The updated data on the leaf beetle diversity (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of Algeti National Park and its environs (Georgia, Caucasus)

Abstract

The species diversity of the leaf beetles was investigated in Algeti National Park and its environs (Georgia, Caucasus). Forty-eight species of leaf beetles belonging to 23 genera are listed. Among the taxa two genera and six species are recorded for the first time in the investigated area: Agelastica Chevrolat, Leptinotarsa Chevrolat, Agelastica alni Linnaeus, Coptocephala rubicunda rossica Laicharting, Cryptocephalus duplicatus Suffrian, Labidostomis longimana Linnaeus, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say and Smaragdina xanthaspis Germar. A checklist of the chrysomelids of Algeti National Park and its environs is presented for the first time.