A review of the leaf-beetle genus Sinoluperus Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China, with the description of a new species

Hai-Dong Yang; Chuan Feng; Xing-Ke Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1200.116337

A review of the leaf-beetle genus Sinoluperus Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China, with the description of a new species

Zookeys. 2024 May 9:1200:231-243. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.116337. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Hai-Dong Yang¹, Chuan Feng^{2

3}, Xing-Ke Yang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510260, China Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

In this study, all species of the leaf-beetle genus Sinoluperus Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 from China are redescribed based on the reexamination of type specimens, and a new species, S.variegatussp. nov. from Nanling Mountains, is described. A key to the three Chinese species of Sinoluperus is provided, as well as photographs of the habiti and aedeagi of these species.

Keywords: Key; Nanling mountains; taxonomy.

Hai-Dong Yang, Chuan Feng, Xing-Ke Yang.

Grants and funding

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Science Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program (Grant No. 2022FY202100)