Bikasha Maulik, 1931

Biondi, Maurizio & D'Alessandro, Paola, 2012, Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), ZooKeys 253, pp. 1-158 : 23-24

Bikasha Maulik, 1931 Figs 21139-140295

References.

Maulik 1931: 256; Konstantinov and Prathapan 2008: 387; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 404.

Type species.

Bikasha tenuipunctata Maulik, 1931: 257 (Seychelles), by original designation.

Distribution.

Burundi (!) [Kibira National Park (BAQ)], Democratic Republic of the Congo (!) [Kivu, Mbingi (BAQ)], Kenya (!) [Mt. Kenya (BAQ); Kikuyu (BAQ)], Madagascar (!) [NW of Ranomafana (ZMHB); Andasibe (BAQ)], Malawi (!) [Dedza (BAQ)], Republic of South Africa (!) (KwaZulu-Natal, 17 km NE of Empangeni (MZLU)], Rwanda (!) [Nyungwe National Park, Pindura (BAQ)]; Seychelles, Sierra Leone (!) [Bumbuna (BAQ); S of Freetown (MZLU)], Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Fig. 295).

Ecology.

In Seychelles, Bikasha tenuipunctata Maulik and Bikasha fortipunctata Maulik (1931: 258) were collected in forest, and Bikasha minor Maulik (1931: 259) in wet coastal meadows.

Notes.

About ten species are known from the Afrotropical region (personal data).