A New Genus of Moss-Inhabiting Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Dominican Republic

Authors

Alexander S. Konstantinov, USDA National Museum of Natural HistoryFollow
Maria Lourdes Chamorro-Lacayo, University of Minnesota, Saint-Paul

Date of this Version

12-2006

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin December 2006 : Vol. 60, Issue 4, pp. 275-290.

Abstract

Kiskeya new genus and two new species (K. baorucae and K. neibae), from the Dominican Republic are described and illustrated. Kiskeya is compared to Monotalla Bechyne, Normaltica Konstantinov, and Clavicornaltica Scherer. Geographic ranges in which Greater Antillean endemics have closest relatives in the Old World are discussed.