Jolibrotica
| Jolibrotica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Luperina |
| Genus: | Jolibrotica Lee & Bezděk, 2015 |
Jolibrotica is a genus of Asian leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae and tribe Luperini (subtribe Luperina, section Phyllobroticites). The genus was erected by Chi-Feng Lee and Jan Bezděk in 2015, with species that were previously considered very similar to Phyllobrotica. They named Jolibrotica after the French entomologist Pierre Jolivet (1922-2020), who was a specialist in Chrysomelids.[1] To date (2025), species have only been found in Taiwan.[2]
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] includes:
- Jolibrotica chujoi (Chujo, 1963) Kimoto, 1969
- Jolibrotica sauteri (Chujo, 1935) – type species (as Luperus sauteri Chûjô)
References
- ^ Lee, Chi-Feng, Bezděk J (2015) Revision of “Phyllobrotica” from Taiwan with description of Jolibrotica gen. n. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). ZooKeys 547: 75-92 [77].
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Jolibrotica Lee & Bezdĕk, 2015 (retrieved 25 August 2025)