Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Abstract. In this contribution, Ugandaltica wagneri gen. n. and sp. n., collected from the canopies in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, is described. Similarities and affinities with other small-sized and convex-shaped flea beetle genera, occurring in the Afrotropical region, are discussed. Micrographs o...

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Autores principales: D’Alessandro, Paola, Biondi, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.746.23637
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description Abstract. In this contribution, Ugandaltica wagneri gen. n. and sp. n., collected from the canopies in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, is described. Similarities and affinities with other small-sized and convex-shaped flea beetle genera, occurring in the Afrotropical region, are discussed. Micrographs of diagnostic characters, including male and female genitalia, are supplied. Finally, some considerations on the ecology of canopy flea beetles are also reported.
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spelling pubmed-59043852018-04-19 Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) D’Alessandro, Paola Biondi, Maurizio Zookeys Research Article Abstract. In this contribution, Ugandaltica wagneri gen. n. and sp. n., collected from the canopies in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, is described. Similarities and affinities with other small-sized and convex-shaped flea beetle genera, occurring in the Afrotropical region, are discussed. Micrographs of diagnostic characters, including male and female genitalia, are supplied. Finally, some considerations on the ecology of canopy flea beetles are also reported. Pensoft Publishers 2018-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5904385/ /pubmed/29674899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.746.23637 Text en Paola D’Alessandro, Maurizio Biondi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_full Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_fullStr Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_full_unstemmed Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_short Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_sort ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in central africa (coleoptera, chrysomelidae, galerucinae, alticini)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.746.23637
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