Distigmoptera
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Name
Distigmoptera Blake – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Distigmoptera Blake, 1943: 209 (type species Distigmoptera apicalis Blake, 1943, by original designation).
Discussion
Distigmoptera was first recorded in the West Indies by Medvedev (2004)[1] who described a new species from the Dominican Republic. Fourteen previously described species of this genus are known to occur in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Among the West Indian genera of Monoplatini, Distigmoptera is mostly similar to Apleuraltica Bechyné. Apart from characters mentioned in the key (see below), Distigmoptera can be differentiated from Apleuraltica by the antennae that are not clearly clubbed, antennomere six in males is only slightly different from antennomere seven (the antennae are clearly clubbed, antennomere six in males is markedly different from antennomere seven in being much shorter and narrower than seven in Apleuraltica) and by the metatibial apex without a sharp denticle (the metatibial apex has a sharp denticle in Apleuraltica).
Taxon Treatment
- Konstantinov, A; Konstantinova, A; 2011: New genus and species of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from Puerto Rico, with comments on flea beetle diversity in the West Indies and a key to the West Indian Monoplatini genera ZooKeys, 155: 61-87. doi
Other References
- ↑ Medvedev L (2004) Notes on Neotropical Alticinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Bonner zoologische Beitrage 52(1/2): 121–125.
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