Multiple origins of moss-inhabiting flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): molecular phylogeny, overview of genera and a new genus from Africa
Author
Damaška, Albert František
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander
Author
Fikáček, Martin
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-02-07
196
647
676
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab112
eb68c3ad-c51a-4828-8a1f-314ed0ba6454
0024-4082
1C9A93CC-F5BE-427B-95B4-B2B9A1F51B46
ADAMASTORALTICA
BIONDI
ET AL
., 2020
Type
species:
Adamastoraltica humicola
Biondi
et al
., 2020
.
Synonymy:
No generic synonyms.
Phylogenetic position:
Adamastoraltica
has been placed in the Aphthonine–Chabrine clade as a sister-group to a clade containing
Neocrepidodera
,
Clavicornaltica
and the
Chabria
group.
DamaŠka
et al
. (2020)
found different phylogenetic relationships inside the Aphthonine–Chabrine clade, placing
Adamastoraltica
as a sister-group to a clade containing
Mniophila
,
Pentamesa
and
Argopus
Fischer, 1824
.
Diversity and distribution:
The only known species, as well as undescribed species from the material examined in this study, are known from the
Western Cape Province
in
South Africa
.