Revision of the Palearctic Chaetocnema Species
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini
By Alexander S. Konstantinov, et al.
April 2011
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ISBN: 9789546425676 
363 pages, Illustrated
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Seventy five Palearctic Chaetocnema species are revised. Seven new species are described: C. belka, Ch. bergeali, C. eastafghanica, C. franzi, C. igori, C. lubischevi, and C. tbilisiensis. The following nine synonymies are proposed: Biodontocnema Biondi 2000 = Chaetocnema Stephens 1831; C. altisocia Chen & Wang 1981 = C. psylloides Pic 1909; C. arisi Pic 1915b = C. grandis Pic 1909; C. castillana Bergeal & Doguet 2005 = C. rufofemorata Pic 1915b; C. insolita Allard 1860 = C. sahlbergii Gyllenhal 1827; C. medvedevi Palij 1968 = C. aridula Gyllenhal 1827; C. ogloblini Palij 1970 = C. ingenua Baly 1877a; C. sonkulica Palij 1968 = C. costulata (Motschulsky 1860); and C. turhalus Iriboz 1934 = C. breviuscula (Faldermann 1837). Plectroscelis insolita Allard 1860 is a new junior homonym of P. insolita Foudras 1860. Status of three species is restored: C. grandis Pic, C. ljudmilae Lopatin, and C. septentrionalis Kimoto. New status of valid species is proposed for C. pelagica Caillol and C. transbaicalica Heikertinger. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: C. aeneicolor Pic 1915a, C. aridula Gyllenhal 1827, C. arisi Pic 1915b, C. aurifrons Jacoby 1885, C. bella Baly 1877a, C. brenskei Pic 1910, C. chalceola Jacoby 1885, C. christinae Heikertinger 1909, C. coyei Allard 1864, C. cylindrica Baly 1874, C. delarouzeei Brisout 1884, C. discreta Baly 1877a, C. fulvipes Jacoby 1885, C. grandis Pic 1909, C. granulifrons Baly 1877a, C. granulosa Baly 1874, C. ingenua Baly 1877a, C. japonica Jacoby 1885, C. jurassica Pic 1915a, C. leonhardi Heikertinger 1951, C. longula Weise 1890, C. mannerheimii Gyllenhal 1827, C. orientalis Bauduér 1874, C. persica Baly 1877, C. psylloides Pic 1909, C. punctifrons Abeille 1907, C. rufofemorata Pic 1915b, C. sahlbergii Gyllenhal 1827, C. sinuata Weise 1889, and C. splendens Motschulsky 1845.
INTRODUCTION 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11
METHODS 12
BIOLOGY 15
NOMENCLATURAL HISTORY, USAGE, AND APPLICABILITY OF GENUS-GROUP NAMES 17
MORPHOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS 21
KEY TO CHAETOCNEMA SPECIES OF THE PALEARCTIC REGION 28
TAXONOMIC TREATMENT OF THE CHAETOCNEMA SPECIES OF THE PALEARCTIC REGION 37
Chaetocnema aerosa (Letzner) 37
Chaetocnema afghana Gruev 41
Chaetocnema angustula (Rosenhauer) 44
Chaetocnema arenacea (Allard) 48
Chaetocnema arida Foudras 52
Chaetocnema aridula (Gyllenhal) 59
Chaetocnema balanomorpha (Boieldieu) 65
Chaetocnema basalis Baly 69
Chaetocnema belka, new species 73
Chaetocnema bella (Baly) 75
Chaetocnema bergeali, new species 79
Chaetocnema bicolorata Kimoto 82
Chaetocnema breviuscula (Faldermann) 85
Chaetocnema chlorophana (Duftschmid) 90
Chaetocnema compressa (Letzner) 94
Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham) 98
Chaetocnema concinnicollis (Baly) 104
Chaetocnema conducta (Motschulsky) 108
Chaetocnema confusa (Boheman) 113
Chaetocnema costulata (Motschulsky) 117
Chaetocnema coyei (Allard) 121
Chaetocnema cylindrica (Baly) 125
Chaetocnema delarouzeei (Brisout) 129
Chaetocnema depressa (Boieldieu) 132
Chaetocnema discreta (Baly) 136
Chaetocnema eastafghanica, new species 140
Chaetocnema franzi, new species 143
Chaetocnema gottwaldi Král 146
Chaetocnema grandis Pic, status restored 149
Chaetocnema granulosa (Baly) 153
Chaetocnema heptapotamica Lubischev 157
Chaetocnema hortensis (Geoffroy) 160
Chaetocnema igori, new species 169
Chaetocnema imitatrix Gruev 173
Chaetocnema ingenua (Baly) 177
Chaetocnema jelineki Lopatin 181
Chaetocnema kabakovi Lopatin 184
Chaetocnema kanmiyai Kimoto 188
Chaetocnema kimotoi Gruev 191
Chaetocnema klapperichi Lopatin 195
Chaetocnema koreana Chûjô 198
Chaetocnema leonhardi Heikertinger 202
Chaetocnema ljudmilae Lopatin, status restored 205
Chaetocnema lubischevi, new species 209
Chaetocnema major (Jacquelin du Val) 212
Chaetocnema mandschurica Heikertinger 217
Chaetocnema mannerheimii (Gyllenhal) 220
Chaetocnema modesta Gressitt & Kimoto 225
Chaetocnema montenegrina Heikertinger 228
Chaetocnema nebulosa Weise 232
Chaetocnema nocticolor Rapilly 235
Chaetocnema obesa (Boieldieu) 239
Chaetocnema oblonga Lopatin 244
Chaetocnema orientalis (Bauduér) 248
Chaetocnema paganettii Heikertinger 251
Chaetocnema pelagica Caillol, new status 255
Chaetocnema picipes Stephens 261
Chaetocnema procerula (Rosenhauer) 268
Chaetocnema psylloides Pic 272
Chaetocnema punctifrons (Abeille) 276
Chaetocnema rufofemorata Pic 280
Chaetocnema sahlbergii (Gyllenhal) 284
Chaetocnema scheffleri (Kutschera) 289
Chaetocnema schlaeflii (Stierlin) 293
Chaetocnema semicoerulea (Koch) 297
Chaetocnema septentrionalis Kimoto, status restored 302
Chaetocnema shabalini Palij 305
Chaetocnema sinuata Weise 308
Chaetocnema splendens (Motschulsky) 311
Chaetocnema subcoerulea (Kutschera) 316
Chaetocnema tarsalis Wollaston 320
Chaetocnema tbilisiensis new species 323
Chaetocnema tibialis (Illiger) 327
Chaetocnema transbaicalica Heikertinger, new status 333
Chaetocnema ussuriensis Heikertinger 337
SUMMARY OF NOMENCLATURAL CHANGES 341
REFERENCES 343
INDEX OF HOST PLANTS 358
INDEX OF FLEA BEETLE TAXA 361
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