Altica
See also: altica
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἁλτικός (haltikós, “jumping, leaping; jumper, leaper”), first used as altica by Geoffroy 1762 and first correctly used by Fabricius 1775.[1]
Proper noun
editAltica f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain flea beetles.
Synonyms
editHypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Coleoptera - order; Chrysomelidae - family; Galerucinae - subfamily; Alticini - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Altica oleracea - type species; Altica aenescens, Altica bicarinata, Altica chalybea, Altica fragariae, Altica lythri, Altica nipponica, Altica palustris, Altica quercetorum, Altica tamaricis, Altica viridicyanea - other species
References
edit- ^ Furth, David G. (1980). "Altica of Israel (Coleoptera: Chrysomedlidae: Alticinae)". Israel Journal of Entomology, Vol. XIV, pp. 56.
Further reading
edit- [E. L. Geoffroy], Histoire abregée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Dans laquelle ces Animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier, Paris, 1762, p. 244–251 and p. 515 (google)