A new genus and species of cryptocephaline leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica

Authors

John R. Watts, Westminster, Colorado

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 2005

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Watts.

Abstract

Aulacothoracicus coastaricensis Watts, new genus and new species of cryoptocephaline Chrysomelidae, is described from Costa Rica. Illustrations and an updated key to the genera of the subfamily in North and Central America are provided.