Meishania, Chen & Wang, 1980

Ruan, Yongying, Konstantinov, Alexander S., Prathapan, K. D., Zhang, Mengna, Jiang, Shihong & Yang, Xingke, 2018, New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (III): revision of Meishania Chen & Wang with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Zootaxa 4403 (1), pp. 186-200 : 188

Key to the species of Meishania

1 Dorsum uniform red to deep red-brown; body length 3.35–3.45 mm ...................... Meishania rufa Chen & Wang

- Pronotum and elytra differently colored or dorsum entirely pale yellow or metallic blue; body length 1.85 to 2.70 mm ..... 2

2. Elytra yellow to yellow brown, pronotum pale yellow to dark brown............................................. 3

- Dorsum entirely blue or elytra dark brown with bluish metallic luster and pronotum yellow brown..................... 4

3. Anterolateral calli of pronotum poorly developed, produced antero-laterally; body length: 1.95–2.05 mm ............................................................................................. Meishania flavipennis sp. nov.

- Antero-lateral calli of pronotum strongly developed, produced anteriorly; body length: 2.60–2.70 mm ............................................................................................... Meishania fulvotigera sp. nov.

4. Dorsum entirely metallic blue; tarsomere I of front and middle legs in male less than two times longer than tarsomere II... 5

- Elytra dark brown with bluish metallic luster, pronotum and head yellow brown; tarsomere I of front and middle legs in male 3 times longer than tarsomere II.................................................... Meishania sichuanica sp. nov.

5. Antennomeres 1–3 deep yellow brown, 4–11 dark brown; legs entirely dark brown....... Meishania cangshanensis sp. nov.

- Antennae and legs entirely yellow brown, except metafemora slightly darker............. Meishania bhutanensis sp. nov.