Afroaltica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Afroaltica
Species: A. parvula – A. subaptera
Name

Afroaltica Biondi & D'Alessandro, 2007: 99

Type species: Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D'Alessandro, 2007, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2007. Afroaltica subaptera, new genus and new species of flea beetles from the southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). European Journal of Entomology 104: 99–103. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.015 Open access.

Additional references

Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2010. Genus:-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. European Journal of Entomology 107: 401–424. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.049 Open access. Reference page.
Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2012. Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 253: 1–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.253.3414 Open access. Reference page.
D'Alessandro, P. & Biondi, M. 2011. The Afrotropical genus Afroaltica Biondi & D'Alessandro (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): new data and description of a new species from Limpopo (Republic of South Africa). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 47(3–4): 365–370. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2011.10697730 Open access.