Calotheca nigrotessellata

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: Calotheca nigrotessellata

Name

Calotheca nigrotessellata (Baly, 1865)

Type locality: Republic of South Africa: [KZN], Port Natal [Durban, 29°51’S, 31°01’E]

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. (designated by M. Biondi, 2017)

Synonymy

• Podontia nigrotessellata Baly, 1865: 404 (original combination)
• Blepharidella rubrosignata Bryant, 1945: 339 synonymized by Biondi et al., 2017
  • Type locality: Zambia: ‘N.W. Rhodesia’, Mwengwa, 27°40′E 13°S.
  • Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. 14.VIII.1914. legit H.C. Dollman (designated by M. Biondi, 2017)
• Blepharidella variabilis Bryant, 1945: 337 synonymized by Biondi et al., 2017
  • Type locality: Republic of South Africa: KZN, Frere [28°53’S, 29°46’E].
  • Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. XII.1894. legit G.A.K. Marshall. (designated by M. Biondi, 2017)
• Calotheca nigrotessellata (Baly, 1865): Biondi et al., 2017

References

Primary references

• Baly, J.S. 1865. Descriptions of new genera and species of Gallerucidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 16(96): 402–410. DOI: 10.1080/00222936508679458 . BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Bryant, G.E. 1945c. New species of African Chrysomelidae (Halticinae, Col.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11. 12(89): 336–340. DOI: 10.1080/00222934508654728. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.