Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Part II: species in which the males lack head cavities or extended elytral extrusions

Title:

Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Part II: species in which the males lack head cavities or extended elytral extrusions

Creator:

Wagner, Thomas

Identifier:

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Subject:

Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropical region, taxonomy, new species, new combination, revision, lectotype, and key

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

In this second part of the revision of Afrotropical Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 (= Pseudocrania Weise, 1892, not Pseudocrania MCoy, 1851), a group of Galerucinae restricted to Africa, additional material is revised. Herein, species in which the males lack deep head cavities, partly horned antennomeres, or extended elytral extrusions, but usually have small post-scutellar extrusions or depressions, are considered. Material of Afrocrania pauli (Weise, 1903), comb. n. (= Candezea pauli Weise, 1903), and A. famularis (Weise, 1904), comb. n. (= Monolepta famularis Weise, 1904; = Candezea atripennis Laboissière, 1931, syn. n.) is studied. Lectotypes are designated for A. pauli, A. famularis and C. atripennis. Six new species, A. aequatoriana sp. n., A. minima sp. n., A. nigra sp. n., A. occidentalis sp. n., A. pallida sp. n. and A. weisei sp. n. are described. Distribution patterns are mapped. Together with the already revised species there are 16 valid Afrocrania species are hitherto known. Its phylogenetic position within the Galerucinae is discussed, identification keys to males and females for all known taxa are presented.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2007 Volume:104 | Number:4

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