Distributional notes on Chrysomelidae from Pakistan and Afghanistan (Coleoptera) Author Nadein, Konstantin S. Author Ahmed, Zubair Author Sergeev, Maxim text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2012 2012-05-15 62 225 233 http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.225-233 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.225-233 0005-805X 4779481 Chrysolina marginata circumducta (MÉNÉTRIÉS, 1835) New record: Afghanistan , Kabul Province , 5 km NW Kabul , Kargha locality, 2000 m , 15- 16.05.2010 , 1 ex. ; Afghanistan , Bamyan Province , Kokhi-Baba Mountain range , 10 km S Bamyan , 30.05.2010 , 1 ex. This holarctic species is polytypic with a complicated situation within the species complex and unclear status of the most of subspecies described so far. Only the subspecies Chrysolina marginata bodemeyeri (Weise, 1910) has been recorded from Afghanistan from Herat , Oruzgan , Baghlan , and Kabul ( Medvedev 1985 ). Thus, this subspecies is recorded from Afghanistan for the first time .