Altica cyanea

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 cyanea

Name

Altica cyanea Weber, 1801

Type locality: Sumatra.

Lectotype: NHMD. ♀. (designated by Reid & Beatson, 2015: 538)

Synonymy

• Altica cyanea Weber, 1801: 57
• Galleruca cyanea Fabricius, 1801: 497 (objective junior homonym)
  • Type locality: Sumatra.
• Haltica cyanea: Illiger, 1807: 115
• Haltica ianthina Illiger, 1807: 115 (nom. nov. pro cyanea Fabricius, 1801, nec Weber, 1801)
• Altica caerulea partim sensu auctt. nec Olivier, 1791; Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 889

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Impensis bibliopoli academici novi, Kiliae, 506 pp. Online. 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. 
• Weber, F. 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae. xii + 116 pp. BHL 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. 
• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1963. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 2. Pacific Insects Monograph 1B: 301–1026. PDF. Reference page.