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Altica Geofroy 1762

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Genus Altica Geofroy, 1762

Type species: Chrysomela oleracea Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1810.

REMARKS. According to Opinion 1754 of the ICZN (1994) the author of the genus Altica is Geoffrey, and the date is 1762. It is a widespread genus of the tribe Alticini Newman, 1835. The genus includes more than 300 species in the World, and about 80 species in the Palearctic (Konstantinov & Vanderberg, 1996; Döberl, 2010), 13 species in the Russian Far East (Korotyaev & Medvedev, 1980; Medvedev, 1992; Lopatin et al., 2004; Mikhailov & Chashchina, 2009; Warchałowski, 2010; Makarov, 2023).

Notes

Published as part of Sergeev, М. Е., 2023, Taxonomy and distribution of the flea beetle Altica ivlievi L. Medvedev, 1968 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 31-36 in Far Eastern Entomologist 478 on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.25221/fee.478.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10134941

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Geofroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Altica
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Altica Geofroy, 1762 sec. Sergeev, 2023

References

  • Doberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. P. 491 - 563. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6. Chrysomeloidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.
  • Korotyaev, A. B. & Medvedev, L. N. 1980. Essays on the fauna of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of Arctic Asia and Kamchatka. P. 77 - 95. In: Research on the entomofauna of the North-East of the USSR. DVNC AN SSSP, Vladivostok. [In Russian]
  • Medvedev, L. N. 1992. Family Chrysomelidae - Leaf beetles. P. 533 - 602. In: Lehr, P. A. (Ed.). Key to the insects of Soviet Far East. Vol. III. Coleoptera. Pt. 2. Nauka, St. Petersburg. [In Russian]
  • Lopatin, I. K., Aleksandrovich, O. R. & Konstantinov, A. S. 2004. Check list of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of the Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Mantis, Olsztyn. 343 p.
  • Mikhailov, Yu. E. & Chashchina, O. E. 2009. Alticinae. P. 179 - 181. In: Storozhenko, S. Yu. (Ed.). Insects of Lazovsky Nature Reserve. Dalnauka, Vladivostok. [In Russian]
  • Warchalowski, A. 2010. The Palearctic Chrysomelidae. Identification keys. 2. Warzawska Drukarnia Naukowa, Warzawa. 685 pp.