Chrysornelidae (Coleoptera) de la sierra de Gredos (Sistema Central): datos faunísticos, ecológicos y fenológicos

Abstract

Chrysornelidae (Coleoptera) of Sierra de Gredos (Sistema Central): faunistical, ecological and phenological data
A preliminary catalogue of 99 Chrysomelidae species from Sierra de Gredos, belonging to seven different subfamilies is presented. Four species, Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus), Gonioctena olivacea (Forster), Calomicrus circumfusus (Marsham) and Exosoma lusitanicum (Linnaeus) are very abundant and widely distributed in Gredos. Twenty two species are new for Sierra de Gredos, and ten new for the Sistema Central. In the Sierra de Gredos there is a clear predominante of Mediterranean species over those of European origin. Some ecological data on species of this Sierra are given and their phenology is studied.