Template:Takizawa, 2017
- Takizawa, H. 2017. Leaf beetles of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 23(2): 195–233. Abstract (Facebook).
Nomenclatural acts edit
- Date of publication: 30 November 2017
- ZooBank: 340472DD-F7AC-4C5D-9550-C3BBFF13212C
New names (38) edit
- Aulacia montana
- Aulexis excavata
- Aulexis kinabaluensis
- Aulexis obscura
- Basilepta liewi
- Demotina quercicola
- Goniopleura kinabaluensis
- Nodina tricostata
- Rhyparida perang
- Charaea merahkupak
- Dercetina kinabalucola
- Dercetina tepihitam
- Pyrrhalta tuberculata
- Xenoda yoshitomii
- Xenoda nigromaculata
- Chabria besar
- Chabria brevistriolata
- Chabria marginata
- Aphthona hitam
- Brancucciella borneensis
- Hemipyxis kinabaluensis
- Neocrepidodera sabahensis
- Orthaltica chibi
- Orthaltica konstantinovi
- Orthaltica rata
- Orthaltica sabahcola
- Orthaltica schereri
- Orthaltica tuberculata
- Phygasoma maculatum
- Schenklingia variegata
- Schenklingia merah
- Schenklingia fulvomaculata
- Sphaerometopa alabensis
- Trachyaphthona monticola
- Trachyaphthona punctata
- Trachyaphthona pudar
- Trachyaphthona tajam
- Trachyaphthona tanpakepak
Abstract edit
Leaf beetle fauna of Mt. Kinabalu above 1,800 m alt. was studied during 2008–2011. A total of 131 species belonging to nine subfamilies were enumerated, of which 38 species are described as new to science in this paper: Aulacia montana, Aulexis excavata, A. kinabaluensis, A. obscura, Basilepta liewi, Demotina quercicola, Goniopleura kinabaluensis, Nodina tricostata, Rhyparida perang, Charaea merahkupak, Dercetina kinabalucola, D. tepihitam, Pyrrhalta tuberculata, Xenoda yoshitomii, X. nigromaculata, Chabria besar, C. brevistriolata, C. marginata, Aphthona hitam, Brancucciella borneensis, Hemipyxis kinabaluensis, Neocrepidodera sabahensis, Orthaltica chibi, O. konstantinovi, O. rata, O. sabahcola, O. schereri, O. tuberculata, Phygasoma maculatum, Schenklingia variegata, S. merah, S. fulvomaculata, Sphaerometopa alabensis, Trachyaphthona monticola, T. punctata, T. pudar, T. tajam and T. tanpakepak n. spp. Chabria kinabalensis Bryant, 1938 is transferred to the genus Ivalia. Furthermore short accounts on the characteristics of the high altitude leaf beetle fauna at Mt. Kinabalu were given.