Orthaltica

Orthaltica is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 20 described species in Orthaltica. They are found in the Palearctic, North America, Indomalaya, and Australasia.[1][2][3][4]

Orthaltica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Orthaltica
Crotch, 1873

In 2017, the name Orthalica was found to be a junior synonym of Aulacothorax, which has been available since 1858, and was formally placed in synonymy with it.[5]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Orthaltica:

  • Orthaltica bakeri Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica borneoensis Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica chibi Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica coomani (Laboissiere, 1933)
  • Orthaltica copalina (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Orthaltica konstantinovi Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica melina Horn, 1889 (poison ivy leaf beetle)
  • Orthaltica mindanaoensis Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica orientalis Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica pahangi Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica parkeri (B. White, 1942)
  • Orthaltica rangoonensis Konstantinov, 1995
  • Orthaltica rata Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica recticollis (J. L. LeConte, 1861)
  • Orthaltica sabahcola Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica schereri Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica syzygium Prathapan & Konstantinov, 2013
  • Orthaltica terminalia Prathapan & Konstantinov, 2013
  • Orthaltica tuberculata Takizawa, 2017
  • Orthaltica visayanensis Konstantinov, 1995

References

  1. "Orthaltica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Orthaltica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Bezděk, J.; Konstantinov, A.S. (2017). "Forgotten Aulacothorax Boheman, 1858, a Senior Synonym of Orthaltica Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 71 (4): 791–795. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.791. S2CID 91078620.

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