Calotheca nigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Calotheca Heyden is a flea beetle genus with a largely sub-Saharan distribution and currently comprising 34 species. The examination of new material is revealing an increase in species richness and intraspecific variability. Calotheca carolineae sp. nov.
Paola D'Alessandro +3 more
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Ecological Profile of the Flea Beetle Genus Calotheca Heyden in South Africa (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) [PDF]
InsectsIn this work, the 25 species of the flea beetle genus Calotheca Heyden recorded for South Africa are considered. Starting from the updated species distribution and the topographic, temperature, and precipitation variables, as well as the vegetation types
Maurizio Biondi +2 more
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Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Blakealtica fusca a new genus and new species from the Dominican Republic is described and illustrated. In addition to external features, beetle thoracic sclerites (including metendosternite) are fully examined and illustrated.
Viswajyothi Keezhpattillam +1 more
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Moss inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies III: Erinaceialtica, a new genus from Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Erinaceialtica Konstantinov & Linzmeier, a new genus of moss inhabiting flea beetles, containing seven species from the Dominican Republic and Haiti is described and illustrated. Five species are new (E. gabbysalazarae, E.
Alexander S. Konstantinov +1 more
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Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 In this contribution, Ugandaltica wagneri gen. n. and sp. n., collected from the canopies in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, is described. Similarities and affinities with other small-sized and convex-shaped flea beetle genera, occurring in the Afrotropical ...
Paola D’Alessandro, Maurizio Biondi
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Lysathia flavipes and Lysathia cilliersae Cabrera sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): genetic and morphological unravelling of biocontrol agents for two invasive aquatic plants [PDF]
ZooKeysIn the search for specific natural enemies to control two invasive aquatic plants (IAP) from South America, Ludwigia grandiflora subsp. hexapetala (Onagraceae) and Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragaceae), taxonomic challenges associated with two Lysathia ...
Ana C. Faltlhauser +5 more
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Species of the genus Psylliodes Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) in the Canola fields of Guilan province with a new record for the Iranian fauna [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2021 Flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) are important pests of Canola, which the adult feedings on cotyledon cause severe damage to the crop. In this paper, Psylliodes Latreille species collected by sticky or pan traps during 2018–2020 from
Sayeh Serri +3 more
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New and poorly known species of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Vietnam [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021 Five new species of flea beetles are described from Vietnam: Euphitrea lamdongica sp. n. from the species group with head and pronotum red brown and elytra metallic green; Lankaphthona nigropicta sp. n. is similar to L.
P.V. Romantsov
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Natural History Sciences, 2023 Longitarsus leonardicarloi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), new species belonging to Longitarsus anchusae species group is described from Turkmenistan.
Alexander S. Konstantinov +1 more
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Natural History Sciences, 2023 A new Longitarsus species is described from Western Balkans: Longitarsus carolileonardii (Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mojmilo) following the study of five specimens housed at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.
Laura Farina
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