Eurylegna Weise, 1910a

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 : 32

Eurylegna Weise, 1910a Figs 42, 43182315

=Eremiella Weise, 1910a (synonymized by Scherer 1972)

=Eurylegniella Scherer, 1972 syn. n.

References.

Weise 1910a: 228; Scherer 1972: 10, 12; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 407.

Type species.

Eurylegna : Eurylegna fulva Weise, 1910a: 228 (Kilimanjaro), designation by monotypy; Eremiella : Eremiella rubra Weise, 1910a: 229 (Kilimanjaro in Kiboscho, 3.000 m), designation by monotypy; Eurylegniella : Eurylegna guineensis Bechyné, 1955b: 528 (French Guinea: Mount Gangan; Dalaba; Nzérékoré; Mount Nimba), by original designation.

Distribution.

Nigeria, Guinea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (!) [Budongo Forest, Sonso (BAQ)], Rwanda, and Malawi (!) [Dedza (BAQ)] (Fig. 315).

Ecology.

No information.

Notes.

Six species have been described. There are no important diagnostic characters distinguishing Eurylegniella Scherer from Eurylegna . The following synonymy is therefore proposed: Eurylegna Weise, 1910 = Eurylegniella Scherer, 1972 syn. n. Material examined: Eurylegniella guineensis ( Bechyné) (det. G. Scherer), "Imperial College, Expdn. Ghana 1960, 24.8.60, Bobiri Forest, Kumasi, Ashanti", 1 specimen (ZSM); "Congo Belge, P.N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, Mt Embe, 20-iv-1952, H. De Saeger, 3347", 1 specimen (MRAC).