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Issue: Vol. 124 No. 1: 20 Dec. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-12-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.124.1.1
Page range: 1–24
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 47

A new genus of flea beetles from the Greater Antilles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC 168 Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae new genus new species Greater Antilles

Abstract

The new genus Normaltica and two new species (N. obrieni from Puerto Rico and N. iviei from the Dominican Republic) are described and illustrated. A key and illustrations of these taxa are provided. Morphological consequences of wing reduction are discussed. Variability of N. obrieni is illustrated and discussed.

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