Cangshanaltica mindanaoensis Damaška, Mohagan and Fikáček, 2020

Damaška, Albert František, Ruan, Yongying & Fikáček, Martin, 2022, The genus Cangshanaltica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): overview, new species, and notes on species complexes, Zootaxa 5219 (1), pp. 49-64 : 58

Cangshanaltica mindanaoensis Damaška, Mohagan and Fikáček, 2020

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Cangshanaltica mindanaoensis Damaška, Mohagan and Fikáček, 2020: 129

Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao , Mt. Hamiguitan .

Type series: Holotype — NMPC; paratypes: NMPC, ADPC, USNM.

Remarks. The species is described from moss-sifting samples in Mt. Hamiguitan, Mindanao, Philippines. A probable conspecific specimen is known from Mt. Musuan, Mindanao. In Damaška et al. (2021) the species was sister to all other Cangshanaltica species were included in their analyses ( C. siamensis , C. fuanensis , C. guanxiensis , C. castanea , and C. nr. ogatai from Taiwan).

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FIGURE 8. Lateral margin of pronotum with the setiferous pore placed almost in the middle—a diagnostic character shared by all known Cangshanaltica species (marked by white arrow in every picture): A—C. castanea; B—C. fuanensis; C—C. guanxiensis; D—C. javana; E—C. luzonica; F—C. marginata; G—C. mindanaoensis; H—C. nigra; I—C. siamensis; J—C. sprynari;, K—C. sp. from Taiwan similar to C. ogatai; L—Ivalia viridipennis with the setiferous pore placed in the apical part of pronotal margin.