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Alticini

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Key to species of Alticini described from fossil resin

1. Metatarsi attached nearly at middle of metatibia............................................................. 2

- Metatarsi attached on apices of metatibiae.................................................................. 3

2. Pronotal punctation small and fine, distinctly smaller than punctures in elytral striae; antennae rufous. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)................................................. Psyllototus doeberli Bukejs & Nadein 2013

- Pronotal punctation large, as large as elytral punctures in striae; antennae dark. Rovno amber (Ukraine)......................................................................................... Psyllototus progenitor Nadein, 2010

3. Metatarsomere 1 long, about as long as half of metatibia. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)............................................................................... Ambraaltica baltica Konstantinov & Bukejs, 2013

- Metatarsomere 1 relatively short, not longer than 1/3 of metatibia length.......................................... 4

4. Elytra dark (bluish green to black), sometime with metallic reflex............................................... 5

- Elytra pale, almost completely reddish to testaceous brown.................................................... 7

5. Elytra with irregular punctation; lager, body length 4.5 mm. Dominican amber (Dominican Republic)....................................................... Wanderbiltiana wawasita Santiago-Blay, Savini, Furth, Craig & Poinar, 2004

- Elytra with regular punctation; smaller, body length less than 4 mm ............................................ 6

6. Pronotal punctation large and dense, about as large as punctures in elytral striae; antennae and legs completely redish-brown. Rovno amber (Ukraine)....................................... Crepidodera decolorata Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010

- Pronotal punctation fine and sparse, distinctly smaller than punctures in elytral striae; antennae and legs black. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)..................................................... Crepidodera svetlanae sp. nov.

7. Anterolateral callosities large, very protruding from pronotum outline; lateral margins of pronotum parallel, almost straight. Rovno amber (Ukraine)................................................. Manobiomorpha eocenica Nadein, 2010

- Anterolateral callosities relatively smaller, not distinctly protruding pronotal outline; lateral margins of pronotum subparallel, weakly rounded anteriorly.............................................................................. 8

8. Elytral punctation completely regular; pronotum with wide basal border; elytra widely rounded at apex. Oise amber (France).................................................... Crepidocnema yantarica Moseyko, Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2010

- Elytral punctation arranged in striae only on disc, more or less confused in apical 1/3 and laterally; pronotum with relatively narrow basal border; elytra obliquely narrowed apically. Chiapas amber (Mexico)...................................................................................................... Neocrepidodera antiqua (Gressitt, 1971)

Notes

Published as part of Bukejs, Andris, 2014, A new species of the genus Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber, pp. 286-290 in Zootaxa 3815 (2) on page 289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/226869

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Biodiversity

Family
Chrysomelidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
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References

  • Bukejs, A. & Nadein, K. (2013) A second species of Psyllototus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 3609 (5), 456 - 470. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3609.5.2
  • Nadein, K. S. & Perkovsky, E. E. (2010) New taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno amber, Late Eocene. Acta Geologica Sinica, 84 (4), 772 - 782. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1755 - 6724.2010.00259. x
  • Bukejs, A. & Konstantinov, A. S. (2013) New genus of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber. Insecta Mundi, 0 306, 1 - 5.
  • Santiago-Blay, J. A., Savini, V., Furth, D. G., Craig, P. R. & Poinar, G. O. (2004) Wanderbiltiana wawasita: a new species of flea beetle (Alticinae) from Dominican amber (Lower Oligocene to Lower Miocene). In: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J. A. & Schmitt, M. (Eds.), New Developments on the Biology of Chrysomelidae. SPB Academic Publishing, the Hague, pp. 275 - 277.
  • Moseyko, A. G., Kirejtshuk, A. G. & Nel, A. (2010) New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (N. S.), 46 (1 - 2), 116 - 123. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2010.10697645
  • Gressitt, J. L. (1971) A second fossil chrysomelid beetle from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology, 63, 63 - 64.