A new species of the leaf-beetle genus Acolastus Gerstaecker, 1855 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Iran
O.L. Nesterova & I.K. Lopatin
Abstract. Acolastus shirazicussp. nov. from Iran is described, very similar to Acolastus zarudnii (Jacobson,1916) and A. klimenkoi Romantsov & Bukejs, 2009, but differing in the shape of aedeagus: in comparison with A. zarudnii the apex is narrower, with weak lobes and more strongly bent in profile, while in comparison with A. klimenkoi the apex is narrower and longer.
Key words: Iran, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae, Acolastus, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2009, 18(2): 273–274 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2009
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2009.18.2.273 ▪ Open full article 
References
Lopatin, I.K. 2009. A review of the genus Acolastus Gerstaecker (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from Asian part of areal. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 8(2): 145–176. (In Russian).
Romantsov, P. & Bukejs, A. 2009. New leaf-beetle species of Acolastus Gerstaecker, 1855 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from Iran and notes on close species. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpils, 9(1): 89–96.
