Acrothinium gaschkevitchii explained

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia.^[1]

Etymology

The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido.^[2]

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii:^[1]

• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861) – China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea^[3]
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii matsuii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Okinoerabu)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii okinawense Nakane, 1985 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii shirakii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Amami Ōshima, Okinawa)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii tokaraense Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Tokara Islands)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
2. Marshall. T. A.. 1864. Corynodinorum Recensio. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8. 29. 24–50. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
3. Cho. H.-W.. An. S.L.. 2020. An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records. Far Eastern Entomologist. 404. 1–36. 10.25221/fee.404.1. free.