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<mods:title>Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U. S. A. 84602 and Kerala Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Konstantinov, Alexander S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c / o Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="3EC78878-C5B2-53D4-A9D3-936207CF142B" authority="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov, 2020" authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">Blakealtica</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Adult Blakealtica fusca, illustration by Linden Pederson." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441836" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 2-5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6–8" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 6 - 8. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 6 Pronotum 7 pronotum, three-quarter view 8 mesotergite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures6-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441838" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 6-8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 9 Metatergite 10 meso- and meta-sternites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441839" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 9, 10</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 11-16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 17-20</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–24" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 21 - 24. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 21 Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 22 vagina 23 spermatheca 24 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 21-24</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Body oblong, narrow, flat in lateral view, length 4.16-5.51 mm, width 1.72-2.27; thickness 1.18-1.51. General color dark yellowish to brown with light metallic, blueish, or pinkish tint. Elytra and pronotum same color (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441836" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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Adult
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica fusca" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusca">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
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, illustration by Linden Pederson.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5</figureCitation>
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): Vertex sparsely and unevenly covered with closely placed round punctures, punctures without setae. Supraorbital pore well developed, easily noticed among other punctures. Midcranial suture present only in lower part, represented by short, relatively wide deep depression. Supraorbital, supracallinal, and orbital sulci absent. Midfrontal sulcus well developed, long, antennal calli and top of frontal ridge separated by distinct suprafrontal sulcus. Frontolateral sulcus absent. Antennal calli nearly trapezoidal or quadrate, as long as wide, not entering interantennal space. Surface of antennal callus same level as surface of vertex and surface of frontal ridge. Antennal calli shorter than frontal ridge. Antennal grooves between eye and frontal ridge present. Frontal ridge as wide anteriorly as posteriorly, continues straight between and below antennal sockets. Sides of frontal ridge parallel to each other. Posterior end of frontal ridge acute. Frontal ridge extends slightly between antennal calli, separated from vertex by antennal calli, generally long (ca. 2.75 longer than longitudinal diameter of antennal socket). Frontal ridge in lateral view slightly convex. Anterofrontal ridge extremely low, as thin as width of frontal ridge and occupying a fraction of space below antennal socket. Dorsal surface of anterofrontal ridge on either side of frontal ridge uneven, with visible convexity. Frontal and anterofrontal ridges form nearly right angle with each other in frontal view. Orbit extremely narrow, much narrower than transverse diameter of antennal socket, inner margin of eye slightly sinuate, diverging towards mouth parts. Distance between eyes (above antennal sockets) in frontal view subequal to transverse diameter of eye. Sides of head converging ventrally below eyes. Genal space narrow, one-sixth the longitudinal diameter of the eye. Clypeus pale, band-like. Labrum 0.4 times as long as wide, anterior margin entire, three pairs of labral setae in regular row, arising from basal third of labrum, extending beyond anterior margin of labrum (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">11</figureCitation>
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). Maxillary palpi slender with four palpomeres, basal palpomere slender, shortest, second slender, same length as the third, third thick, apical one conical (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14</figureCitation>
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). Labial palpi with three palpomeres, basal one shorter and slightly narrower than the middle one, third conical (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12</figureCitation>
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); mandible with five teeth-like projections (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 2–5" startId="F2">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 2-5.</emphasis>
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Adult
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
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.
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Habitus, three-quarter view
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habitus, lateral view
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head, frontal view
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head three-quarter view.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Antennae</emphasis>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2–5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 2 - 5. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 2 Habitus, three-quarter view 3 habitus, lateral view 4 head, frontal view 5 head three-quarter view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures2-5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441837" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
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): Antenna with eleven antennomeres, filiform, extending in females up to mid-elytron, in males beyond mid-elytron. Antennomere I, long, club-shaped, longer than II and III combined; II shorter than III, longer than half of III; II narrower than I, as wide as III; V shorter than IV as long as VI. Antennomeres IV-VII nearly of same width, distal antennomeres slender, middle antennomeres as wide as apical.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Prothorax</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6–8" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 6 - 8. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 6 Pronotum 7 pronotum, three-quarter view 8 mesotergite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures6-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441838" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6</figureCitation>
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): Pronotal surface glabrous. Anterolateral callosity not expanding beyond lateral margin. Anterior setiferous pore situated close to anterior margin. Lateral margin of pronotum even, complete, nearly straight to gently convex, moderately explanate. Base of pronotum with two well developed longitudinal impressions, both near basal margin and further anteriorly. Pronotal basal margin evenly convex, antebasal transverse impression on pronotum shallow, present only near and limited by longitudinal impressions. Posterolateral callosity situated on lateral margin. Pronotal surface anteriorly uneven with two oblique impressions. Procoxal cavities open. Intercoxal prosternal process very narrow, procoxae almost touching, extends beyond procoxae, sides of process parallel; surface and posterior end convex; posterior end approximately as wide as in middle.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 6-8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
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mesotergite.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 9 Metatergite 10 meso- and meta-sternites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441839" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">10</figureCitation>
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): Mesotergite 1.3 times wider than long. Longitudinal mesothoracic ridge about as long as mesoscutellum. Elytra at base wider than base of pronotum, punctures confused. Surface without hairs, or only small and indistinct hairs. Elytral sides nearly straight, parallel to each other. Scutellum present, relatively small. Humeral calli well developed, basal callus present as vague broad convexity behind scutellum. Transverse impression posteriad to humeral or basal callus absent. Lateral carina well developed, extends from humerus to basal three fourths of elytron. Epipleura gradually narrowing from base to apex, outwardly oblique, width less than that of profemur, basally wider than apically, reaches end of side of elytron, but not apex. Mesosternite approx. as wide as long, without elevated projection in middle, mesoventral process narrow, tip narrowly incised, mesocoxae nearly touching each other. Mesocoxal cavity open laterally.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metathorax</emphasis>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 9 Metatergite 10 meso- and meta-sternites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441839" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 9 Metatergite 10 meso- and meta-sternites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441839" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">10</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">20</figureCitation>
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): Metatergite nearly as long as wide as measured in middle of metapostnotal mediophragmite. Prephragma well developed, highly sclerotized. Allar ridge of metascutellum slender. Scutellar groove and surrounding region with complete set of ridges. Metasternum slightly shorter than half its width; anteriorly projecting forward, but not covering mesosternum; apex narrow and acute. Metasternum without elevated projection in middle. Posterior end of metasternum flat. Metathoracic discrimen as long as entire length of metasternum. Metendosternite fully developed with arms at base much wider than stem near arms. Stem nearly as long as arm on its anterior side. Mid-tendons closer to each other than to ends of arms (Fig.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 9, 10.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9</emphasis>
|
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Metatergite
|
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">10</emphasis>
|
||
meso- and meta-sternites.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
(Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">18</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">19</figureCitation>
|
||
): Abdominal ventrites I and II not fused. Ventrites nearly equal in length. Ventrite I shorter than ventrites II and III together, ventrite V shorter than ventrites IV and III together. First abdominal ventrite between coxae without longitudinal ridges, apex of first abdominal sternite in female ogival.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs</emphasis>
|
||
(Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">15</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 11–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 11 - 16. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 11 Labrum 12 labium 13 mandible 14 maxilla 15 hind leg 16 tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">17</figureCitation>
|
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): Pro- and meso-tibiae and femora not sexually dimorphic. Profemur generally flattened, but convex along ventral and dorsal surfaces. Pro- and meso-tibiae with longitudinal ridges, spurs absent. Posterior edge of metafemur in males as in that of females. Metafemoral spring present. Metatibia curved in dorsal view, straight in lateral view, more or less cylindrical in cross-section around middle, middle part of metatibia dorsally canaliculate. Dorsal side of metatibia with sharp edge laterally and mesally. Bristles of metatibial apex present laterally and mesally. Apex laterally blunt, does not form sharp spine. Metatarsomere I attached to apex of metatibia, single metatibial spur present, its length less than greatest width of metatibial apex, situated medially, spur simple, narrow, ending in one tooth. Protarsomere I of males wider and longer than in females. Protarsomere III slightly wider than protarsomere II. Metatarsomere III wider than long, roundish, incision of metatarsomere III longer than wide. Metatarsomere IV slender, similar to fourth pro- and meso-tarsomeres. Metatarsomere I in males long, cylindrical, length much less than half of metatibial length. Metatarsomere I and remaining tarsomeres produce an almost straight line. Claw appendiculate, not sexually dimorphic.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441840" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 11–16" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 11-16.</emphasis>
|
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Adult
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica fusca" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusca">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">11</emphasis>
|
||
Labrum
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12</emphasis>
|
||
labium
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13</emphasis>
|
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mandible
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14</emphasis>
|
||
maxilla
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">15</emphasis>
|
||
hind leg
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16</emphasis>
|
||
tip of hind tibia and hind tarsi.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia</emphasis>
|
||
(Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–24" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 21 - 24. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 21 Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 22 vagina 23 spermatheca 24 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">21-24</figureCitation>
|
||
): Spermathecal receptacle and pump with distinct border in between, receptacle longer than wide, spermathecal duct without coils, shorter than receptacle, attached to bottom of receptacle (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–24" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 21 - 24. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 21 Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 22 vagina 23 spermatheca 24 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">23</figureCitation>
|
||
). Tignum abruptly widened anteriorly (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–24" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 21 - 24. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 21 Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 22 vagina 23 spermatheca 24 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">24</figureCitation>
|
||
). Last visible tergite of female without longitudinal groove in middle (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–20" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 20. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 17 Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi 18 female abdomen 19 apical abdominal tergite 20 metendosternite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">19</figureCitation>
|
||
). Vaginal palpi not sclerotized and not visible. Median lobe of aedeagus sculptured, flattened with a knob at apex, dorsal opening very long, occupying nearly entire dorsal surface (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–24" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 21 - 24. Adult Blakealtica fusca. 21 Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 22 vagina 23 spermatheca 24 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">21</figureCitation>
|
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441841" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 17–20" startId="F6">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 17-20.</emphasis>
|
||
Adult
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica fusca" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusca">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">17</emphasis>
|
||
Tip of middle tibia and middle tarsi
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">18</emphasis>
|
||
female abdomen
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">19</emphasis>
|
||
apical abdominal tergite
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">20</emphasis>
|
||
metendosternite.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.959.53415.figures21-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/441842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 21–24" startId="F7">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 21-24.</emphasis>
|
||
Adult
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica fusca" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusca">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">21</emphasis>
|
||
Median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">22</emphasis>
|
||
vagina
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">23</emphasis>
|
||
spermatheca
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">24</emphasis>
|
||
tignum.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type species">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type species.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica fusca" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusca">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica fusca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., by present designation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">We name this genus after Doris Holmes Blake (11 January 1892 - 3 December 1978) who, for almost 60 years of pioneering research of West Indian leaf beetles at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, provided a foundation for leaf beetle taxonomy in the New World. She also built a significant portion of the leaf beetle collection at the Museum. The name is feminine.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comparative diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comparative diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Because of the structure of sulci and ridges on the
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="beetle’s">beetle's</normalizedToken>
|
||
head and the grooves on the
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="beetle’s">beetle's</normalizedToken>
|
||
pronotum and general body shape,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
generally fits into the
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Monomacra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomacra" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Monomacra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group of genera as roughly defined by Bechyne & Springlova de Bechyne (1975). Therefore it is compared here to the following genera:
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Monomacra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomacra" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Monomacra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Chevrolat, 1836: 398 [type species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Haltica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Haltica inermis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Haltica inermis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Klug, 1829: 9 by subsequent designation (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Monros, F" journalOrPublisher="Frey" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1118 - 1137" refId="B24" refString="Monros, F, Bechyne, J, 1956. Ueber einige verkannte Chrysomeliden-Namen. Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 7 (3): 1118 - 1137" title="Ueber einige verkannte Chrysomeliden-Namen. Arbeiten aus dem Museum G." volume="7" year="1956">Monros and Bechyne 1956</bibRefCitation>
|
||
:133)],
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Disonycha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Disonycha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Disonycha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Chevrolat, 1836: 390 [type species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Crioceris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Crioceris collata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Crioceris collata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Fabricius, 1801: 463 by subsequent designation (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2969.1" author="Blake, DH" journalOrPublisher="National Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 66" refId="B4" refString="Blake, DH, 1933. Revision of the beetles of the genus Disonycha occurring in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 82 (28): 1 - 66, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2969.1" title="Revision of the beetles of the genus Disonycha occurring in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the U. S." url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2969.1" volume="82" year="1933">Blake 1933</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 1)],
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Hemilactica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake, 1937 (type species
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. pulchella" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="pulchella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. pulchella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake, 1937: 73 by original designation),
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Parchicola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Parchicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Parchicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Bechyne & Bechyne, 1975: 63 (type species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Monomacra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomacra yena" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yena">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Monomacra yena</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Bechyne,1956: 1026, by original designation),
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Pseudodisonycha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudodisonycha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pseudodisonycha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake, 1954: 248 (type species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Disonycha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Disonycha darlingtoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="darlingtoni">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Disonycha darlingtoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake, 1938: 50, by original designation).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
The studied representatives of all these genera do not have sclerotized vaginal palpi. Instead, the vagina has sclerotized walls and is therefore very noticeable on slides. A combination of these features may be unique for the aforementioned group of genera as we have not seen anywhere else in flea beetles. Very poorly sclerotized vaginal palpi were observed in a myrmecophilous flea beetle genus
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov & Tishechkin" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Myrmeconycha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmeconycha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Myrmeconycha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Konstantinov & Tishechkin, 2017 (type species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Myrmeconycha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmeconycha pheidole" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pheidole">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Myrmeconycha pheidole</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Konstantinov & Tishechkin, 2017: 3). In addition, male genitalia and spermathecae of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov & Tishechkin" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Myrmeconycha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmeconycha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Myrmeconycha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species are generally in the
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="“style”">"style"</normalizedToken>
|
||
of those of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; however, the genera are very different in a variety of features (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Konstantinov, AS" journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 13" refId="B18" refString="Konstantinov, AS, Tishechkin, AK, 2017. Myrmeconycha new genus: the first myrmecophilous flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Insecta Mundi 0525: 1 - 13" title="Myrmeconycha new genus: the first myrmecophilous flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)." volume="0525" year="2017">Konstantinov and Tishechkin 2017</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
After studying the specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Rosalactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rosalactica maculicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rosalactica maculicollis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Jacoby, 1904), which is the type species of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bechyne & Springlova-Bechyne" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Rosalactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rosalactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rosalactica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Bechyne & Bechyne 1977, it became clear that
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. maculicollis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. maculicollis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, although we did not have an opportunity to study its female genitalia.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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A key for identification of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the aforementioned genera is provided below. Since the genera within this group are not clearly or consistently differentiated, we tried to base the key on the type species of each genus; however, they were not always available (e.g.,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Monomacra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomacra inermis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Monomacra inermis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Therefore, the key should be considered preliminary, although
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Viswajyothi & Konstantinov" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blakealtica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Blakealtica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Blakealtica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differentiates clearly and early on in the key.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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