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Published: 2006-12-11
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Kashmirobia, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution P. O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168 Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P. O., Trivandrum - 695 522, Kerala, INDIA
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae new genus Oriental Region

Abstract

A new genus, Kashmirobia, with the type species Aphthona hugeli Jacoby from the Oriental Region is described and illustrated. Comparative notes are provided. Host plant of K. hugeli is Euphorbia neriifolia L. (Euphorbiaceae).

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