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