Psyllototus Explained

Psyllototus is an extinct genus of flea beetles described from the late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine,^[1] and from the Baltic amber of Russia and Denmark. It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Psyllototus progenitor.^[1] In 2016, a newly described extant flea beetle genus from Bolivia, Chanealtica, was found to be most similar to Psyllototus, based on the characters available for observation.^[2]

Species

The genus includes four species:

• Psyllototus doeberli Bukejs & Nadein, 2014^[3]
• Psyllototus groehni Bukejs & Nadein, 2013^[4]
• Psyllototus progenitor Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010
• Psyllototus viking Nadein, 2015^[5]

Notes and References

1. Konstantin Nadein . Evgeny Perkovsky . 2010 . New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition . 84 . 4 . 772–782 . 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x. 2010AcGlS..84..772N . 85383059 .
2. Konstantinov. Alexander 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. 27408546. 4926638. en. 1313-2970. free. 2016ZooK..592..103K .
3. Bukejs . Andris . Nadein . Konstantin . A second species of Psyllototus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae:Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber . Zootaxa . 3609 . 5 . 465–470 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.2 . 24699610 . 2013 .
4. Bukejs. Andris. Nadein. Konstantin. 2014. Psyllototus groehni sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a new species of the palaeoendemic genus from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 14. 2. 163–166.
5. Konstantin S.. Nadein. Evgeny E.. Perkovsky. Alexey G.. Moseyko. 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 .