List of flea beetle genera explained

The flea beetles, or Alticini, make up the largest tribe within the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), comprising over 500 genera and approximately 8000 described species distributed worldwide.

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Notes and References

  1. Biondi. M.. Iannella. M.. D'Alessandro. P.. 2020. Adamastoraltica humicola, new genus and new species: the first example of possible moss-inhabiting flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Zootaxa. 4763. 1. 99–108. 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.1.8. 33056882. 216503076.
  2. Prathapan. K.D.. Ruan. Y.Y.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2017. Allenaltica, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 5. 5. 1–9. 10.12976/jib/2017.5.5. free.
  3. Bezděk. J.. Nie. R-E.. 2019. Taxonomical changes and new records of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22. 3. 655–665. 10.1016/j.aspen.2019.05.002. 155530357. free.
  4. Bukejs. A.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2013. New genus of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber. Insecta Mundi. 0306. 1–5.
  5. Nadein. K.S.. Perkovsky. E.E.. Moseyko. A.G.. 2015. New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers. Papers in Palaeontology. 2. 1. 117–137. 10.1002/spp2.1034. 86059856 .
  6. Konstantinov. A.S.. Van Roie. M.. Furth. D.. Clark. S.M.. Riley. E.G.. 2022. Flea beetles of the West Indies: Subtribe Oedionychina Chapuis 1875, key to genera, new combinations, synonymy, checklist, and description of new genera and species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 33. 1. 1–56. 10.12976/jib/2022.33.1.1. 251366880 .
  7. Dawood. M.M.. Takizawa. H.. 2013. Revision of Mistika Mohamedsaid from the Great Sunda area, with description of a new genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Serangga. 18. 1. 1–21.
  8. Ruan. Y-Y.. Konstantinov. A.S.. Prathapan. K.D.. Yang. X-K.. 2017. Contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (II): Baoshanaltica new genus and Sinosphaera new genus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys. 720. 103–120. 10.3897/zookeys.720.12715. free. 5740446. 29290728.
  9. Viswajyothi. K.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2020. Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys. 959. 1–16. 32879609. 10.3897/zookeys.959.53415. 7442766. free.
  10. Biondi. M.. Frasca. R.. Grobbelaar. E.. D'Alessandro. P.. 2017. Supraspecific taxonomy of the flea beetle genus Blepharida Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region and description of Afroblepharida subgen. nov.. Insect Systematics & Evolution. 48. 2. 97–155. 10.1163/1876312X-48022152.
  11. Lee. C.-F.. Konstantinov. A.. 2015. A new species of Burumoseria Csiki, 1939 from Taiwan, with redescription of the genus and new synonymy of Licyllus Jacoby, 1885 with Thrasychroma Jacoby, 1885 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 69. 2. 325–331. 10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.325. 85822922.
  12. Nadein. K.S.. Perkovsky. E.E.. 2019. Small and common: the oldest tropical Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the lower Eocene Cambay amber of India. Alcheringa. 43. 4. 597–611. 10.1080/03115518.2019.1622780. 198412194.
  13. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2016. Possible living fossil in Bolivia: A new genus of flea beetles with modified hind legs (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys. 592. 103–120. 10.3897/zookeys.592.8180. free. 4926638. 27408546.
  14. Alexey G.. Moseyko. Alexander G.. Kirejtshuk. Andre. Nel. 2010. New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber. . Nouvelle Série. 46. 1–2. 116–123. 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645. 84998148. free.
  15. Prathapan. K.D.. Ruan. Y.Y.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2017. Doeberlnotus, a new genus of flea beetles from India (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera. 113. 1. 201–206.
  16. Konstantinov. A.S.. Linzmeier. A.M.. 2020. Moss inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies III: Erinaceialtica, a new genus from Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys. 955. 113–145. 10.3897/zookeys.955.53644. free. 7423781. 32855595.
  17. Özdikmen. H.. 2008. Substitute names for some preoccupied leaf beetles genus group names described by L. N. Medvedev (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 3. 2. 643–647.
  18. Ruan. Y.-Y.. Konstantinov. A.S.. Prathapan. K.D.. Yang. X.-K.. 2017. New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (I): Gansuapteris new genus and Primulavorus new genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa. 4282. 1. 111–122. 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.6.
  19. Bukejs. A.. Reid. C.A.M.. Biondi. M.. 2020. Groehnaltica batophiloides, a new genus and species of flea-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber, described using X-ray microtomography. Zootaxa. 4859. 3. 397–408. 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.5. 33056190. 222839819.
  20. Biondi. M.. 2017. Hesperoides, a new "hairy" flea beetle genus from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Fragmenta Entomologica. 49. 2. 151–158. 10.4081/fe.2017.257. free.
  21. Prathapan. K.D.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2022. Revision of Oriental flea beetle genera with subparallel intercoxal ridges on the first abdominal ventrite (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Journal of Natural History. 55. 25–26. 1521–1598. 10.1080/00222933.2021.1933229. 246794218 .
  22. Lee. C.-F.. Tsai. C.-L.. Konstantinov. A.. Yeh. W.-B.. 2016. Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys. 568. 23–49. 10.3897/zookeys.568.7125. free.
  23. 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. 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x. 85383059 .
  24. Linzmeier. A.M.. Konstantinov. A.S.. 2020. Moss inhabiting flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) of the West Indies II: Menudos, a new genus from Puerto Rico and description of methods to collect moss inhabiting flea beetles. Zootaxa. 4786. 1. 1–22. 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.1. 33056493. 219756314.
  25. Medvedev. L.N.. 2018. New taxa of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from South India. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 14. 2. 249–251. 10.23885/181433262018142-249251. free.
  26. Konstantinov. A.S.. Tishechkin. A.K.. 2017. Myrmeconycha new genus: the first myrmecophilous flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Insecta Mundi. 0525. 1–13.
  27. Biondi. M.. 2014. Paolaltica eocenica new genus and new species of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa. 3852. 4. 496–500. 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.7. 25284414.
  28. Ruan. Y-Y.. Konstantinov. A.S.. Prathapan. K.D.. Ge. S-Q.. Yang. X-K.. 2015. Penghou, a new genus of flea beetles from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa. 3973. 2. 300–308. 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.5. 26249860. 8026792 .
  29. Konstantinov. A.S.. Linzmeier. A.M.. Savini. V.P.. 2014. Stevenaltica, a New Genus of Moss and Leaf-Litter Inhabiting Flea Beetles from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 116. 2. 159–171. 10.4289/0013-8797.116.2.159. 84533187.
  30. Bukejs. A.. Biondi. M.. Alekseev. V.I.. 2015. Sucinolivolia torpida—a new genus and species of flea-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa. 4058. 1. 119–126. 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.7. 26701511.
  31. Konstantinov. A.S.. Linzmeier. A.M.. 2020. Suffrianaltica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the West Indies. Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 17. 1. 1–11. 10.12976/jib/2020.17.1.1. 219743447.
  32. Paola. D'Alessandro. Maurizio. Biondi. 2018. Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) . ZooKeys. 746. 123–136. 3 April 2018. 10.3897/zookeys.746.23637. free. 5904385. 29674899.