Generic placement of the African flea beetle Polyclada maculipennis Bryant and the possible occurrence of the genus Procalus Clark in sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

By

D'Alessandro, Paola
Biondi, Maurizio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1145

Pages

181--189

Subjects

Afrotropical region , lectotype designation , Neotropical region , new combination , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.90667

 

Abstract

Polyclada Chevrolat and Procalus Clark are flea beetle genera (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Polyclada is endemic to the Afrotropical region, while Procalus has never been described outside of the Neotropical region. The new combination Procalus maculipennis (Bryant, 1942), comb. nov. is proposed for Polyclada maculipennis Bryant, 1942. Its plausible type locality is Venezuela, and not Cameroon, as recorded on the labels of the type material, and hence the occurrence of P. maculipennis in Africa is questionable.