Taxonomical changes and new records of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions

Abstract

New taxonomical acts are proposed in eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Chrysomelidae: Aetheanta higuchii (Kimoto and Takizawa 1981) = Smaragdina bothrionota Tan 1987 (syn. nov.); Physosmaragdina nigrifrons (Hope 1843) = Gynandrophthalma subsignata Fairmaire 1888 (syn. nov.); Smaragdina symmetria Tan 1988 = Aetheomorpha schmidti Medvedev 2003 (syn. nov.); Arthrotus malaisei (Bryant, 1954) (comb. nov.); Charaea sikanga (Gressitt and Kimoto 1963) = Luperus aenescens Weise 1889 (syn. nov.) = Taphinellina grahami Wilcox 1973 (syn. nov.); Dercetina purpurea (Bryant, 1954) (comb. nov.); Gallerucida chunia Maulik 1936 = Gallerucida birmanica Bryant, 1954 (syn. nov.); Hoplasoma sexmaculatum (Hope 1831) = Mimastra bistrimaculata Medvedev, 2015 (syn. nov.); Miltina Chapuis 1875 = Liroegala Medvedev, 2015 (syn. nov.); Mimastra Baly 1865 = Neoatysa Abdullah and Qureshi 1968 (syn. nov.); Mimastra shahidi (comb. nov.); Mimastra davidis (Fairmaire, 1878) (valid species) = Mimastra limbata Baly 1879 (syn. nov.); Munina blanchardi (Allard 1891) (comb. nov.) = Munina donacioides Chen, 1976 (syn. nov.) = Munina flavida Yang and Yao, 1997 (syn. nov.); Paraplotes Laboissière, 1933 = Shensia Chen 1964 (syn. nov.); Paraplotes antennalis Chen 1942 = Shensia parvula Chen 1964 (syn. nov.); Paraspitiella maculata (Bryant, 1954) (comb. nov.) = Paraspitiella nigrinotum Yang, 2004 (syn. nov.); Parexosoma sikanga (Gressitt and Kimoto 1963) (comb. nov.); Paridea Baly 1886 = Neosastra Abdullah and Qureshi 1968 (syn. nov.); Paridea (Paridea) octomaculata (Baly 1886) = Neosastra murreeiensis (syn. nov.); Altica Geoffroy 1762 = Neoclitena Abdullah and Qureshi 1968 (syn. nov.); Altica simplex (comb. nov., nomen dubium). New country records of Chrysomelidae from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions are provided.