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<mods:title>Flea beetles of the West Indies: the genus Hemilactica Blake, 1937 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)</mods:title>
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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, National Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:number>1044</mods:number>
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<taxonomicName LSID="BD90C768-1C94-5182-BC8D-A39AE186B399" authority="Blake, 1937" authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hemilactica Blake, 1937</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hemilactica</taxonomicName>
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Blake, 1937: 37. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica pulchella" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">Hemilactica pulchella</taxonomicName>
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Blake, 1937: 37, by original designation.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Host plants.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Pierre" authorityYear="1891" baseAuthorityName="A. DC." class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Micropholis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Micropholis guyanensis" order="Ebenales" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="guyanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Micropholis guyanensis</emphasis>
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(A. DC.) Pierre (
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Sapotaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Ebenales" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Sapotaceae</taxonomicName>
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), wild balata (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" author="Blake, DH" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the United States National Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="9 - 29" refId="B7" refString="Blake, DH, 1964. Notes on new and old species of Alticinae (Coleoptera) from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115 (3477): 9 - 29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" title="Notes on new and old species of Alticinae (Coleoptera) from the West Indies." url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" volume="115" year="1964">Blake 1964</bibRefCitation>
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for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica portoricensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="portoricensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica portoricensis</emphasis>
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Blake).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Remarks.</paragraph>
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While describing the genus, Blake compared it with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Lactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Lactica</emphasis>
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Erichson and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Diphaulaca</emphasis>
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Chevrolat. It is indeed similar externally to both. However,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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specimens are missing sclerotized vaginal palpi as
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Lactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Lactica</emphasis>
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and related genera (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" author="Viswajyothi, K" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="1 - 16" refId="B13" refString="Viswajyothi, K, Konstantinov, AS, 2020. Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 959: 1 - 16, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" title="Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" volume="959" year="2020">Viswajyothi and Konstantinov 2020</bibRefCitation>
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). The type species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Diphaulaca</emphasis>
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[
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">D. aulica</emphasis>
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(Olivier)] has vaginal palpi well sclerotized and fully visible. Because of the structure of on the
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head sulci and ridges, the grooves on the pronotum and general body shape,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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generally fits into the
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Monomacra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomacra" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Monomacra</emphasis>
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group of genera as roughly defined by
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<bibRefCitation author="Bechyne, J" journalOrPublisher="Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia (Maracay)" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="25 - 140" refId="B1" refString="Bechyne, J, Springlova de Bechyne, M, 1975. Notas sobre la serie filetiva de Monomacra y sus formas convergentes (Col. Phytophaga, Alticidae). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia (Maracay) 8 (4): 25 - 140" title="Notas sobre la serie filetiva de Monomacra y sus formas convergentes (Col. Phytophaga, Alticidae)." volume="8" year="1975">Bechyne and Springlova de Bechyne (1975)</bibRefCitation>
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and described in more details in
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" author="Viswajyothi, K" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="1 - 16" refId="B13" refString="Viswajyothi, K, Konstantinov, AS, 2020. Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 959: 1 - 16, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" title="Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" volume="959" year="2020">Viswajyothi and Konstantinov (2020)</bibRefCitation>
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. In order to facilitate identification of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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, a key to it and related genera previously published (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" author="Viswajyothi, K" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="1 - 16" refId="B13" refString="Viswajyothi, K, Konstantinov, AS, 2020. Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 959: 1 - 16, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" title="Blakealtica, a new genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Dominican Republic." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.53415" volume="959" year="2020">Viswajyothi and Konstantinov 2020</bibRefCitation>
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) is provided at the end of the paper.
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Currently known
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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species exhibit some noticeable differences in
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level characters as they are currently understood for the purpose of revising flea beetle genera of the West Indies. The type species,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. pulchella" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. pulchella</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. rugosa" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. rugosa</emphasis>
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Blake are quite similar in having strongly punctate dorsum and relatively long and narrow frontal ridge, while species that
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" author="Blake, DH" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the United States National Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="9 - 29" refId="B7" refString="Blake, DH, 1964. Notes on new and old species of Alticinae (Coleoptera) from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115 (3477): 9 - 29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" title="Notes on new and old species of Alticinae (Coleoptera) from the West Indies." url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3477.9" volume="115" year="1964">Blake (1964)</bibRefCitation>
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described later (e.g.,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. portoricensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="portoricensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. portoricensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) have a much shorter and wider frontal ridge and smooth elytra with much smaller elytral and pronotal punctations. However, the other substantial features of these beetles look similar. Therefore, they are all retained under
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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until more evidence comes to light.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Lactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lactica megaspila" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megaspila">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Lactica megaspila</emphasis>
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Blake (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 25–28" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 25 - 28. Adult Hemilactica species dorsal habitus 25 H. clara 26 H. megaspila, illustration by Madison Dorr (Systematic Entomology Laboratory internship program 2020) 27 H. portoricensis, holotype 28 H. pulchella, holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures25-28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555099" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">26</figureCitation>
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) is clearly congeneric with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica portoricensis</emphasis>
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and therefore is transferred here to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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.
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