A new species of the genus Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber
Author
Bukejs, Andris
text
Zootaxa
2014
3815
2
286
290
journal article
45485
10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.8
64b93b7c-585e-4986-89b4-c718847921ac
1175-5326
226869
7833A8EB-E723-4D51-9452-140B7447DDC2
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
)