Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, with a review of taxa recorded from Yemen
Bezděk Jan
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(supplementum 2): 403-428, 2012
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Abstract: First data on Galerucinae from Socotra Island (Yemen) are presented. Six species
are reported, among them a new genus and five new species are described:
Beenenia gen. nov. with B. scanticola sp. nov. as type species, B. kabateki sp.
nov., Monolepta suchomeli sp. nov., Monolepta hlavaci sp. nov., and Monolepta
kmenti sp. nov. A review of Galerucinae from continental Yemen based on the
literature data and newly collected material is presented with five new records:
Aulacophora calva Anand & Cox, 1986, Galerudolphia arabica (Medvedev, 1996),
Nymphius buettikeri (Medvedev, 1996), N. millingeni (Pic, 1915) and Madurasia
obscurella Jacoby, 1896.
Key words: Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Beenenia, Monolepta, new genus, new species, taxonomy, new records, Yemen, Socotra