Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan

Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen gen. nov. is described. It represents the first genus of Galerucinae (s. str.) in Taiwan documented to inhabit moss cushions. Shaira chujoi Kimoto, 1982 is transferred to Taiwanoshaira, as follows: T. chujoi (Kimoto), comb. nov. Two new species, T. taipingshanensissp....

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Autores principales: Lee, Chi-Feng, Beenen, Ron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7340628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32684777
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.944.53099
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description Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen gen. nov. is described. It represents the first genus of Galerucinae (s. str.) in Taiwan documented to inhabit moss cushions. Shaira chujoi Kimoto, 1982 is transferred to Taiwanoshaira, as follows: T. chujoi (Kimoto), comb. nov. Two new species, T. taipingshanensissp. nov. and T. tsouisp. nov., are described. Adults of T. taipingshanensissp. nov. were observed feeding on the moss species Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J. Kop. (Mniaceae). Microhabitats and distribution of Taiwanoshaira species are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-73406282020-07-17 Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan Lee, Chi-Feng Beenen, Ron Zookeys Review Article Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen gen. nov. is described. It represents the first genus of Galerucinae (s. str.) in Taiwan documented to inhabit moss cushions. Shaira chujoi Kimoto, 1982 is transferred to Taiwanoshaira, as follows: T. chujoi (Kimoto), comb. nov. Two new species, T. taipingshanensissp. nov. and T. tsouisp. nov., are described. Adults of T. taipingshanensissp. nov. were observed feeding on the moss species Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J. Kop. (Mniaceae). Microhabitats and distribution of Taiwanoshaira species are discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7340628/ /pubmed/32684777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.944.53099 Text en Chi-Feng Lee, Ron Beenen http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lee, Chi-Feng
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Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title_full Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title_fullStr Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title_short Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinaesensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan
title_sort taiwanoshaira lee & beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting galerucinaesensu stricto (coleoptera, chrysomelidae) from taiwan
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7340628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32684777
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.944.53099
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