Beltia

Beltia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from the Neotropical realm. It was first erected by Martin Jacoby in 1881 for a single species from Nicaragua. In 2018, it was redefined to include fourteen new species from Central America and northwestern South America, as well as four species transferred from Colaspoides.

Species

 * Beltia angustomarginata (Bechyné, 1953) – central Panama
 * Beltia awapita Flowers, 2018 – northwestern Ecuador
 * Beltia chiriquensis (Jacoby, 1882) – central Costa Rica to eastern Panama
 * Beltia confusa Flowers, 2018 – Amazonian Peru
 * Beltia gorgona Flowers, 2018 – Pacific coast of Colombia
 * Beltia herreri Flowers, 2018 – northwestern Costa Rica, northwestern Panama
 * Beltia ledesmae Flowers, 2018 – Ecuador west of the Andes
 * Beltia napoensis Flowers, 2018 – Ecuador, Peru, Colombia (collected along the Napo River)
 * Beltia nicaraguensis Jacoby, 1881 – southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica
 * Beltia osa Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica–Panama border
 * Beltia placidula (Bechyné, 1950) – Amazonian region of northern Peru
 * Beltia rugosa Flowers, 2018 – Pacific coast of Colombia
 * Beltia sanchezae Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca)
 * Beltia talaga Flowers, 2018 – eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
 * Beltia tilarana Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica (Cordillera de Tilarán)
 * Beltia tisingalita Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica–Panama border (Cordillera de Talamanca)
 * Beltia tsachila Flowers, 2018 – western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes
 * Beltia vacilona Flowers, 2018 – Costa Rica
 * Beltia weyrauchi (Bechyné, 1950) – eastern Peruvian Andes