A NEW GENUS OF MOSS-INHABITING FLEA BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) FROM NICARAGUA

Authors

Alexander S. Konstantinov, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian InstitutionFollow
Maria Lourdes Chamorro-Lacayo, University of Minnesota Saint-PaulFollow
Vilma P. Savini, Universidad Central de VenezuelaFollow

Date of this Version

4-22-2009

Citation

The Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(1):1–12. 2009.

Comments

U.S. Government Work

Abstract

Nicaltica new genus and new species (N. selvanegra Konstantinov, Chamorro-Lacayo and Savini) from moss habitat in Nicaragua are described and illustrated. Nicaltica is compared to Kiskeya Konstantinov and Chamorro-Lacayo, Monotalla Bechyne ́, and Normaltica Konstantinov.