New genus and species of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from Puerto Rico, with comments on flea beetle diversity in the West Indies and a key to the West Indian Monoplatini genera

Konstantinov, A. S.; Konstantinova, A. A.

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New genus and species of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from Puerto Rico, with comments on flea beetle diversity in the West Indies and a key to the West Indian Monoplatini genera

Author(s): Alexander Konstantinov , Anna Konstantinova

Publication date Created: December 15 2011

Publication date (Electronic): December 15 2011

Journal: ZooKeys

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

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Abstract A new genus ( Borinken ) and five new species ( Borinken elyunque , Distigmoptera chamorrae , Kiskeya elyunque , Ulrica eltoro , and Ulrica iviei ) from Puerto Rico are described and illustrated. A keyto all West Indian Monoplatini genera is provided, as are keys to all speciesof Kiskeya and to the speciesof Ulrica from Puerto Rico. A list of the flea beetle genera, along with the number of species and some of the faunal features is presented and discussed for the West Indies.