A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)

Authors

C. L. Staines Jr., Edgewater, MD

Date of this Version

March 1989

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1989. Copyright © 1989 Staines.

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

Abstract

The New World species of Octotoma are revised and keys, diagnoses, and descriptions are provided for the nine known species. The authorship of the genus belongs to Chevrolat rather than Dejean. Octotoma intermedia, from Mexico, is described as new.