Template:Takizawa, 2017

Nomenclatural acts

edit

New names (38)

edit

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.