Altica birmanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Subtribus: Alticina
Genus: Altica
Species: Altica birmanensis

Name

Altica birmanensis (Jacoby, 1896)

Type locality: Burma.

Lectotype: MCZ. ♂. Birma/ Haltica birmanensis Jac./ Type 18718/ Jacoby 2nd coll. (designated by Reid & Beatson, 2015: 524)

Synonyms

• Haltica birmanensis Jacoby, 1896: 254 (original combination); Maulik, 1926: 422 (junior synonym of A. cyanea)
• Altica birmanensis: Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 890 (as junior synonym of A. cyanea). Takizawa, 1978 (valid species, as A. birmensis); Medvedev, 2009: 24 (junior synonym of A. cyanea)
• Altica birmaensis [misspelling]: Scherer, 1969: 129 (as junior synonym of A. cyanea)
• Altica birmensis [misspelling]: Kimoto, 1971: 80
• Haltica indica Shukla, 1960: 80 [syn. nov. Reid & Beatson, 2015: 524]
  • Type locality: India.

References

Primary references

• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1963. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 2. Pacific Insects Monograph 1B: 301–1026. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1896. Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr. Andrewes in India. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 40: 250–304. BHL.
• Shukla, S.P. 1960. Entomological survey of Himalaya. Part XXX-On some Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North-West (Punjab) Himalaya. Agra University Journal of Research (Science) 9: 65–88. [not seen]
• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2015. Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare: a revision of the Australian, Indomalayan and Pacific species of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 503–551. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.3 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Döberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. Pp. 491–563. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Kimoto, S. 1971. Notes on the Chrysomelidae from Taiwan VI. Entomological review of Japan 23(2): 73–87. Full issue (PDF).
• Maulik, S. 1926. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae (Chrysomelinae and Halticinae). Taylor and Francis, London, 442 pp. BHL.
• Medvedev, L.N. 2009. Alticinae of Indochina. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 224 pp. ISBN 9785873176205 [not seen]
• Scherer, G. 1969. Die Alticinae des Indischen Subkontinentes (Coleoptera – Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 22: 1–251. PDF.
• Suenaga, H. & Lee, C.-F. 2023. Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Altica Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) in Taiwan: Re-evaluation of A. himalayensis (Chen), A. cyanea (Weber), and A. caerulea (Olivier). Formosan Entomologist 43(2): 49–65. DOI: 10.6662/TESFE.202310_43(2).002 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

中文（臺灣）: 緬甸藍葉蚤