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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae

Name

Altica Geoffroy, 1762 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

  • =Haltica Illiger, 1801 (unjustified emendation)
  • =Graptodera Chevrolat, 1836 (synonymized by Weise 1888[1])

References

Geoffroy 1762[2]: 244; Illiger 1801[3]: 138; Chevrolat 1836[4]: 388; Weise 1888[1]: 825; Allard 1889a[5]: 43 (as Graptodera); Bechyné 1954a[6]: 43; 1955a[7]: 209; 1960b[8]: 77; Döberl 2008[9]: 35; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a[10]: 403.

Type species

Altica: Chrysomela oleracea Linnaeus, 1758: 372 (Europe), by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810[11]: 432); Graptodera: Chrysomela oleracea Linnaeus, 1758: 372 (Europe), by subsequent designation by Chevrolat (1845[12]: 307).

Distribution

All zoogeographical regions (Fig. 283).

Ecology

Polyphagous. This genus has been found associated with herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees belonging to several plant families (cf. Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995[13]).

Notes

About fifty species are known from Madagascar and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weise J (1888) In: Erichson WF (Ed) Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Sechster Band, Fünfter Lieferung, Bogen 49−60. Nicolaische Verlags Buchhandlung, Berlin, 769−960.
  2. ↑ Geoffroy E (1762) Histoire abregée des insects qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, dans laquelle ces animaux sont ranges suivant un ordre métodique. Vol. 1. Durand, Paris, xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls.
  3. ↑ Illiger J (1801) Namen der Insekten-Gattungen, ihr Genitiv, ihr Grammatisches Geschlecht, ihr Silbenmass, ihre Herleitung; zugleich mit den deutschen Benennungen. Magazin Insekten 1: 125−155.
  4. ↑ Chevrolat L (1836) In: Dejean PFMA (Ed) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée, livr. 5. Librairie Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils, Paris, pp. 361–442.
  5. ↑ Allard E (1889a) Diagnoses de Coléoptères nouveaux. Le Naturaliste (série 2) 47: 43.
  6. ↑ Bechyné J (1954a) Notes sur les Chrysomeloidea de Madagascar (Col. Phytophaga). Rev. Fr. Entomol. 21: 41−47.
  7. ↑ Bechyné J (1955a) Contributions a l’etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky, 1953) (pars Alticinae). Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Zoologie 40: 204−230.
  8. ↑ Bechyné J (1960b) Alticidae (Coleoptera, Phytophaga). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba. Mission G.F. de Witte. Institut Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge (Bruxelles) 59: 39−114.
  9. ↑ Döberl M (2008) Über die Typen einiger afrikanischer Arten der Gattung Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Acta Coleopterologica 24: 35−39.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Latreille P (1810) Considérations générales sur l’ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et des Insectes. Avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp.
  12. ↑ Chevrolat L (1845) In: d’Orbigny CD (Ed) Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, Vol. 6. C. Renard, Paris, 792 pp.
  13. ↑ Jolivet P, Hawkeswood T (1995) Host-plants of Chrysomelidae of the World. An essay about the relationships between the leaf-beetles and their food-plants. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 281 pp.

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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