Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6/2/2 Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae)

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Volume 6/2 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera focuses on the second part of the beetle superfamily Chrysomeloidea reported from the Palaearctic biogeographic region and is divided into two volumes (volume 6/2/1 and this volume 6/2/2). For the genus and species-groups taxa all relevant names are given and all nomenclatural data are cross-checked and the distribution of species and subspecies is given per country or smaller region. A group of 14 experts have worked to collect data based on a critical review of published sources including a significant amount of new information. This volume is also a tool for specialists as well as amateurs, which warrants unambiguous communication.

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Biography

Jan Bezdek, Ph.D. (1974), is an Associate Professor at Mendel University in Brno. He has published over 160 papers on the taxonomy and nomenclature of Chrysomelidae.

Lukáš Sekerka, Ph.D. (1983), is head of the Department of Entomology at Národní muzeum in Prague. He has published over 70 papers, mainly on the taxonomy and nomenclature of Cassidinae.