Alticini

Bukejs, Andris, 2014, A new species of the genus Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber, Zootaxa 3815 (2), pp. 286-290 : 289

Key to species of Alticini described from fossil resin

1. Metatarsi attached nearly at middle of metatibia............................................................. 2

- Metatarsi attached on apices of metatibiae.................................................................. 3

2. Pronotal punctation small and fine, distinctly smaller than punctures in elytral striae; antennae rufous. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)................................................. Psyllototus doeberli Bukejs & Nadein 2013

- Pronotal punctation large, as large as elytral punctures in striae; antennae dark. Rovno amber ( Ukraine)......................................................................................... Psyllototus progenitor Nadein, 2010

3. Metatarsomere 1 long, about as long as half of metatibia. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)............................................................................... Ambraaltica baltica Konstantinov & Bukejs, 2013

- Metatarsomere 1 relatively short, not longer than 1/3 of metatibia length.......................................... 4

4. Elytra dark (bluish green to black), sometime with metallic reflex............................................... 5

- Elytra pale, almost completely reddish to testaceous brown.................................................... 7

5. Elytra with irregular punctation; lager, body length 4.5 mm. Dominican amber ( Dominican Republic)....................................................... Wanderbiltiana wawasita Santiago-Blay, Savini, Furth, Craig & Poinar, 2004

- Elytra with regular punctation; smaller, body length less than 4 mm ............................................ 6

6. Pronotal punctation large and dense, about as large as punctures in elytral striae; antennae and legs completely redish-brown. Rovno amber ( Ukraine)....................................... Crepidodera decolorata Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010

- Pronotal punctation fine and sparse, distinctly smaller than punctures in elytral striae; antennae and legs black. Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region, Russia)..................................................... Crepidodera svetlanae sp. nov.

7. Anterolateral callosities large, very protruding from pronotum outline; lateral margins of pronotum parallel, almost straight. Rovno amber ( Ukraine)................................................. Manobiomorpha eocenica Nadein, 2010

- Anterolateral callosities relatively smaller, not distinctly protruding pronotal outline; lateral margins of pronotum subparallel, weakly rounded anteriorly.............................................................................. 8

8. Elytral punctation completely regular; pronotum with wide basal border; elytra widely rounded at apex. Oise amber ( France).................................................... Crepidocnema yantarica Moseyko, Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2010

- Elytral punctation arranged in striae only on disc, more or less confused in apical 1/3 and laterally; pronotum with relatively narrow basal border; elytra obliquely narrowed apically. Chiapas amber ( Mexico)...................................................................................................... Neocrepidodera antiqua ( Gressitt, 1971)