REVISION OF MISTIKA MOHAMEDSAID FROM THE GREAT SUNDA AREA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: ALTICINAE)

Mahadimenakbar Mohamed Dawood, Haruo Takizawa

Abstract


Genus Mistika Mohamedsaid was revised with six new species:
Mistika montana, M. sabahcola and M. similis n. spp. from Borneo,
M. hamidi and M. minima n. spp. from Sumatra, and M. sugiyamai
n. sp. from Malay Peninsula. Also a closely related new genus and
species, Balimistika mohamedsaidi gen. et sp. n. was described from
Bali Is. These species compose a single group, which falls between
subfamilies Alticinae and Galerucinae.

Keywords: Bali, Mistika n. gen., Mistika Mohamedsaid, new
species, Alticinae, Chrysomelidae.


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