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Issue: Vol. 3260 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3260.1.2
Page range: 19–32
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 4

A new genus of leaf litter inhabiting Neotropical Monoplatina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados. Caixa Postal 322, 79804-980 Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Coleoptera flea beetles apterous new genus new species leaf litter Neotropical Region

Abstract

A new genus (Andersonaltica) containing five new species (A. denticulata, A. elongata, A. pecki—the type species of thegenus, A. tuberosa, and A. valens) from Central America is described and illustrated. It is compared to Aedmon Clark,Apleuraltica Bechyne, Distigmoptera Blake, Hypolampsis Clark, and Pseudolampsis Horn and a key to identification of these genera is provided.

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