Moss inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies III: Erinaceialtica, a new genus from Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Alexander S Konstantinov; Adelita M Linzmeier

doi:10.3897/zookeys.955.53644

Moss inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies III: Erinaceialtica, a new genus from Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Zookeys. 2020 Aug 5:955:113-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.955.53644. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Alexander S Konstantinov¹, Adelita M Linzmeier²

Affiliations

¹ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA National Museum of Natural History Washington United States of America.
² Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Rua Edmundo Gaievski, 1000, P. O. Box 253, 85.770-000, Realeza, PR, Brazil Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul Realeza Brazil.

Abstract

Erinaceialtica Konstantinov & Linzmeier, a new genus of moss inhabiting flea beetles, containing seven species from the Dominican Republic and Haiti is described and illustrated. Five species are new (E. gabbysalazarae, E. janestanleyae, E. rickstanleyi (the type species), E. rileyi, and E. thomasi) and two species are transferred from Aedmon: A. albicincta (Blake) and A. hugonis (Blake) comb. nov. The new genus is compared to Aedmon Clark, Apleuraltica Bechyne, Andersonaltica Linzmeier & Konstantinov, Distigmoptera Blake, and Ulrica Scherer. Keys to Erinaceialtica and related genera and to Erinaceialtica species are provided.

Keywords: Monoplatina; West Indies; bryophyte; moss cushions; new genus; new species.

Alexander S. Konstantinov, Adelita M. Linzmeier.