CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IBERIAN FAUNA OF CHRYSOMELIDAE (COLEOPTERA). I. NEW RECORDS OF CRIOCERINAE, CLYTRINAE AND CRYPTOCEPHALINAE

Abstract: New records from Spanish provinces and Portuguese districts are presented for 24 species of Chrysomelidae in the subfamilies Criocerinae, Clytrinae and Cryptocephalinae. Most of these records fill gaps in the known distribution of the spe-cies. The known range of Lachnaia pubescens is extended westwards (Cáceres, Spain), that of Cryptocephalus blandulus southwestwards (Setúbal, Portugal). We discuss the problems for the identification of Lachnaia pseudobarathraea, a species formerly thought to be endemic to the alpine belt of Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain), but actually present in most of south-eastern Spain. Clytra quadripunctata, Stylosomus ilicicola, Pachybrachis suffriani, Cryptocephalus cantabricus, C. luridicollis, and C. obliteratifer are new records for the Portuguese fauna of Chrysomelidae