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Aulacothorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Serraticollini
Genus: Aulacothorax
Crotch, 1873

Orthaltica is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 20 described species in Orthaltica. They are found in the Palearctic, North America, Indomalaya, and Australasia.[1][2][3][4]

In 2017, the name Orthalica was found to be a junior synonym of Aulacothorax, which has been available since 1858, and was formally placed in synonymy with it.[5]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Orthaltica:

References

  1. ^ "Orthaltica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Orthaltica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Bezděk, J.; Konstantinov, A.S. (2017). "Forgotten Aulacothorax Boheman, 1858, a Senior Synonym of Orthaltica Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 71 (4): 791–795. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.791. S2CID 91078620.

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