Abstract:
A new species, Podontia rustiai Calcetas and Staines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae:
Alticini) in the Philippines, is described. The species Podontia flava Baly, 1865 is very similar and
known from Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah) and Brunei is redescribed, and the introduced Podontia
quatuordecimpunctata (L., 1767) is contrasted and compared. However, the endophallic median
sclerite of the paramere of the male genitalia in P. flava is whip-like and apically tapered, whereas
it is shield-like and apically rounded in P. rustiai new species. A key to the genus Podontia in
the Philippines and Sarawak is provided.