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

Paola D'Alessandro; Maurizio Biondi

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1145.90667

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

Zookeys. 2023 Feb 3:1145:181-189. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1145.90667. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Paola D'Alessandro¹, Maurizio Biondi¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio-Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy University of L'Aquila Coppito Italy.

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 Procalusmaculipennis (Bryant, 1942), comb. nov. is proposed for Polycladamaculipennis 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.

Keywords: Afrotropical region; Neotropical region; lectotype designation; new combination; taxonomy.

Paola D'Alessandro, Maurizio Biondi.