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Genus of beetles

Beltia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Beltia
Jacoby, 1881
Type species
Beltia nicaraguensis
Jacoby, 1881

Beltia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from the Neotropical realm. It was first erected by Martin Jacoby in 1881 for a single species from Nicaragua. In 2018, it was redefined to include fourteen new species from Central America and northwestern South America, as well as four species transferred from Colaspoides.

Species

References

  1. ^ Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
  2. ^ Flowers, R. Wills (2018). "A review of the genus Beltia Jacoby (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini), with descriptions of fourteen new species from Costa Rica, Panama, and northwestern South America". Insecta Mundi (672): 1–43.
  3. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  4. ^ Bechyné, J. (1950). "Eumolpides Américains nouveaux ou peu connus" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 1: 205–238. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
Taxon identifiers
Beltia


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