Unexpected finding of rare and little known leaf beetle chrysolina levi (Coleoptera, chrysomelidae) in West Siberia

The first record of rare and little known leaf beetle Chrysolina levi Okhrimenko, 1990 was registered in the Omsk region (West Siberia). Redescription of male is given because holotype was collected dead and damaged, lacking legs, antennae, head and pronotum. Position of Chrysolina levi inside subge...

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Published in:Acta Biologica Sibirica
Main Author: Mikhailov, Y. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Altai State University 2020
Subjects:
CHRYSOLINA LEVI
OMSK REGION
REDESCRIPTION
SIBERIA
Sibirica
Siberia
Online Access:http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/103251
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https://doi.org/10.3897/ABS.6.E58639
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Summary:The first record of rare and little known leaf beetle Chrysolina levi Okhrimenko, 1990 was registered in the Omsk region (West Siberia). Redescription of male is given because holotype was collected dead and damaged, lacking legs, antennae, head and pronotum. Position of Chrysolina levi inside subgenus Chalcoidea is discussed, its distribution area in Scythian steppe region is now considered as Taman’–Irtysh instead of Pontic. Copyright Yuri E. Mikhailov.

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