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After a century since the erection of the genus Manipuria from India, its type species M. dohertyi Jacoby was discovered in Yunnan Province of China. A new Manipuria species, M. yuaesp. nov., is described from Tibet and Yunnan, China. The new species differs from M. dohertyi by its larger size, unicolored elytra, and absence of a tooth-like prolongation in front of the mandible. Additional data is provided for M. dohertyi based on new material from China.

Intracellular bacteria of the genus Wolbachia (alpha-Proteobacteria) are the most widespread endosymbionts of insects. Host infection is usually associated with alterations in reproduction, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, the induction of parthenogenesis and offspring sex ratio bias: all phenomena that may influence host speciation. In the present study, by using well-established molecular tools, we investigated the presence of Wolbachia in leaf beetles of the genus Crioceris and their host plants, which are various species of Asparagus. Multilocus sequence typing of bacterial genes showed that despite their occurrence in the same habitat and feeding on the same plant, two species of Crioceris, C. quinquepunctata and C. quatuordecimpunctata, are infected by two different strains of Wolbachia. C. asparagi, C. paracenthesis and C. duodecimpunctata, which are sympatric with the infected species, do not harbour the bacterium. Interestingly, DNA of Wolbachia was detected in host plant tissues that are exploited by the beetles, providing evidence for the horizontal transmission of the bacterium between beetles and their host plants. Moreover, Wolbachia was detected in species of Crioceris that are not closely related.

Crioceris paracenthesis (Linnaeus) MALLORCA���Art�� 10.03.1982, 1 ex.; Banyalbufar, 0 5.10.1983, 1 ex.; Bunyola: torrent, 24.09.1982, 1 ex.; Can Picafort, 0 4.07.1984, 2 exx.; Capdepera 10.09.1983, 7 exx.; Esporles 26.05.1984, 1 ex.; ibid 23.04.1988, 1 ex.; ibid 0 2.05.1999, 1 ex.; ibid 0 9.10.1999, 2 exx.; ibid 14.10.1999, 2 exx.; ibid 31.10.1999, 2 exx.; ibid 0 1.11.1999, 1 ex.; ibid 14.09.2002, 2 exx.; ibid 12.10.2003, 1 ex.; Petra 0 6.06.1989 (leg. R. Beenen); Son Serra de Marina: torrent Na Borges 10.06.1991, 2 exx. On Asparagus acutifolius L. and A. albus L. (Liliaceae). This is the most abundant species of Crioceris in Mallorca, although as the previous one it seems to have become scarcer recently. MENORCA���Although we have not collected any individual from this island, this species should be probably there because it has been found in Mallorca and Eivissa. EIVISSA: Santa Eul��ria 21.10.1996, 1 ex. (Sacar��s & Petitpierre 1999)., Published as part of Petitpierre, Eduard, Sacar��s, Antoni & Jurado-Rivera, Jos�� A., 2017, Updated checklist of Balearic leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 4272 (2) on pages 152-153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/583820, {"references":["Sacares, A. & Petitpierre, E. (1999) Noves cites de Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) d'Eivissa i Formentera (Illes Pitiuses). Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 42, 33 - 37."]}

Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus) MALLORCA���Port d���Alc��dia: foothills behind 20.10.1990, 1 ex. (Whitehead 1993 sub C. asparagi var. campestris Linnaeus). A very rare species in the island contrary to its abundance in the Iberian Peninsula., Published as part of Petitpierre, Eduard, Sacar��s, Antoni & Jurado-Rivera, Jos�� A., 2017, Updated checklist of Balearic leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 4272 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/583820, {"references":["Whitehead, A. (1993) Observations on the Coleoptera of Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 36, 45 - 56."]}

Crioceris macilenta Weise MALLORCA���Banyalbufar 11.10.1982, 2 exx.; ibid 0 5.10.1983, 8 exx.; Felanitx: castell de Santueri 13.04.1986, 1 ex.; Son Serra de Marina: torrent Na Borges 17.04.1989, 2 exx.; Esporles 31.10.1999, 1 ex., on Asparagus albus L.; ibid 14.04.2002, 1 ex. on A. acutifolius L.; ibid 20.04.2002, 6 exx., on A. acutifolius; ibid 28.04.2002, 2 exx., on A. acutifolius; ibid 20.04.2003, 1 ex.; ibid 0 1.05.2003, 1 ex.; ibid 0 3.04.2004, 2 exx.; ibid 0 1.05.2004, 3 exx.; Palma: Campus UIB 0 8.11.2003, 1 ex.Nevertheless, it has not been captured in the last ten years, which probably means that it is becoming rarer for unknown reasons. MENORCA���Ma�� 0 6.1971, 1 ex. (leg. P. Orom��), Published as part of Petitpierre, Eduard, Sacar��s, Antoni & Jurado-Rivera, Jos�� A., 2017, Updated checklist of Balearic leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 4272 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/583820

Based on a single well-preserved specimen from Eocene Baltic amber, Lilioceris groehni sp. n. is described and illustrated using phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography. It is the first described species of Criocerinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber. A check-list of fossil Criocerinae is provided. Placement of Crioceris pristiana (Germar, 1813) is discussed, this species is removed from Criocerinae and placed in Coleoptera incertae sedis.