Mikhailov Yu.E.

Review of leaf beetles of the subgenus Hypericia Bedel, 1899 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysolina) from East Asia

Number: 499, Pages: 1 - 18

The East Palaearctic group of species in the subgenus Hypericia Bedel, 1899 (genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860) is reviewed. Chrysolina (H.) nikkoensis (Jacoby, 1885) is first recorded for Kurile Islands and the Russian fauna, its type specimens studied and redescription is provided. Chrysolina (Hypericia) changbaishana sp. n. is described from Jilin Province of China; it differs from Ch. (H.) difficilis (Motschulsky, 1860) by smaller size, last abdominal ventrite without depression and narrow lateral calli of pronotum.

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