Angulaphthona Bechyne , 1960b

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 : 21

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scientific name	Angulaphthona Bechyne , 1960b
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Treatment

Angulaphthona Bechyne, 1960b Figs 11123-125286

References.

Bechyné 1960b: 74; Scherer 1978: 265; Gruev 1981: 55; Medvedev 1996: 261.

Type species.

Aphthona heteromorpha Bechyné, 1955c: 62 (Madagascar: Bas Mangoky), by original designation.

Distribution.

Egypt, Tchad, Sudan, Somaliland, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia (!) [50 km W Kasama (BAQ)], Malawi (!) [Dedza (BAQ)], Mozambique, Republic of South Africa (!) [KwaZulu-Natal: Durban (SANC)], Madagascar, and Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and North Yemen) (Fig. 286).

Ecology.

Angulaphthona heteromorpha collected on cotton plants, Gossypium sp. ( Malvaceae ) ( Bechyné 1955c, as Aphthona ).

Notes.

Five species are known from the Afrotropical region.