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Published January 31, 2019 | Version v1
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A new species of Clavicornaltica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), discovered and described on a field course to Kuala Belalong, Brunei

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  • 1. Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands|Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands|Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia|Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei|Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2. Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 3. Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands|Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
  • 4. Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
  • 5. University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France|Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 6. University of Verona, Verona, Italy|Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 7. Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands|Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Description

Clavicornaltica is a genus of very small flea beetles living in the leaf litter layer of Asian forests, easily sampled with Winkler extraction. The genus is presumably very rich in species, but their taxonomy is hampered by their small size and morphological uniformity.

On a 'taxon expedition'-style field course at Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo), a new species, Clavicornaltica belalongensis n. sp., was discovered and taxonomically treated by the course participants. We also present the first DNA barcodes for the genus.

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