Eriotica Harold, 1877a

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 : 31

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scientific name	Eriotica Harold, 1877a
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Treatment

Eriotica Harold, 1877a Figs 41181314

=Aridohespera Selman, 1963 (synonymized by Selman 1968)

=Niphraea Baly, 1878a (synonymized by Harold 1878)

References.

Harold 1877a: 107; 1878: 206; Baly 1878a: 40; Ferreira 1963: 516; Selman 1963: 1156; 1968: 248; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 407.

Type species.

Eriotica : Eriotica fuscipennis Harold, 1877a: 107 (Nyassa), designation by monotypy; Aridohespera : Aridohespera mateui Selman, 1963: 1157 (Terr. N. Tchad, Ouedi Saala, Mortcha), by original designation. Niphraea : Niphraea hirtipennis Baly, 1878a (Lake Nyassa), designation by monotypy.

Distribution.

Ethiopia, Kenya (!) [S of Garissa (BAQ); NW of Garsen (BAQ); Taita, Mwatate (BAQ)], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Socotra Island (Yemen) (Fig. 314).

Ecology.

No information.

Notes.

Seven species are known.