Sikkimia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Sikkimia
Species: S. antennata – S. babai – S. kabakovi – S. meihuai – S. miranda – S. rufa – S. sufangae – S. tsoui – S. yuae

Invalid names

S. metallica – S. tamra

Name

Sikkimia Duvivier, 1891: cliv

Type species: Sikkimia antennana Duvivier, 1891, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Yunomela Chen, 1964: 201 [syn. Bezděk & Zhang, 2006]
  • Type species: Yunomela rufa Chen, 1964, by original designation.
• Taiwanolepta Kimoto, 1989: 73 [syn: Lee & Bezděk, 2016]
  • Type species: Taiwanolepta babai Kimoto, 1989, by original designation.
• Vietocerus Lopatin, 2003: 103 [syn. Bezděk & Zhang, 2006]
  • Type species: Vietocerus kabakovi Lopatin, 2003, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bezděk, J. & Zhang, L-J. 2006. Yunomela Chen, 1964 and Vietocerus Lopatin, 2003, new synonyms of Sikkimia Duvivier, 1891 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Genus 17(3): 351–358. PDF.
• Chen, S.-H. 1964. New genera and species of Galerucinae from China. Acta Entomologica Sinica 13(2): 201–211 (in Chinese with English summary). Online.
• Duvivier, A. 1891. Mélanges entomologiques. I. – Phytophages de l'île de Java. II. – Phytophages nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin ou Comptes-Rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1891: cxlv–clvi. BHL. [original description: p. cliv]
• Kimoto, S. 1989. Description of a new genus and three new species of Taiwanese Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Kintaro Baba, on the occasion of his entomological survey in 1986. Entomological review of Japan 44(2): 73–78. Full issue (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lee, C.-F. & Bezděk, J. 2016. Revision of the wingless Sikkimia Duvivier (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from Taiwan, including a new generic synonymy and four new species descriptions. ZooKeys 553: 79–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.553.6576 . Reference page.  [syn. nov., Key to species of Sikkimia in Taiwan]
• Lopatin, I.K. 2003. A new genus and its two new species of leaf-beetles from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Genus 14(1): 103–107. PDF.