Allenaltica, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan; Yong-Ying Ruan; Alexander S. Konstantinov

doi:10.12976/jib/2017.5.5

Issue: Vol. 5 No. 5 (2017)

Type: Article

Published: 2017-03-24

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2017.5.5

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Allenaltica, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan⁺⁻
Yong-Ying Ruan⁺⁻
Alexander S. Konstantinov⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA

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Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan

Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CHINA

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Washington DC, USA

Philippines Mindanao leaf beetles taxonomy.

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Abstract

A new genus of flea beetles (Allenaltica gen. nov.) with a new species, Allenaltica flavicornis, sp. nov. from the Philippine Islands (Mindanao) is described, illustrated and compared with related genera.