title: Revision of Charaea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Taiwan.
abstract: Eleven species of the genus Charaea Baly, 1878 are recorded for Taiwan. These are illustrated and a key to the species is provided. Three species, Ch. houjayi sp. nov., Ch. maxbarclayi sp. nov. and Ch. haruoi sp. nov., are described and compared with similar species. Charaea kelloggi (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963) is reported from Taiwan for the first time. Colour photos of habitus and drawings of both male and female genitalia are presented.
authors.affiliation: Mendel University, Department of Zoology, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic.; Email: bezdek@mendelu.cz.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bezděk
authors.affiliation: Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Applied Zoology Division, 189 Chung-Cheng Road, Taichung 413, Wufeng, Taiwan.; Email: chifeng@tari.gov.tw.
authors.forename: Chi-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013624:Taiwan