Altica aenea

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
Subtribus: Alticina
Genus: Altica
Species: Altica aenea

Name

Altica aenea (Olivier, 1808)

Type locality: Java.

Neotype: BPBM. ♂. Java Bogor 26.xii.1964. J Stusak collector. (designated by Reid & Beatson, 2015: 513)

Synonymy

• Galeruca aenea Olivier, 1808: 646 [pl. 4, fig. 56] (original combination)
• Haltica australis Blackburn, 1889: 1493; Weise, 1923: 109 (synonym of A. cyanea sensu auctt.)
  • Type locality: Northern Territory.
  • Lectotype: SAMA. LH specimen of 2 on card/ N. Territory/ Haltica australis Blackb. cotype/ Haltica australis Bk N.T. cotype 18152. (designated by Reid & Beatson, 2015: 514)
• Haltica ignea Blackburn, 1889: 1494 [syn. nov. Reid & Beatson, 2015: 513]
  • Type locality: Northern Territory.
  • Lectotype: SAMA. LH specimen of 2 on card/ TY/ N. Territory J.P. Tepper/ Haltica ignea Blackb. type/ Haltica ignea Blackb. N. Territory type I.3017. (designated by Reid & Beatson, 2015: 514)
• Haltica bicolora Jacoby, 1904: 482 [syn. nov. Reid & Beatson, 2015: 513]
  • Type locality: southeast New Guinea.
• Haltica aenea: Heikertinger & Csiki, 1939: 247 (as synonym of A. cyanea sensu auctt.)
• Altica jussiaeae Gressitt, 1955: 34 [syn. nov. Reid & Beatson, 2015: 513]
  • Type locality: Palau.
  • Holotype: USNM 62567. ♂. Ulimang, Babelthuap I., Palau, Dec. 1947, Dybas.
• Altica aenea: Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 890 (as synonym of A. cyanea sensu auctt.)
• Altica australis: Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 890 (as synonym of A. cyanea sensu auctt.); Scherer, 1982: 480 (valid species)
• Altica nepalensis Chûjô, 1966: 28 [syn. nov. Suenaga, 2020]
• Altica caerulea sensu Weise, 1923, nec Olivier, 1791; Weise, 1923: 109
• Altica cyanea sensu auctt. nec Weber, 1801; Maulik, 1926: 422
• Altica corrusca sensu auctt. nec Erichson, 1842; Bryant & Gressitt, 1957
• Altica bicolora: Reid & Beatson, 2015: 523 (as synonym of A. aenea)

References

Primary references

• Chûjô, M. 1966. Chrysomelid-beetles from Northeast Nepal. Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kagawa University. Part II 145: 1–35. [not seen]
• Gressitt, J.L. 1955. Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae. Insects of Micronesia 17(1): 1–60. PDF.
• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1963. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 2. Pacific Insects Monograph 1B: 301–1026. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Loria in New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Series 3. 41: 469–514. BHL. Reference page. 
• Olivier, G.A. 1808. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Tome sixième. pp. 613–1104. Desray, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2015. Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare: a revision of the Australian, Indomalayan and Pacific species of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 503–551. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.3 . Reference page. 
• Suenaga, H. 2020. A revision of the genus Altica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. Supplementary Series 2: 163–258. Abstract (Facebook). Reference page.  

Additional references

• Bryant, G.E. & Gressitt, J.L. 1957. Chrysomelidae of Fiji (Coleoptera). Pacific Science 11(1): 2–91. hdl: 10125/8611 . Reference page. 
• 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.  [as A. cyanea]
• Maulik, S. 1926. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae (Chrysomelinae and Halticinae). Taylor and Francis, London, 442 pp. BHL.
• Scherer, G. 1982. Erichson-Typen im Zoologischen Museum, Berlin (Coleoptera – Chrysomelidae – Alticinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 29(4–5): 479–481. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.19820290412 .
• Suenaga, H. & Lee, C.-F. 2023. Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Altica Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) in Taiwan: Re-evaluation of A. himalayensis (Chen), A. cyanea (Weber), and A. caerulea (Olivier). Formosan Entomologist 43(2): 49–65. DOI: 10.6662/TESFE.202310_43(2).002 . Reference page.