Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle «Grigore Antipa» Vol. 61 (1) pp. 23–42 DOI: 10.2478/travmu-2018-0006 Research paper Catalogue of Chrysomelini Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from the New Leaf Beetles Collection of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest) (Part III) Sanda MAICAN1, *, Rodica SERAFIM2 1Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independenţei, 060031 Bucharest, P.O. Box 56–53, Romania. 2“Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, 1 Kiseleff, 011341 Bucharest, Romania. *corresponding author, e-mail:
[email protected] Received: April 15, 2018; Accepted: June 12, 2018; Available online: June 25, 2018; Printed: June 30, 2018 Abstract. The paper presents data on the Palaearctic species of Chrysomelini tribe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) preserved in the new leaf beetles Collection of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest). A total of 4,442 specimens, belonging to 21 species from eight genera of tribe Chrysomelini, are listed. Among the rare species in Romanian fauna, stored in this collection, Chrysomela lapponica Linnaeus, 1758, Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790) and Chrysomela cuprea Fabricius, 1775 should be mentioned. Key words: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae, Chrysomelini tribe, collection, “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History Bucharest. INTRODUCTION Subfamily Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) includes aproximately 130 genera with about 3000 species and subspecies. Most of them are widely distributed in dried tropical and temperate areas of the world, but several species occur in Arctic tundra and sandy desert. Chrysomelinae taxa are classified in two tribes, Chrysomelini and Timarchini. The monotypic tribe Timarchini occurs in the Western Palearctic and Nearctic, whereas the Chrysomelini is widespread (Bouchard et al., 2011; Reid, 2014).