Nisotra Baly, 1864
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Nisotra Baly, 1864 |
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Nisotra Baly, 1864 Figs 71217-218341
=Pseudonisotra Bechyné, 1968 (synonymized by Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a)
References.
Baly 1864: 437; Bechyné 1955a: 220; 1959d: 153; 1960b: 88; 1968: 1719; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 411.
Type species.
Nisotra : Haltica gemella Erichson, 1834: 275 (Philippines: Luzon), by subsequent designation by Chapuis (1875: 42); Pseudonisotra : Crepidodera tosta Gerstaecker, 1871: 85 (Kenya: Mombasa), by original designation.
Distribution.
Afrotropical (including Madagascar), Australian, Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Fig. 341).
Ecology.
Species in this genus are mainly associated with plants in the family Malvaceae (cf. Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995).
Notes.
About seventy species of this genus are known to occur in Madagascar and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Galerucinae |
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Alticini |