Ugandaltica

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Ugandaltica
Ugandaltica wagneri (10.3897-zookeys.746.23637) Figure 1.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Ugandaltica
D'Alessandro & Biondi, 2018
Species:
U. wagneri
Binomial name
Ugandaltica wagneri
D'Alessandro & Biondi, 2018

Ugandaltica wagneri, is a species of flea beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. It was discovered in 2018 from canopies in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. The species was placed in the monotypic genus Ugandaltica. [1]

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Etymology

The generic name is due to the country it was found first. Specific name wagneri is in honor of collector Thomas Wagner, a specialist Afrotropical entomologist. [1]

Description

A very small beetle with a convex body. Short antennae. Smooth frons and vertex. Frontal tubercles absent. Three-segmented labial palpi. Pronotum sub-trapezoidal. Elytra indistinctly elongate and covers pygidium. Metathoracic wings are macropterous. Dorsum brownish and shiny. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 D'Alessandro, Paola; Biondi, Maurizio (2018). "Ugandaltica gen. n., a tiny flea beetle from the forest canopy in Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)". ZooKeys (746): 123–136. Bibcode:2018ZooK..746..123D. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.746.23637 . PMC   5904385 . PMID   29674899 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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