New genus of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber

Authors

Andris Bukejs, Daugavpils UniversityFollow
Alexander S. Konstantinov, ARS, USDAFollow

Date of this Version

6-10-2013

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0306: 1-5.

Comments

Published in 2013 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

Ambraaltica baltica new genus and new species (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) is described from Upper Eocene Baltic amber. It is illustrated and compared to recent flea beetle genera and genera known from fossil resins.