Altica
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A. oleracea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Altica Geoffroy, 1762[1] |
Synonyms | |
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Altica (New Latin from Greek ἁλτικός, haltikós, "jumper" or "jumping") is a large genus of flea beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, with about 300 species, distributed nearly worldwide.[2][3] The genus is best represented in the Neotropical realm, well represented in the Nearctic and Palearctic, but occurs also in the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, and Australasia. The species are similar to each other, small metallic blue-green-bronze beetles, often distinguished from each other only by the aedeagus. The species of Altica, both as larvae and as adults, are phytophagous, feeding on plant foliage of various food plant taxa, specific for each Altica species. Onagraceae and Rosaceae (mainly Rubus) are the dominant host plant families for Holarctic species. The adult Altica beetles are able to jump away when approached.
Species[]
- J. L. LeConte, 1859[4][5][6][7]
- Altica aenescens Weise, 1888
- J. L. LeConte, 1859
- Altica ambiens J. L. LeConte, 1859 (alder flea beetle)
- Horn, 1889
- Schaeffer, 1924
- Altica bicarinata Kutschera, 1860
- Altica bimarginata Say, 1824
- Fall, 1920
- Gentner, 1928
- Mohamedsaid, 1984
- (Mannerheim, 1843)
- Gentner, 1926
- (Guérin-Méneville, 1858)
- Germar, 1824
- Blake, 1936
- Altica chalybea Illiger, 1807 (grape flea beetle)
- Fall, 1910
- Altica corni Woods, 1918 (dogwood flea beetle)
- Blatchley, 1910
- Fall, 1926
- Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki, 1939
- Altica ericeti
- Horn, 1889
- Altica foliaceae J. L. LeConte, 1858 (apple flea beetle)
- (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
- Altica gloriosa Blatchley, 1921
- Jacoby, 1884
- Fall, 1920
- Fall, 1922
- Altica ignita Illiger, 1807 (strawberry flea beetle)
- J. L. LeConte, 1860
- Altica kalmiae (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
- Altica knabii Blatchley, 1910
- J. L. LeConte, 1857
- Schaeffer, 1924
- Altica litigata Fall, 1910 (crepe myrtle flea beetle)
- (Fall, 1910)
- Altica lythri Aubé, 1843
- Horn, 1889
- Stirret, 1933
- Blake, 1936
- Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki, 1939
- J. L. LeConte, 1859
- J. L. LeConte, 1857
- Altica oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Warchalowski, 2000
- Horn, 1889
- Schaeffer, 1932
- Fall, 1910
- Altica palustris Weise, 1888
- J. L. LeConte, 1857
- Schaeffer, 1932
- Fall, 1910
- Fall, 1920
- Brown, 1946
- Altica rosae Woods, 1918
- Blatchley, 1914
- LeSage, 1990
- Schaeffer, 1932
- J. L. LeConte, 1859
- Fall, 1910
- Malloch, 1919
- Altica tamaricis Schrank, 1785
- Altica tamaricis tamaricis Schrank, 1785
- Fall, 1910
- Altica texana Schaeffer, 1906
- J. L. LeConte, 1859
- Mannerheim, 1853
- Altica torquata J. L. LeConte, 1858 (steel-blue grapevine flea beetle)
- Woods, 1918
- Altica vaccinia Blatchley, 1916
- Fall, 1920
- Blatchley, 1921
- Horn, 1889
- Blatchley, 1928
- Altica woodsi Isely, 1920
References[]
- ^ Conserved name, ICZN 1994. However, David G. Furth argued that Altica had been cited by Geoffroy, 1762, and O. F. Müller, 1764, invalidly, and the first valid citation is Fabricius, 1775, see David G. Furth (1980), Altica of Israel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Israel Journal of Entomology 14, 55-66.
- ^ Konstantinov A.S., Vandenberg N.J. 1996. Handbook of Palaearctic flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Contributions on Entomology, International, Vol. 1, Part 3. Gainesville, FL: Associated Publishers. P. 237-440.
- ^ Ross H. Arnett et al. American Beetles, Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. P. 662-663.
- ^ "Altica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Altica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Altica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Browse Altica". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
Further reading[]
- Král J. (1964–1979). Zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Altica-Arten. Part 1-7. Entomologische Blätter 60: 126-133, 162-166; 62: 53-61, 159-168; 65: 72-85; 72: 61-63; 75: 98-108.
- LeSage, L. 1995. Revision of the costate species of Altica Müller from North America north of Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 127, 295–411.
- Plague and government response for the Altica quercetorum plague in Galicia.
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