Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Calotheca Heyden is a flea beetle genus with a largely sub-Saharan distribution and currently comprising 34 species. The examination of new material is revealing an increase in species richness and intraspecific variability. Calothecacarolineaesp. nov. and C.wanatisp. nov., both from KwaZulu-Natal i...

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Autores principales: D’Alessandro, Paola, Iannella, Mattia, Grobbelaar, Elizabeth, Biondi, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8816829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35177948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1084.73175
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author D’Alessandro, Paola
Iannella, Mattia
Grobbelaar, Elizabeth
Biondi, Maurizio
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Iannella, Mattia
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description Calotheca Heyden is a flea beetle genus with a largely sub-Saharan distribution and currently comprising 34 species. The examination of new material is revealing an increase in species richness and intraspecific variability. Calothecacarolineaesp. nov. and C.wanatisp. nov., both from KwaZulu-Natal in the Republic of South Africa, are here described and attributed to the C.nigromaculata (Jacoby) species group, mainly based on genitalic characters. Photographs of the main diagnostic characters are provided, including the habitus, median lobe of the aedeagus, and spermatheca. Information on the geographic distribution and host plants of these species is also provided.
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spelling pubmed-88168292022-02-16 Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) D’Alessandro, Paola Iannella, Mattia Grobbelaar, Elizabeth Biondi, Maurizio Zookeys Research Article Calotheca Heyden is a flea beetle genus with a largely sub-Saharan distribution and currently comprising 34 species. The examination of new material is revealing an increase in species richness and intraspecific variability. Calothecacarolineaesp. nov. and C.wanatisp. nov., both from KwaZulu-Natal in the Republic of South Africa, are here described and attributed to the C.nigromaculata (Jacoby) species group, mainly based on genitalic characters. Photographs of the main diagnostic characters are provided, including the habitus, median lobe of the aedeagus, and spermatheca. Information on the geographic distribution and host plants of these species is also provided. Pensoft Publishers 2022-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8816829/ /pubmed/35177948 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1084.73175 Text en Paola D'Alessandro, Mattia Iannella, Elizabeth Grobbelaar, Maurizio Biondi https://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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Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_full Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_fullStr Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_full_unstemmed Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_short Calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
title_sort calothecanigromaculata species-group from sub-saharan africa with descriptions of two new species from kwazulu-natal (chrysomelidae, galerucinae, alticini)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8816829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35177948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1084.73175
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