Beltia

Beltia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from the Neotropical realm. It was first erected by Martin Jacoby in 1881 for a single species from Nicaragua. In 2018, it was redefined to include fourteen new species from Central America and northwestern South America, as well as four species transferred from Colaspoides.

Species

• Beltia angustomarginata <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small> – central Panama
• Beltia awapita <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – northwestern Ecuador
• Beltia chiriquensis <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small> – central Costa Rica to eastern Panama
• Beltia confusa <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Amazonian Peru
• Beltia gorgona <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Pacific coast of Colombia
• Beltia herreri <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – northwestern Costa Rica, northwestern Panama
• Beltia ledesmae <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Ecuador west of the Andes
• Beltia napoensis <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Ecuador, Peru, Colombia (collected along the Napo River)
• Beltia nicaraguensis <small>Jacoby, 1881</small> – southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica
• Beltia osa <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Costa Rica–Panama border
• Beltia placidula <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small> – Amazonian region of northern Peru
• Beltia rugosa <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Pacific coast of Colombia
• Beltia sanchezae <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca)
• Beltia talaga <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
• Beltia tilarana <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Tilarán)
• Beltia tisingalita <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Costa Rica–Panama border (Cordillera de Talamanca)
• Beltia tsachila <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
• Beltia vacilona <small>Flowers, 2018</small> – Costa Rica
• Beltia weyrauchi <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small> – eastern Peruvian Andes

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