Unexpected finding of rare and little known leaf beetle Chrysolina levi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in West Siberia

Autor: Yuri E. Mikhailov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 563-569 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2412-1908
DOI: 10.3897/abs.6.e58639
Popis: The first record of rare and little known leaf beetle Chrysolina levi Okhrimenko, 1990 was registered in the Omsk region (West Siberia). Redescription of male is given because holotype was collected dead and damaged, lacking legs, antennae, head and pronotum. Position of Chrysolina levi inside subgenus Chalcoidea is discussed, its distribution area in Scythian steppe region is now considered as Taman’–Irtysh instead of Pontic.
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