Notes on Chrysomelid Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of India and Its Neighboring Areas. Part 8

Abstract

Based on chrysomelid specimens from the Canadian National Collection, Peabody Museum in Yale University, Lyman Museum in Canada, Hokkaido University, Mr. ASKEVOLDS' and author's private collections, 38 species of the subfamilies Donaciinae, Sagrinae, Zeugophorinae and Criocerinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) are enumerated from India. Color variations in Crioceris cardoni JACOBY, Lema arrogans JACOBY, L. constrictofasciata JACOBY, L. ornaticollis JACOBY and L. viridisuturata JACOBY are figured together with notes on their key characters. New distributional records are : Crioceris cardoni JACOBY from Punjab, Lema lacordairei BALY from Bangladesh and Lema quadripunctata (OLIVIER) from India.