title: Checklist of tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) from Colombia with new data and description of a new species.
abstract: A new tortoise beetle species, Cyrtonota abrili, is described from the Antioquia and Caldas departments in Colombia. New faunistic data are provided for 87 species, including 16 new additions to the country's fauna. A checklist of the known 238 species of tortoise beetles recorded from Colombia is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borowiec
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Świętojańska
keywords: Cassidinae; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Colombia; Cyrtonota abrili; checklist; new faunistic data