Myrmeconycha new genus: the first myrmecophilous flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)
- The first myrmecophilous fl ea beetle genus (Myrmeconycha Konstantinov and Tishechkin, new genus) with four new species (M. erwini Konstantinov and Tishechkin, new species – Ecuador, M. gordoni Konstantinov and Tishechkin, new species – Brazil, M. pakaluki Konstantinov and Tishechkin, new species – Panama, and M. pheidole Konstantinov and Tishechkin, new species – Costa Rica) is described and illustrated. It is compared with fl ea beetles of the subtribe Disonychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) and may be easily differentiated based on the external and internal features, which include the waxy surface of the head and pronotum, reticulated surface of the pronotum, and four longitudinal ridges on each elytron.
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| Author: | A. S. Konstantinov, A. K. Tishechkin |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-431844 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (525) |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, FL |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2017/05/03 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2017/05/03 |
| Tag: | Flea beetles; Neotropics; Pheidole sp.; myrmecophily; new genera; new species |
| Page Number: | 16 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 14 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 402752457 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
