This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lee, Chi-Feng, Chiang, Ming-Yao, Suenaga, Haruki (2024): The genus Argopistes Motschulsky from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1215: 151-183, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.134871

Abstract

Four previously described species of Argopistes are recognized and redescribed from Japan and Taiwan: A. biplagiatus Motschulsky, 1860, A. rufus Chen, 1934, A. tsekooni Chen, 1934, and A. unicolor Jacoby, 1885. Three new species from Taiwan, A. jungchani sp. nov., A. tsoui sp. nov., and A. yuae sp. nov., are described. Descriptions of species include illustrations of aedeagi, antennae, gonocoxae, abdominal ventrite VIII, and spermathecae. Argopistes rufus Chen, 1934, stat. nov. is raised to species status from a variety of A. biplagiatus Motschulsky, 1860. Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940, syn. nov. and A. ryukyuensis Shigetoh & Suenaga, 2022, syn. nov. are proposed as junior synonyms of A. rufus Chen, 1934 Lectotypes are designated for A. undecimmaculata Jacoby, 1885, A. unicolor Jacoby, 1885, and A. biplagiatus var. rufus Chen, 1934.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/30707443-4520-40d1-912e-36552fd4696d
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/DE2183BF024C5EE8B6D8E2CCA0349E89
Citation: Lee C, Chiang M, Suenaga H, pensoft (2024). The genus Argopistes Motschulsky from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/u4tkju accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.