New and poorly known species of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Vietnam

Abstract

Five new species of flea beetles are described from Vietnam: Euphitrea lamdongica sp. n. from the species group with head and pronotum red brown and elytra metallic green; Lankaphthona nigropicta sp. n. is similar to L. yunnantarsella Ruan, Konstantinov et Prathapan, 2019; Lipromorpha prosvirovi sp. n. from the species group with unicolor yellow body and transverse impression behind anterior margin of pronotum; Luperomorpha lobanovi sp. n. from the species group having black elytra with brown pattern and with not reticulated surface of pronotum; Manobia maculipennis sp. n. from the species group having brown elytra with black pattern. Agasicles hygrophilus Selman et Vogt, 1971, Aphthonella bhamoensis Jacoby, 1889 and Euphitrea cheni Zang et Yang, 2006 are recorded for the first time from Vietnam, and Aphthona nigrilabris Duvivier, 1892 is listed for the first time for Vietnam and Indonesia (Java)

Keywords

• coleoptera
• chrysomelidae
• galerucinae
• alticini
• vietnam
• south-east asia