Beltia

Beltia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	Beltia ; Jacoby, 1881
Type species
	Beltia nicaraguensis ; Jacoby, 1881

Last updated October 29, 2025

Beltia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from the Neotropical realm. It was first erected by Martin Jacoby in 1881 for a single species from Nicaragua. 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 .^[2]

Species

Beltia angustomarginata (Bechyné, 1953)^[3] – central Panama
Beltia awapita Flowers, 2018^[2] – northwestern Ecuador
Beltia chiriquensis (Jacoby, 1882)^[1] – central Costa Rica to eastern Panama
Beltia confusa Flowers, 2018^[2] – Amazonian Peru
Beltia gorgona Flowers, 2018^[2] – Pacific coast of Colombia
Beltia herreri Flowers, 2018^[2] – northwestern Costa Rica, northwestern Panama
Beltia ledesmae Flowers, 2018^[2] – Ecuador west of the Andes
Beltia napoensis Flowers, 2018^[2] – Ecuador, Peru, Colombia (collected along the Napo River)
Beltia nicaraguensis Jacoby, 1881^[1] – southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica
Beltia osa Flowers, 2018^[2] – Costa Rica–Panama border
Beltia placidula (Bechyné, 1950)^[4] – Amazonian region of northern Peru
Beltia rugosa Flowers, 2018^[2] – Pacific coast of Colombia
Beltia sanchezae Flowers, 2018^[2] – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca)
Beltia talaga Flowers, 2018^[2] – eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
Beltia tilarana Flowers, 2018^[2] – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Tilarán)
Beltia tisingalita Flowers, 2018^[2] – Costa Rica–Panama border (Cordillera de Talamanca)
Beltia tsachila Flowers, 2018^[2] – western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
Beltia vacilona Flowers, 2018^[2] – Costa Rica
Beltia weyrauchi (Bechyné, 1950)^[4] – eastern Peruvian Andes

References

1 2 3 Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana . Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Flowers, R. Wills (2018). "A review of the genus Beltia Jacoby (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini), with descriptions of fourteen new species from Costa Rica, Panama, and northwestern South America". Insecta Mundi (672): 1–43. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
↑ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
1 2 Bechyné, J. (1950). "Eumolpides Américains nouveaux ou peu connus" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 1: 205–238. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

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[Jacoby1881-1] 1 2 3 Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana . Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.

[Flowers2018-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Flowers, R. Wills (2018). "A review of the genus Beltia Jacoby (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini), with descriptions of fourteen new species from Costa Rica, Panama, and northwestern South America". Insecta Mundi (672): 1–43. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

[Bechyné1953-3] Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.

[Bechyné1950-4] 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1950). "Eumolpides Américains nouveaux ou peu connus" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 1: 205–238. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

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