Biondi Maurizio, D'Alessandro Paola
Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Coppito-L'Aquila, Italy.
Zookeys. 2012(253):1-158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.253.3414. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
A revision of the Alticini genera from the Afrotropical region is reported. The paper includes the following for the flea beetle fauna occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: a key to their identification; habitus photos of all the genera; microscope and scanning electron micrographs of many diagnostic morphological characters; and an updated annotated catalogue with biogeographical notes that include new distributional data. The following new synonymies are proposed: Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836 = Ethiopia Scherer, 1972 syn. n.; Sanckia Duvivier, 1891 = Eugonotes Jacoby, 1897 syn. n.; Eurylegna Weise, 1910a = Eurylegniella Scherer, 1972 syn. n.; Kimongona Bechyné, 1959a = Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963 syn. n.; Diphaulacosoma Jacoby, 1892a = Neoderina Bechyné, 1952 syn. n.; Sesquiphaera Bechyné, 1958a = Paropsiderma Bechyné, 1958a syn. n.; Podagrica Chevrolat, 1836 = Podagricina Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki 1940syn. n.; Amphimela Chapuis, 1875 = Sphaerophysa Baly, 1876a syn. n. The following new combinations are proposed: Blepharida insignis Brancsik, 1897 = Xanthophysca insignis (Brancsik, 1897) comb. n.; Blepharida multiguttata Duvivier, 1891 = Xanthophysca multiguttata (Duvivier, 1891) comb. n.; Hemipyxis balyana (Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki 1940) = Pseudadorium balyanum (Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki, 1940) comb. n.; Hemipyxis brevicornis (Jacoby, 1892a) = Pseudadorium brevicornis (Jacoby, 1892a) comb. n.; Hemipyxis cyanea (Weise, 1910b) = Pseudadorium cyaneum (Weise, 1910b) comb. n.; Hemipyxis gynandromorpha Bechyné, 1958c = Pseudadorium gynandromorphum (Bechyné, 1958c) comb. n.; Hemipyxis latiuscula Bechyné, 1958c = Pseudadorium latiusculum (Bechyné, 1958c) comb. n.; Hemipyxis soror (Weise, 1910b) = Pseudadorium soror (Weise, 1910b) comb. n. The genera Buphonella Jacoby, 1903aand Halticopsis Fairmaire, 1883a are transferred to the tribe Galerucini; the genus Biodontocnema Biondi, 2000 stat. prom. is considered to be valid and reinstated at generic level. Finally, a zoogeographical analysis of the flea beetle fauna in the Afrotropical region is provided.
本文报道了对源自 Afrotropical 地区的跳甲属的修订。该论文涵盖了撒哈拉以南非洲和马达加斯加的跳甲类群的以下内容:鉴定检索表;所有属的成虫照片;许多诊断性形态特征的显微镜和扫描电子显微镜图像;以及一份更新的带注释目录,并附有生物地理学注释,其中包括新的分布数据。提出了以下新的同物异名:Aphthona Chevrolat,1836 = Ethiopia Scherer,1972 新同物异名;Sanckia Duvivier,1891 = Eugonotes Jacoby,1897 新同物异名;Eurylegna Weise,1910a = Eurylegniella Scherer,1972 新同物异名;Kimongona Bechyné,1959a = Mesocrepis Scherer,1963 新同物异名;Diphaulacosoma Jacoby,1892a = Neoderina Bechyné,1952 新同物异名;Sesquiphaera Bechyné,1958a = Paropsiderma Bechyné,1958a 新同物异名;Podagrica Chevrolat,1836 = Podagricina Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki 1940 新同物异名;Amphimela Chapuis,1875 = Sphaerophysa Baly,1876a 新同物异名。提出了以下新组合:Blepharida insignis Brancsik,1897 = Xanthophysca insignis (Brancsik,1897) 新组合;Blepharida multiguttata Duvivier,1891 = Xanthophysca multiguttata (Duvivier,1891) 新组合;Hemipyxis balyana (Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki 1940) = Pseudadorium balyanum (Csiki in Heikertinger and Csiki,1940) 新组合;Hemipyxis brevicornis (Jacoby,1892a) = Pseudadorium brevicornis (Jacoby,1892a) 新组合;Hemipyxis cyanea (Weise,1910b) = Pseudadorium cyaneum (Weise,1910b) 新组合;Hemipyxis gynandromorpha Bechyné,1958c = Pseudadorium gynandromorphum (Bechyné,1958c) 新组合;Hemipyxis latiuscula Bechyné,1958c = Pseudadorium latiusculum (Bechyné,1958c) 新组合;Hemipyxis soror (Weise,1910b) = Pseudadorium soror (Weise,1910b) 新组合。将 Jacoby,1903a 的 Buphonella 属和 Fairmaire,1883a 的 Halticopsis 属转移到 Galerucini 族;2000 年 Biondi 的 Biodontocnema 属提升为有效属并恢复到属级地位。最后,对 Afrotropical 地区的跳甲类群进行了动物地理学分析。