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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae

Name

Alocypha Weise, 1911 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

References

Weise 1911[1]: 170; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a[2]: 403.

Type species

Alocypha litura Weise, 1911: 171 (East Africa: Lindi) [(= Aphthona bimaculata Jacoby, 1903a: 11) (KwaZulu-Natal)], designation by monotypy.

Distribution

Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania and Zambia (Fig. 282).

Ecology

Alocypha bimaculata is a harmful pest of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (Pedaliaceae) crops, particularly in Tanzania (Mponda et al. 1997[3]).

Notes

Only one species is known.

Taxon Treatment

  • Biondi, M; D’Alessandro, P; 2012: Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) ZooKeys, 253: 1-158. doi

Other References

  1. ↑ Weise J (1911) Neue Chrysomeliden. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 55: 166−175.
  2. ↑ Biondi M, D’Alessandro P (2010a) Genus-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 401-424.
  3. ↑ Mponda O, Gibbon D, Arthur E, Morse S (1997) Involving farmers in the design of a low-input control programme for sesame flea beetles in Southern Tanzania. Experimental Agriculture 33: 313−320. doi: 10.1017/S0014479797003116

Images

Figures 2–10. Habitus. 2 Abrarius cribrosus Fairmaire 3 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro 4 Afrocrepis malvernensis (Jacoby) 5 Afrorestia peringueyi (Jacoby) 6 Alocypha bimaculata (Jacoby) 7 Altica madagascariensis (Allard) 8 Amphimela bryanti (Csiki) 9 Amphimela (ex Sphaerophysa Baly) heikertingeri (Bechyné) 10 Anaxerta castanea Fairmaire.
Figures 2–10. Habitus. 2 Abrarius cribrosus Fairmaire 3 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro 4 Afrocrepis malvernensis (Jacoby) 5 Afrorestia peringueyi (Jacoby) 6 Alocypha bimaculata (Jacoby) 7 Altica madagascariensis (Allard) 8 Amphimela bryanti (Csiki) 9 Amphimela (ex Sphaerophysa Baly) heikertingeri (Bechyné) 10 Anaxerta castanea Fairmaire. 
Figures 116–121. Morphological characters. 116 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro, prosternum 117 Ditto, meso- and metasternum (white arrow) 118 Afrocrepis carinipennis (Jacoby), pronotum and elytra in sublateral view 119 Afrorestia jonesi (Bryant), head in frontal view 120 Alocypha bimaculata (Jacoby), head and pronotum in dorsal view 121 Altica nigrita Laboissière, head and pronotum in dorsal view.
Figures 116–121. Morphological characters. 116 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro, prosternum 117 Ditto, meso- and metasternum (white arrow) 118 Afrocrepis carinipennis (Jacoby), pronotum and elytra in sublateral view 119 Afrorestia jonesi (Bryant), head in frontal view 120 Alocypha bimaculata (Jacoby), head and pronotum in dorsal view 121 Altica nigrita Laboissière, head and pronotum in dorsal view. 
Figures 278–283. Maps of distribution. 278 Abrarius Fairmaire 279 Afroaltica Biondi & D’Alessandro 280 Afrocrepis Bechyné 281 Afrorestia Bechyné 282 Alocypha Weise 283 Altica Geoffroy.
Figures 278–283. Maps of distribution. 278 Abrarius Fairmaire 279 Afroaltica Biondi & D’Alessandro 280 Afrocrepis Bechyné 281 Afrorestia Bechyné 282 Alocypha Weise 283 Altica Geoffroy. 
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