''Beltia'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. ...
. It is known from the
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
. It was first erected by
Martin Jacoby
Martin Jacoby (12 April 1842, Altona, Hamburg, Altona, Duchy of Holstein – 24 December 1907, London) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae (formerly known as Phytophaga). He was also a musician who pla ...
in 1881 for a single species from
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
. In 2018, it was redefined to include fourteen new species from Central America and northwestern South America, as well as four species transferred from ''
Colaspoides''.
Species
* ''
Beltia angustomarginata''
( Bechyné, 1953) – central Panama
* ''
Beltia awapita''
Flowers, 2018 – northwestern Ecuador
* ''
Beltia chiriquensis''
( Jacoby, 1882) – central Costa Rica to eastern Panama
* ''
Beltia confusa''
Flowers, 2018 – Amazonian Peru
* ''
Beltia gorgona''
Flowers, 2018 – Pacific coast of Colombia
* ''
Beltia herreri''
Flowers, 2018 – northwestern Costa Rica, northwestern Panama
* ''
Beltia ledesmae''
Flowers, 2018 – Ecuador west of the Andes
* ''
Beltia napoensis''
Flowers, 2018 – Ecuador, Peru, Colombia (collected along the
Napo River
The Napo River () is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the east Andean volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi.
The total length is . The river drains an area of ca 103,000 km2. The mean annual dis ...
)
* ''
Beltia nicaraguensis''
Jacoby, 1881 – southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica
* ''
Beltia osa''
Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica–Panama border
* ''
Beltia placidula''
( Bechyné, 1950) – Amazonian region of northern Peru
* ''
Beltia rugosa''
Flowers, 2018 – Pacific coast of Colombia
* ''
Beltia sanchezae''
Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica (
Cordillera de Talamanca
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two ...
)
* ''
Beltia talaga''
Flowers, 2018 – eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
* ''
Beltia tilarana''
Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica (
Cordillera de Tilarán
Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
The area is 51,100& ...
)
* ''
Beltia tisingalita''
Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica–Panama border (Cordillera de Talamanca)
* ''
Beltia tsachila''
Flowers, 2018 – western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
* ''
Beltia vacilona''
Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica
* ''
Beltia weyrauchi''
( Bechyné, 1950) – eastern Peruvian Andes
References
Chrysomelidae genera
Eumolpinae
Beetles of Central America
Beetles of South America
Taxa named by Martin Jacoby
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