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A review of the genus Oxychalepus Uhmann, 1937 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Department of Entomology, MRC 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, UNITED STATES
Coleoptera Oxychalepus Chrysomelidae Cassidinae key to species new species

Abstract

The species of Oxychalepus Uhmann, 1937 are reviewed. Thirteen species are treated as valid. Oxychalepus alienus (Baly, 1885) is removed from synonymy; O. angulatus from Argentina and Bolivia is described as new; O. insignatus (Chapuis, 1877) is reinstated to full species status; O. trispinosus (Pic, 1931) is treated as incertae sedis. All species are illustrated and a key to the species is presented.

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