Two new species of the genus Temnaspis Lacordaire, 1845, (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea: Megalopodidae) from China and Myanmar, with notes on the biology of the genus

KAIQIN LI; ZONGLI LIANG; HONGBIN LIANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.3

Issue: Vol. 3737 No. 4: 21 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.3

Page range: 379–398

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**Two new species of the genus Temnaspis Lacordaire, 1845, (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea: Megalopodidae) from China and Myanmar, with notes on the biology of the genus**

KAIQIN LI⁺⁻
ZONGLI LIANG⁺⁻
HONGBIN LIANG⁺⁻

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

Administrative Bureau of Fenshuiling National Reserve, Jinping, Yunnan 661500, China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Megalopodidae taxonomy larva host plant parasitoid

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Temnaspis Lacordaire, 1845, family Megalopodidae, are described from China and Myanmar: Temnaspis puae Li & H.B. Liang, sp. nov., Temnaspis syringa Li & H.B. Liang, sp. nov. Biological notes are provided for Temnaspis syringa. Temnaspis flavicornis Jacoby, 1892 is redescribed and a lectotype designated. A key to species of the genus Temnaspis with black elytra in China and adjacent areas is provided.