Meristata Explained

Meristata is a genus of Asian leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. Most of the species in the genus are found along the Himalayas in the China and the Indian Subcontinent.^[1]

Species in the genus include:^[2]

• Meristata dohrnii
• Meristata elongata
• Meristata fallax
• Meristata fraternalis
• Meristata pulunini
• Meristata quadrifasciata
• Meristata sexmaculata
• Meristata spilota (synonym: Meristata trifasciata)

The species Meristata jayarami was moved to the genus Leptarthra,^[3] and the species Meristata maculata was moved to the genus Paraspitiella.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Silfverberg, Hans. Records of Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the lndian subcontinent. Part 1.. Entomologica Fennica. 1. 4 . 1990. 201–207. 10.33338/ef.83486 . 82491729 . free.
2. Kimoto, Shinsaku. Systematic Catalog of the Chrysomelidae(Coleoptera) from Nepal and Bhutan. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A. 3. 13–114. 2005 .
3. Bezděk. J.. 2012. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Oriental and Palaearctic Galerucinae and Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Genus. 23. 3. 375–418.
4. Bezděk. J.. Nie. R-E.. 2019. Taxonomical changes and new records of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22. 3. 655–665. 10.1016/j.aspen.2019.05.002. 155530357 . free.