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Research Project: Systematics of Beetles, Flies, Moths and Wasps with an Emphasis on Agricultural Pests, Invasive Species, Biological Control Agents, and Food Security

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Lanyualtica hsui, a new genus and new species of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan

Author
item LEE, C. - Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute
item Konstantinov, Alexander - Alex

Submitted to: ZooKeys
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/19/2024
Publication Date: 3/22/2024
Citation: Lee, C.F., Konstantinov, A.S. 2024. Lanyualtica hsui, a new genus and new species of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. ZooKeys. 78 (1):69-75. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-78.1.69.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-78.1.69

Interpretive Summary: Leaf beetles, especially flea beetles, are among the most important insects for U.S. agriculture. Many are serious pests and feed on crops destroying valuable plants costing millions of dollars annually. Others are important biological control agents that can be used to control unwanted and invasive weeds. This work documents a discovery of a new genus and species of flea beetles previously unknown to science. These beetles feed on plants from Olive family. They are described, illustrated and compared to all known genera of the group. The study will be useful to biological control workers, evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and anyone interested in plant feeding beetles.

Technical Abstract: Lanyualtica hsui Lee and Konstantinov, new genus and new species, is described from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. It belongs to Tegyrius genus group sensu Prathapan and Konstantinov (2021). It is most similar to Parategyrius Kimoto and Gressitt and may be differentiated from it by the asymmetric metatarsomeres II and III and by rows of punctures on the elytra situated in relatively deep groves.