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The genus Japonitata Strand (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) in Taiwan: a redefinition of the genus and descriptions of two new species

The genus Japonitata is redefined based on comparison with its allied genera Paraplotes Laboissière, 1933 and Shairella Chûjô, 1962. Japonitataquadricostata Kimoto, 1996 and J.caerulea Kimoto, 1996 are transferred to Shairella. Japonitatahoujayisp. nov. and J.jungchanisp. nov. are described. Biologi...

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Autor principal: Lee, Chi-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703
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Sumario:The genus Japonitata is redefined based on comparison with its allied genera Paraplotes Laboissière, 1933 and Shairella Chûjô, 1962. Japonitataquadricostata Kimoto, 1996 and J.caerulea Kimoto, 1996 are transferred to Shairella. Japonitatahoujayisp. nov. and J.jungchanisp. nov. are described. Biological information is provided for J.houjayisp. nov. In addition, the generic boundary of Shairella is redefined by including S.quadricostata and S.caerulea.