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0CDDD1907E9A5637A96EBECC248698A7.text	0CDDD1907E9A5637A96EBECC248698A7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotropicaltica D'Alessandro & Biondi 2025	<div><p>Afrotropicaltica gen. nov.</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body subelliptical-elongate in dorsal view, with subparallel sides (Fig. 1 A, B), distinctly convex in lateral view. Dorsal surface glabrous, bicoloured in the only known species, with yellowish head and pronotum, and reddish brown elytra. Head (Fig. 1 E) with frontal grooves, frontal carina, and frontal calli barely distinguishable; surface smooth or micropunctate, with rounded punctures approx. as large as the supraorbital setiferous pore; puncture absent on the middle of front and vertex; eyes large, ovoidal; minimum distance between eyes on vertex, as wide as 2 × the interantennal space; interantennal space prominent compared to the clypeus, as wide as ~ 2 / 3 the length of the first antennomere; maxillary palpi three-articulated, and labial palpi bi-articulated, both with slender, subcylindrical segments. Antennae (Fig. 1 A, B) with 11 antennomeres, filiform, longer than 1 / 2 the body length in both sexes, but slightly shorter in female; antennomere II slightly shorter than 1 / 2 of antennomere I and as long as 1 / 2 of antennomere III; antennomere IV as long as (female) or slightly longer (male) than antennomere III; antennomeres V – IX generally slightly longer than antennomere I (male) or approximately as long as antennomere I (female); antennomere X slightly shorter than antennomere I, especially in female; antennomere XI distinctly longer than antennomere I. Prothorax distinctly depressed dorsally (not subcylindrical). Pronotum (Fig. 1 D) subrectangular, slightly convergent anteriorly, with curved, moderately expanded lateral margins, clearly visible in dorsal view; basal margin moderately arched; surface smooth to micropunctate without any groove or depression; anterior angles barely prominent; posterior angles widely obtuse; punctation rounded, quite sparse and irregularly distributed. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra (Fig. 1 A, B, D) subparallel, with base as wide as pronotal base; lateral margins finely bordered, barely visible in dorsal view; punctation rounded, variably arranged in numerous rows or bands, or almost confused. Epipleurae oblique, clearly visible in lateral view. Procoxal cavities open posteriorly; prosternum approx. as wide as the procoxal cavities; intercoxal prosternal process quite narrow; mesosternum slightly wider than prosternum, and distinctly wider than mesocoxal cavities; metasternum wider than mesosternum, twice the width of the metacoxal cavities; first abdominal ventrite as wide as metacoxal cavities. Posterior femora elliptical-elongate, moderately swollen; dorsal margin of middle and hind tibiae with distinct ciliate emargination, acute apically; hind tibiae straight in dorsal view; apical spur of hind tibiae simple; third visible metatarsomere deeply incised; fourth visible tarsomere of metatarsus simple, not swollen in both male and female; claws appendiculate. Metafemoral extensor tendon (Fig. 1 H) with extended arm (ea: Fig. 1 H) as long as ~ 1 / 2 the dorsal lobe (dl: Fig. 1 H); dorsal-basal angle (dba: Fig. 1 H) approx. right angled, moderately prominent apically; ventral-basal angle (vba: Fig. 1 H) distinctly obtuse and moderately rounded; apical margin of the tendon (am: Fig. 1 H) slightly C-shaped; dorsal margin of ventral lobe (dmv: Fig. 1 H) oblique; basal angle of ventral lobe (bav: Fig. 1 H) quite close to the dorsal-basal angle of the tendon. Median lobe of the aedeagus (Fig. 1 F) mostly subparallel in ventral view, with truncated apex, and curved in lateral view; dorsal ligula formed by a wider central lobe, and two lateral lobes. Spermatheca (Fig. 1 G) with subovate basal part, narrowing towards ductus attach; distal part thin, without a distinct collum.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Cladocera fulvipennis Jacoby, 1895 .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name of the new genus refers to flea beetle with strictly Afrotropical distribution. Gender feminine.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Republic of South Africa, Togo, Uganda (Fig. 1 C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0CDDD1907E9A5637A96EBECC248698A7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	D'Alessandro, Paola;Biondi, Maurizio	D'Alessandro, Paola, Biondi, Maurizio (2025): A new flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan Africa, and taxonomic remarks on the Blepharida genera group in the Afrotropical region (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1228: 139-159, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1228.139654
6540888EF7365F228E821639B9EDD0D4.text	6540888EF7365F228E821639B9EDD0D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotropicaltica fulvipennis (Jacoby 1895) D'Alessandro & Biondi 2025	<div><p>Afrotropicaltica fulvipennis (Jacoby, 1895),  comb. nov.</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Cladocera fulvipennis Jacoby, 1895: 179.</p><p>=  Blepharida favareli Achard, 1922: 8,  syn. nov.</p><p>Blepharida fulvipennis (Jacoby, 1895): Achard 1922: 9, Bryant 1942: 161.</p><p>Diamphidia fulvipennis (Jacoby, 1895): Bechyné 1960: 111, Scherer 1969: 371.</p><p>Diamphidia fulvipennis favareli (Achard, 1922): Bechyné 1960: 111, Scherer 1962: 78, Scherer 1972: 16.</p><p>Diamphidia favareli (Achard, 1922): Laboissière 1941: 240, Biondi et al. 2017: 112.</p><p>Comments.</p><p>Achard (1922) described  Blepharida favareli and transferred  Cladocera fulvipennis Jacoby to the genus  Blepharida, due to the similarities with  B. favareli . Bryant (1942) transferred  Cladocera fulvipennis to  Blepharida, as already proposed by Achard (1922). Bechyné (1960) established the combination  Diamphidia fulvipennis (Jacoby, 1895) and considered the species described by Achard,  Blepharida favareli, as a geographic form of  D. fulvipennis . Scherer (1969) erroneously reported  Diamphidia fulvipennis (Jacoby, 1895) as  Diamphidia fulvipennis Jacoby, 1893 . We formalize here the synonymy between  Cladocera fulvipennis Jacoby, 1895 and  Blepharida favareli Achard, 1922 .</p><p>Type material examined.</p><p>Holotype ♂ of  Cladocera fulvipennis: “ Type H. T // Togo / Africa // 42 // Type // Jacoby Coll. / 1909–28 a. //  Cladocera /  fulvipennis / Jac. / Type ” [8°31.995'N 1°5.853'E] (NHMUK)  . MCZC hosts the following specimen:   “ Type / 18327 // <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.033334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.8755555" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.033334/lat -5.8755555)">Boma</a> / M. Tschoffen // Jacoby 2 nd / Coll. //  fulvipennis Jac. ” [Democratic Republic of the Congo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.033334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.8755555" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.033334/lat -5.8755555)">Boma</a>, 5°50.762'S 13°4.296'E 5°52'32"S, 13°02'00"E] (photos available at https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:18527)  .   Lectotype ♂ of  Blepharida favareli Achard, here designated: “ Type // B. Favareli / Type / J. Achard det. // Ogooué / Sam-Kita ” [Gabon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.454117&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.44193333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.454117/lat -0.44193333)">Samkita</a>, 0°26.516'S 10°27.247'E] (NMPC)  .   Paralectotype ♀ of  Blepharida favareli Achard, here designated: “ Type // B. Favareli / Type / J. Achard det. // <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.085264&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.72619" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.085264/lat 5.72619)">Fort-Sibut</a> / Oubanghi-Chari ” [Central African Republic, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.085264&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.72619" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.085264/lat 5.72619)">Fort-Sibut</a>, 5°43.57140'N 019°05.11590'E] (NMPC)  .   Paralectotype ♀ of  Blepharida favareli Achard, here designated: “ Type // B. Favareli / Type / J. Achard det. // Musée du Congo / <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.335817&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.040683333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.335817/lat 0.040683333)">Eala</a> / IX 1912 / R. Mayré ” [Democratic Republic of Congo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.335817&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.040683333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.335817/lat 0.040683333)">Eala</a>, 0°2.441'N 18°20.149'E] (NMPC)  .</p><p>Other material.</p><p>Cameroon • 16 specs, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=9.185367&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=4.03195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 9.185367/lat 4.03195)">Victoria</a> [= Limbé 4°1.917'N, 9°11.122'E], Jun.–Jul. 1902, L. Fea leg. (MSNG)  .   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • 1 ♀, Bamingui-Bangoran Pr., 45 km SSW <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.926332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.2733335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.926332/lat 7.2733335)">Bamingui</a> [7°16.400'N, 19°55.580'E], 450 m, 13–15 May 2009, A. Kudrna Jr leg. (BAQ)  .   DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO • 1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0716&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.846033" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0716/lat -5.846033)">Boma</a> [5°50.762'S, 13°4.296'E], M. Tschoffen leg., Jacoby Coll. 1909-28 a (NHMUK) ;  2 specs, ibid (RMCA);   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.335817&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.040683333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.335817/lat 0.040683333)">Eala</a> [0°2.441'N, 18°20.149'E], Oct. 1935, J. Ghesquière leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=14.87165&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.26945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 14.87165/lat 1.26945)">P. N. d’Odzala</a> [1°16.167'N, 14°52.299'E], Mbandza, Nov. 1992, G. Carpaneto leg. (BAQ) ;  1 spec., Ekoiongouma, N 1.20279E 17.88032 [1°12.16740'N, 17°52.81920'E], 341 m, 14 Feb. 2022, canopy light trap (- 10 m), C. N. Hackfort &amp; A. Tsoumou leg. (NHMUK);   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.742767&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.5204668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.742767/lat -2.5204668)">Lokandu</a> [2°31.228'S, 25°44.566'E], Mar. 1939, [Capt.] Marée leg. (NHMUK) ;  13 specs, ibid (RMCA);  1 spec., ibid, 1939 (RMCA);   3 specs, Equateur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.091667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.37958333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.091667/lat -0.37958333)">Flandria</a> [0°22.775'S, 19°5.500'E], 27 Oct. 1932, R. P. Hulstaert leg. (RMCA) ;  1 spec., ibid, 31 Mar. 1932;   1 spec.,  Flandria, 15 Mar. 1932 ;  1 spec., ibid, 1931;   1 spec., Cataractes de Luozi [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=14.164033&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.91185" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 14.164033/lat -4.91185)">Luozi</a> 4°54.711'S, 14°9.842'E], Dec. 1898, E. Luja leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Bas-Congo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=15.261817&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.353433" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 15.261817/lat -5.353433)">Lemfu</a> [5°21.206'S, 15°15.709'E], Jun. 1945, Rév. P. L. De Reir leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Tshuapa, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=21.02175&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.67746663" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 21.02175/lat -0.67746663)">Bokuma</a> [0°40.648'S, 21°1.305'E], Dec. 1951, R. P. Lootens leg. (RMCA) ;   10 specs, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=15.12915&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.12455" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 15.12915/lat -5.12455)">Kisantu</a> [5°7.473'S, 15°7.749'E], P. Goossens leg. (RMCA) ;  1 spec., ibid, ex col. Seeldrayers;  3 specs, ibid, 1905, col. Clavareau;   1 spec., Uelé, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=26.058584&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.6438832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 26.058584/lat 3.6438832)">Dingila</a> [3°38.633'N, 26°3.515'E], Jun. 1933, J. V. Leroy leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Uelé, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.6207&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.7702" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.6207/lat 2.7702)">Paulis</a> [= Isiro 2°46.212'N, 27°37.242'E], 1947, Abbeloos leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Uelé, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.692984&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.4528334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.692984/lat 3.4528334)">Bambesa</a> [3°27.170'N, 25°41.579'E], 15 Sept. 1933, Lefèvre leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Stanleyville [= <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.223484&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.5090333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.223484/lat 0.5090333)">Kisangani</a> 0°30.542'N, 25°13.409'E], 1924, J. Ghesquière leg. (RMCA) ;   3 specs, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.483215&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.274574" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.483215/lat -3.274574)">Dima</a> [3°16.47444'S, 17°28.99290'E], 14 Sept. 1908, A. Koller leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Congo da Lemba [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=15.33795&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.4099665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 15.33795/lat -4.4099665)">Lemba</a> 4°24.598'S, 15°20.277'E], Jan. 1913, R. Mayné leg. (RMCA) ;  1 spec., ibid, 1–15 Apr. 1913;  7 specs, ibid, oct. – Dec. 1911;   1 spec., Mongbwalu (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.0484&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.9273334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.0484/lat 1.9273334)">Kilo</a>) [1°55.640'N, 30°2.904'E], 1939, Mme Scheitz leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Kilo [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.156517&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.8289666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.156517/lat 1.8289666)">Kilo-Etat</a> 1°49.738'N, 30°9.391'E], Dr. Abetti leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=12.866667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.866667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 12.866667/lat -4.866667)">Ganda Sundi</a> [4°52.000'S, 12°52.000'E], [Comte J.] de Briey leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Mahagi-Niarembe [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.056183&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.28195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.056183/lat 2.28195)">between Mahagi and Niarembe</a> 2°16.917'N, 31°3.371'E], 1935, Ch. Scops leg. (RMCA) ;   3 specs, Sud Ogowé, ‘ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=23.621483&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.9563" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 23.621483/lat -4.9563)">Ngomo</a> [4°57.378'S, 23°37.289'E], [H. A.] Junod leg. (RMCA) ;   2 specs, Bas Congo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=15.15325&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.1993" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 15.15325/lat -5.1993)">Maydi</a> [5°11.958'S, 15°9.195'E], 1945, Rév. P. Van Eyen leg. (RMCA) ;  21 specs, ibid;  28 specs, ibid, 1942;  2 specs, ibid, 1943;   3 specs, Kivu, Kavumu à Kabunga, km 82 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.515816&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.0311666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.515816/lat -2.0311666)">Mingazi</a>) [2°1.870'S, 28°30.949'E], Apr. – Jul. 1951, H. Bomans leg. (RMCA) ;  1 spec., ibid, Nov. – Dec. 1951;  1 spec., ibid, 1951;   1 spec., Bas-Uele, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=24.741217&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.79645" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 24.741217/lat 2.79645)">Buta</a> [2°47.787'N, 24°44.473'E], 1926, Fr. Joseph leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Mayumbe, Makaia N’Tete [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.616667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.616667/lat 2.5)">Mayumbe</a> 2°30.000'N, 27°37.000'E], 24 Nov. 1915, R. Mayné leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.9181&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.08721666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.9181/lat -0.08721666)">Busira</a> [0°5.233'S, 19°55.086'E], 18 Oct. 1905, Waelbroeck leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., Equateur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.231533&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.1349833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.231533/lat 1.1349833)">Bohuma</a> [1°8.099'N, 30°13.892'E], 1938, R. P. Hulstaert leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.874567&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.9823333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.874567/lat -1.9823333)">Ilenge</a> [1°58.940'S, 19°52.474'E], 30 Jan. 1913, R. Mayné leg. (RMCA)  .   GABON • 1 ♀, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=11.903967&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.98436666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 11.903967/lat -0.98436666)">Gabon Français</a> [0°59.062'S, 11°54.238'E] (NMPC)  .   IVORY COAST • 1 spec., Andé, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-4.18745&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.6507835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -4.18745/lat 6.6507835)">Bongouanou</a> [Bongouanou 6°39.047'N, 4°11.247W], Mar. 1962, J. Decelle leg. (RMCA) ;   1 spec., 1171 m, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-7.6358&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.453833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -7.6358/lat 7.453833)">Mt Tonkoui Peak</a>, 07°27'15.2"N, 07°38'12.5"W [7°27.230'N, 7°38.148'W], 1–8 Nov. 2015, general collecting, M. Aristophanous, P. Moretto, E. Ruzzier leg. (NHMUK)  .   KENYA • 1 spec., Brit. E. Africa, Nyangori, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.01132&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.68658334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.01132/lat -0.68658334)">N Kavirondo</a> [0°41.195'S, 35°0.679'E], 4800 ft, 18–19 May 1911, S. A. Neave leg. (NHMUK)  .   UGANDA • 1 spec., Mawakota [<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.211584&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.61333334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.211584/lat -0.61333334)">Mawokota</a> region 0°36.800'S, 30°12.695'E], Nov. 1931, [V. G. L.] van Someren leg. (NHMUK) ;   1 spec., Boy [Bay (?)], <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.47027&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.054833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.47027/lat 0.054833334)">Entebbe</a> [0°3.290'N, 32°28.216'E], 2800-4000 ft, forest within four miles of Kitabi Hill, May – Jun. 1913, C. A. Wiggins leg. (NHMUK) ;   1 spec.,  Entebbe, 14 Aug. 1911, C. C. Gowdey leg. (NHMUK) ;   1 spec., Prot.  Entebbe, 12–20 Jan. 1912, S. A. Neave leg. (RMCA) ;  1 spec., Kampala [0°19.253'N, 32°35.055'E], 1–10 Jan. 1918, C. C. Gowdey leg. (NHMUK);   1 spec., Shores of L. Isolt, or <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.63525&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.12998334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.63525/lat 0.12998334)">Wamala</a> [Wamala 0°7.799'N, 31°38.115'E], 3800 ft, 7–8 Jan. 1912, S. A. Neave leg. (NHMUK)  .</p><p>Redescription.</p><p>Body subelliptical-elongate in dorsal view with parallel sides (Fig. 1 A, B), distinctly convex in lateral view; total length of the body (LB) = 8.10 ± 0.91 mm (6.50 ≤ LB ≤ 9.70 mm) in male, and 8.77 ± 0.65 mm (7.52 ≤ LB ≤ 9.51 mm) in female; maximum pronotal width in the middle: WP = 3.43 ± 0.29 mm (2.86 ≤ WP ≤ 3.78 mm) in male, and 3.71 ± 0.25 mm (3.30 ≤ WP ≤ 3.98 mm) in female; maximum width of elytra in the middle: WE = 4.37 ± 0.37 mm (3.69 ≤ WE ≤ 4.85 mm) in male, and WE = 4.94 ± 0.42 mm (4.46 ≤ WE ≤ 5.72 mm) in female; WE / WP = 1.27 ± 0.04 (1.22 ≤ WE / WP ≤ 1.33) in male, and WE / WP = 1.33 ± 0.05 (1.29 ≤ WE / WP ≤ 1.44) in female.</p><p>Head and pronotum yellowish (Fig. 1 A, B, D); elytra reddish brown; scutellum paler than elytra, often of the same colour as the pronotum or slightly darker; underside yellowish to pale brown; mouthparts yellowish, with black distal part of mandibles; antennae and legs with two colour patterns: both antennae and legs rather homogenous, yellowish to reddish brown, at most with slightly paler tarsi; antennal segments 1–4 yellowish and 5–11 blackish, and legs mostly blackish with the exception of femora, paler in their proximal part. Head (Fig. 1 E) with smooth to micropunctate surface and sparse, rounded punctures, denser on vertex and near the inner ocular margins; frontal grooves and frontal calli barely distinguishable; frontal carina wide, not raised; eyes large, ovoidal; interantennal space as wide as ~ 2 / 3 the length of the first antennomere. Antennae (Fig. 1 A, B) filiform, longer than 1 / 2 the body length: LAN = 6.07 ± 0.44 mm (5.43 ≤ LAN ≤ 6.69 mm) in male, and 5.62 ± 0.39 mm (5.04 ≤ LAN ≤ 6.31 mm) in female, and LAN / LB = 0.75 ± 0.05 (0.65 ≤ LAN / LB ≤ 0.84) in male, and 0.64 ± 0.03 (0.60 ≤ LAN / LB ≤ 0.68) in female. LA = 100: 42: 83: 92: 117: 117: 117: 108: 100: 92: 125 in male, and 100: 42: 83: 83: 108: 100: 100: 92: 83: 83: 117 in female. Pronotum (Fig. 1 D) distinctly transverse: LP = 1.79 ± 0.17 mm (1.50 ≤ LP ≤ 1.94 mm) in male, and 1.85 ± 0.12 mm (1.65 ≤ LP ≤ 2.04 mm) in female, and WP / LP = 1.91 ± 0.06 (1.80 ≤ WP / LP ≤ 2.00) in male, and 2.01 ± 0.03 (1.95 ≤ WP / LP ≤ 2.05) in female; lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly, moderately to distinctly curved, moderately expanded, visible in dorsal view; basal margin moderately arched; surface smooth to micropunctate; main punctation formed by rounded punctures, clearly impressed, quite sparse and irregularly distributed. Scutellum subtriangular, laterally rounded. Elytra (Fig. 1 A, B, D) subparallel, clearly longer than wide, jointly rounded apically. LE = 6.57 ± 0.54 mm (5.43 ≤ LE ≤ 7.23 mm) in male, and 7.21 ± 0.48 mm (6.40 ≤ LE ≤ 7.86 mm) in female; WE / LE = 0.67 ± 0.02 (0.63 ≤ WE / LE ≤ 0.70) in male, and 0.68 ± 0.02 (0.66 ≤ WE / LE ≤ 0.73) in female; LE / LP = 3.66 ± 0.12 (3.50 ≤ LE / LP ≤ 3.91) in male, and 3.90 ± 0.09 (3.80 ≤ LE / LP ≤ 4.05) in female. Lateral margins finely bordered, indistinctly visible in dorsal view; surface very finely micropunctate or microwrinkled; main punctation clearly impressed, dense, variably arranged in numerous rows or bands, or almost confused. Humeral calli distinctly raised. Macropterous. Posterior femora moderately swollen (WF / LF = 0.44 ± 0.01); apical spur of hind tibiae very short; first tarsomere of fore- and middle legs clearly enlarged in male. Median lobe of the aedeagus (Fig. 1 F) in ventral view: outline mostly subparallel with slightly sinuate margins, and narrower subapical part; apex truncated, distinctly expanded laterally; surface smooth, concave laterally and prominent medially in the apical third; in lateral view median lobe distinctly curved, with slightly sinuate outline; dorsal ligula formed by a wide central lobe, and two shorter and thinner lateral lobes, with base at apical ~ 1 / 3; LAED = 2.26 ± 0.10 mm (2.13 ≤ LAED ≤ 2.43 mm); LE / LAED = 2.90 ± 0.19 (2.55 ≤ LE / LAED ≤ 3.17). Basal part of the spermatheca (Fig. 1 G) subovate, abruptly narrowing towards the ductus insertion; ductus short, thick, uncoiled, ventrally inserted; distal part of the spermatheca clearly bent towards the basal part, thin, acute apically; LSP = 0.93 ± 0.05 mm (0.87 ≤ LSP ≤ 1.02 mm); LE / LSP = 7.78 ± 0.25 (7.33 ≤ LE / LSP ≤ 8.11).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Republic of South Africa, Togo, Uganda (Fig. 1 C).</p><p>Ecological notes.</p><p>Ecology, including host plant, unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6540888EF7365F228E821639B9EDD0D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	D'Alessandro, Paola;Biondi, Maurizio	D'Alessandro, Paola, Biondi, Maurizio (2025): A new flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan Africa, and taxonomic remarks on the Blepharida genera group in the Afrotropical region (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1228: 139-159, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1228.139654
