Flea beetles of the West Indies: a new generic placement for Aphthona lamprocyanea Blake (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), a spurge eating flea beetle from Puerto Rico
Encathona gen. nov. is described to accommodate Aphthona lamprocyanea Blake, 1964. It is illustrated and compared to Acallepitrix Bechyné, Apraea Jacoby, Argopistes Motschulsky, Heikertingerella Csiki and Suffrianaltica Konstantinov and Linzmeier.
Authors
- Adelita M. Linzmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-8728)
- A. S. Konstantinov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6578-6735)
Institutions
- Smithsonian Institution (US)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2024.58.1.1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03