Celisaltica Biondi, 2001a

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 : 27

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.253.3414

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scientific name

Celisaltica Biondi, 2001a
status

 

Celisaltica Biondi, 2001a Figs 26151-152299

References.

Biondi 2001a: 644; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 405.

Type species.

Celisaltica ruwenzorica Biondi, 2001a: 644 (Ruwenzori), by original designation.

Distribution.

Uganda (Fig. 299).

Ecology.

This is the only species in this genus. It lives at high altitudes (3200-4000 m) on the Ruwenzori Massif, and is associated with the Ericetum ( Ericaceae ) plant community ( Biondi 2001a).

Notes.

One species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae