Amphimela

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: Amphimela
Species: A. apicalis – A. bryanti – A. ceylonica – A. flava – A. fulva – A. indica – A. laosica – A. malayana – A. mauliki – A. megalayana – A. metallica – A. mouhoti – A. picta – A. rufula – A. shirahatai – A. srilankana – A. subgeminata
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Name

Amphimela Chapuis, 1875: 34

Type species: Amphimela mouhoti Chapuis, 1875, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Xanthocycla Baly, 1875: 29
  • Type species: Xanthocycla chapuisii Baly, 1875, by original designation.
• Sphaerophysa Baly, 1876: 581 [syn. Biondi & D'Alessandro, 2012]
  • Type species: Sphaerophysa clavicornis Baly, 1876, by monotypy.
• Clitea Baly, 1877: 287 [syn.: Medvedev, 2001: 165]
  • Type species: Clitea picta Baly, 1877, by original designation.
• Diboloides Jacoby, 1897: 553 [syn. Scherer, 1961]
  • Type species: Diboloides bicolor Jacoby, 1897, by monotypy.
• Dibolosoma Jacoby, 1897: 559 [syn. Biondi & D'Alessandro, 2010]
  • Type species: Dibolosoma quadripustulatum Jacoby, 1897, by monotypy.
• Halticova Fairmaire, 1898: 428 [syn. Biondi & D'Alessandro, 2010]
  • Type species: Halticova rufoguttata Fairmaire, 1898 [= Dibolosoma quadripustulatum Jacoby, 1897], by monotypy.
• Halticella Jacoby, 1899: 357 [nec Halticella Stephens, 1829 (Hymenoptera)]
  • Type species: Halticella flavopustulata Jacoby, 1899, by monotypy.
• Cereyonia Weise, 1902: 304 [syn. Scherer, 1961]
  • Type species: Cereyonia variabilis Weise, 1902, by monotypy.
• Throscoryssa Maulik, 1928: 161 [syn. Konstantinov & Prathapan, 2008]
  • Type species: Throscoryssa citri Maulik, 1928 [= Amphimela mauliki Prathapan, 2017], by original designation.
• Halticorthaea Csiki, 1940: 418 [replacement name for Halticella Jacoby, 1899; syn. Scherer, 1961]

References

Primary references

• Baly, J.S. 1875. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1875: 23–32. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1875.tb01898.x . BHL.
• Baly, J.S. 1876. Descriptions of a new genus and of new species of Halticinae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 581–602. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01931.x . BHL.
• Baly, J.S. 1877. Descriptions of new genera and of uncharacterized species of Halticinae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 283–323. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1877.tb02918.x . BHL. Reference page. 
• Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2010. Genus-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. European Journal of Entomology 107: 401–424. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.049 . Reference page. 
• Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2012. Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 253: 1–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.253.3414 . Reference page. 
• Chapuis, F. 1875. Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fairmaire, L. 1898. Matériaux pour la faune coléoptèrique de la région malgache (6e note). Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 42: 390–439. BHL.
• Jacoby, M. 1897. Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897: 527–577. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x . BHL
• Jacoby, M. 1899. Additions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 339–380. BHL.
• Konstantinov, A.S. & Prathapan, K.D. 2008. New generic synonyms in the Oriental flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(3): 381-418. DOI: 10.1649/1089.1 . JSTOR . PDF. Reference page. 
• Medvedev, L.N. 2001. Chrysomelidae of southern Asia (Coleoptera). Entomologica Basiliensia 23: 159–191. DOI: 10.5169/seals-980862 .
• Scherer, G. 1961. Bestimmungsschlüssel der Alticinen-Genera Afrikas (Col. Phytoph.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12(1): 251–288. BHL.
• Weise, J. 1902. Einige neue afrikaniche Chrysomeliden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1901: 301–310. BHL.

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. 
• Medvedev, L.N. 2016. New and poorly known Oriental Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Russian Entomological Journal 25(3): 259–264. PDF. Reference page. 
• Medvedev, L.N. 2016. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt. Vernate 35: 347–365. PDF. Reference page. 
• Prathapan, K.D. 2017. Identity of the citrus leaf mining flea beetle in north-east India and nomenclatural changes in Amphimela (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). The Florida Entomologist 100(2): 276–280. Online (with PDF download).