Abstract
The first New Caledonian record for the genus Oulema Des Gozis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is reported here with the description of a new species: Oulema taophiloides sp. nov. In the course of my current phylogenetic and evolutionary research on New Caledonian Chrysomelidae, I received several samples collected by Kjell Arne Johanson and colleagues (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden) in their own entomological campaigns in this archipelago. The thorough entomological prospection by theseentomologists made it possible to make very interesting discoveries among their samples. Among them, stand out a small series of Criocerinae beetles that motivate this work. The fauna of New Caledonia is very poor in representatives of this leaf beetle subfamily.
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