Lanka

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: Lanka
Species: L. antennalis – L. aruna – L. azumai – L. bicolor – L. bimaculata – L. brunnea – L. cyanipennis – L. esakii – L. fulva – L. jucunda – L. laevigata – L. laotica – L. maculata – L. magnoliae – L. minor – L. nagaii – L. nigra – L. nigricollis – L. obscura – L. octagona – L. ogloblini – L. philippina – L. quadriornata – L. ramakrishnai – L. rufipennis – L. rufofulva – L. sahyadriensis

Name

Lanka Maulik, 1926: 304

Type species: Lanka brunnea Maulik, 1926, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Horaia Chûjô, 1937: 55 [syn. Kimoto & Takizawa, 1994: 337]
  • Type species: Horaia nigra Chûjô, 1937, by original designation.
• Dentisterna Medvedev, 1993: 53 [syn. Konstantinov & Vandenberg, 1996: 320]
  • Type species: Dentisterna bicolor Medvedev, 1993, by original designation.
• Neorthella Medvedev, 2010: 292 [syn.: Prathapan & Konstantinov, 2022]
  • Type species: Neorthella rufofulva Medvedev, 2010, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Konstantinov, A.S. & Vandenberg, N.J. 1996. Handbook of Palearctic Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Contributions on Entomology, International 1(3): 237–439. ISBN 1-56665-064-X. Reference page. 
• 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. 1993. Alticinae of the Philippine Islands (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Part 1. Russian Entomological Journal 2(3–4): 41–58. [not seen]
• Medvedev, L.N. 2010. New and poorly known Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea and islands of Southeast Asia. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 3: 291–304. PDF. Reference page. 
• Prathapan, K.D. & Konstantinov, A.S. 2022. Revision of Oriental flea beetle genera with subparallel intercoxal ridges on the first abdominal ventrite (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Journal of Natural History 55(25–26): 1521–1598. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1933229 . ResearchGate . 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. 
• 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. 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. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2008. The flea beetle genus Lanka (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in India with descriptions of three new species and notes on the identity of the pollu beetle infesting black pepper, Piper nigrum. Zootaxa 1681: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1681.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Takizawa, H. 2015. Notes on Japanese Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera), III. Elytra (n.s.) 5(1): 233–250. PDF.