Calotheca (Chrysomelidae)

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
Genus: Calotheca
Species: C. bodongi – C. carolineae – C. conradsi – C. danielssoni – C. ertli – C. evanida – C. haroldi – C. holubi – C. inornata – C. jacobyi – C. laterimaculata – C. leonardii – C. lewini – C. luteomaculata – C. luteotessellata – C. marginalis – C. marmorata – C. natalensis – C. nigromaculata – C. nigrotessellata – C. oberprieleri – C. occidentalis – C. ornata – C. pallida – C. parvula – C. pauli – C. pitmani – C. prinslooi – C. regularis – C. reticulata – C. sacra – C. sjostedti – C. thunbergi – C. vittata – C. wanati

Name

Calotheca Heyden, 1887

Type species: Eutheca haroldi Baly, 1878, automatic.

Synonymy

Eutheca Baly, 1878: 204 (name preoccupied by Eutheca Kiesenwetter in Erichson, 1877: 155, Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
- Type species: Eutheca haroldi Baly, 1878, by monotypy.
Calotheca Heyden, 1887: 98 (new replacement name for Eutheca Baly, 1878)
Blepharidella Weise, 1910: 220
Blepharidula Weise, 1916: 39 (unnecessary new replacement name for Eutheca Baly, 1878)

References

Primary references

Baly, J.S. 1878. Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga. (concluded, from p. 179). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 14: 204–206. BHL. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.22829.
Heyden L. von. 1887. Kleine coleopterologische Mitteilungen. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 6: 98. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.17738 . BHL.
Weise, J. 1916. Synonymische Mitteilungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1916: 37–41. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Biondi, M., Frasca, R., Grobbelaar, E. & D'Alessandro, P. 2017. Supraspecific taxonomy of the flea beetle genus Blepharida Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region and description of Afroblepharida subgen. nov. Insect Systematics & Evolution 48(2): 97–155. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-48022152 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
D'Alessandro, P., Iannella, M., Grobbelaar, E. & Biondi, M. 2020. Revision of the Calotheca nigrotessellata species group from southern Africa, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Fragmenta Entomologica 52(2): 169–182. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/457 . Reference page.
D'Alessandro, P., Iannella, M., Grobbelaar, E. & Biondi, M. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Calotheca parvula species group from southern Africa, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). African Invertebrates 62(1): 315–337. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426 . Reference page.
D'Alessandro, P., Iannella, M., Grobbelaar, E. & Biondi, M. 2022. Calotheca nigromaculata species-group from sub-Saharan Africa with descriptions of two new species from KwaZulu-Natal (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1084: 119-137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1084.73175 . Reference page.
D’Alessandro, P., Grobbelaar, E., Iannella, M. & Biondi, M. 2023. Calotheca leonardii, a new flea beetle species from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Natural History Sciences 10(s1): 5–10. DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2023.681 . Reference page.