, #Alticinae) #China

#LiteratureNotice Viswajyothi & Clark. New World genera of #Galerucinae (tribes Galerucini, Metacyclini, and Luperini): an annotated list and identification key (#Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae). doi.org/10.5852/ejt.... #Beetle #Beetles #LeafBeetles #NewSpecies #NewGenera