New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (III): revision of Meishania Chen & Wang with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

Authors

• Yongying Ruan, henzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen & 3
• Alexander S. Konstantinov, USDA, ARS, Washington DC
• Kaniyarikkal Divakaran Prathapan, Kerala Agricultural UniversityFollow
• Menga Zhang, henzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen
• Shihong Jiang, henzhen Polytechnic, ShenzhenFollow
• Xing‐Ke Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, BeijingFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-3-2018

Citation

Zootaxa 4403 (1): 186–200 http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.11

Comments

U.S. Government Works

Abstract

The flea beetle genus Meishania Chen & Wang is revised and five new species—M. cangshanensis sp. nov., M. flavipen- nis sp. nov., M. fulvotigera sp. nov., and M. sichuanica sp. nov. from China and M. bhutanensis sp. nov. from Bhutan— are described. All species of Meishania are illustrated and a key to species is provided.