A New Species-Group in Aphthona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a Description of a New Species from Southern India

K. D. Prathapan; A. S. Konstantinov

doi:10.1649/072.065.0401

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K. D. Prathapan,¹ A. S. Konstantinov²

¹Department of Entomology Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P.O. Trivandrum -695 522, Kerala, INDIA prathapankd@gmail.com
²Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS USDA c/o National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168 Washington, DC 20013-7012, U.S.A. alex.konstantinov@ars.usda.gov

Abstract

A new species-group in the flea beetle genus Aphthona Chevrolat is defined and Aphthona yercaudensis Prathapan and Konstantinov, new species, from southern India is described. A key to Aphthona species-groups in the Oriental Region is provided. Herbaceous species of Phyllanthus L. (Euphorbiaceae) are recorded as the host plants of Aphthona bombayensis Scherer.

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K. D. Prathapan and A. S. Konstantinov "A New Species-Group in Aphthona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a Description of a New Species from Southern India," The Coleopterists Bulletin 65(4), 329-334, (1 December 2011). https://doi.org/10.1649/072.065.0401

Received: 15 June 2011; Accepted: 27 October 2011; Published: 1 December 2011

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