Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
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Biondi, Maurizio
Author
D'Alessandro, Paola
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Eurylegna Weise, 1910a
Figs 42, 43182315
=Eremiella
Weise, 1910a (synonymized by
Scherer 1972
)
=Eurylegniella
Scherer, 1972 syn. n.
References.
Weise 1910a
: 228;
Scherer 1972
: 10, 12;
Biondi and
D'Alessandro
2010a
: 407.
Type species.
Eurylegna
:
Eurylegna fulva
Weise, 1910a: 228 (Kilimanjaro), designation by monotypy;
Eremiella
:
Eremiella rubra
Weise, 1910a: 229 (Kilimanjaro in Kiboscho, 3.000 m), designation by monotypy;
Eurylegniella
:
Eurylegna guineensis
Bechyne
, 1955b: 528 (French Guinea: Mount Gangan; Dalaba;
Nzerekore
; Mount Nimba), by original designation.
Distribution.
Nigeria, Guinea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (!) [Budongo Forest, Sonso (BAQ)], Rwanda, and Malawi (!) [Dedza (BAQ)] (Fig. 315).
Ecology.
No information.
Notes.
Six species have been described. There are no important diagnostic characters distinguishing
Eurylegniella
Scherer from
Eurylegna
. The following synonymy is therefore proposed:
Eurylegna
Weise, 1910 =
Eurylegniella
Scherer, 1972 syn. n. Material examined:
Eurylegniella guineensis
(
Bechyne
) (det. G. Scherer), "Imperial College, Expdn. Ghana 1960, 24.8.60, Bobiri Forest, Kumasi, Ashanti", 1 specimen (ZSM); "Congo Belge, P.N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, Mt Embe, 20-iv-1952, H. De Saeger, 3347", 1 specimen (MRAC).