A review of the genus Lankaphthona Medvedev, 2001, with comments on the modified phallobase and the unique abdominal appendage of L. binotata (Baly) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

The flea beetle genus Lankaphthona Medvedev, 2001 is redescribed and a new species L. yunnantarsella sp. nov. Ruan, Konstantinov & Prathapan is described. Longitarsella Medvedev, 2009, syn. nov. and Philotarsa Medvedev, 2009, syn. nov. are newly synonymized with Lankaph...

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Main Authors: Yongying Ruan, Alexander S. Konstantinov, Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan, Mengna Zhang, Xingke Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34465/download/pdf/