African Entomology (2002) 10, 265-284

M. Biondi (2002)
Checklist of Afrotropical species of the genus Chaetocnema Stephens (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Alticinae) : synonymies and geographical distribution
African Entomology 10 (2), 265-284
Abstract: A checklist of species of the flea beetle genus Chaetocnema Stephens known from the Afrotropical Region is given. The following new synonymies are proposed: Chaetocnema abyssinica Jacoby, 1907= C. alisanda alisanda Bechyné, 1959 = C. alisanda dissculpta Bechyné, 1959 = C. alisanda musosa Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema coletta Bechyné, 1955 = C. abstracta Bechyné, 1955 = C. kindia Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema congoana Weise, 1916= C. congoana Bryant, 1928, syn. n. (species transferred to the genus Carcharodis Weise, 1910); Chaetocnema dialloha Bechyné, 1955 = C. dalaba Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema dubreka Bechyné, 1955 = C. foutana Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema gahani Jacoby, 1897 = C. marshalli Jacoby, 1899, syn. n.; C. gregaria Weise, 1910 = C. sierraleonis Bryant, 1928, syn. n.; Chaetocnema kibonotensis Weise, 1910=C. cupreovirens cupreovirens Laboissière, 1942 = C. cupreovirens coerulea Laboissière, 1942 = C. kenyensis Bryant, 1948 = C. allochroma Bechyné, 1954= C. johannesburgensis Bechyné, 1954= C. elsa Bechyné, 1959= C. distorta Bechyné, 1960 = C. upemba Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema latipennis Pic, 1911 = C. monticola Laboissière, 1942 = C. boma Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema ljuba Bechyné, 1955 = C. segueia Bechyné, 1955= C. szumowskii Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema lufira Bechyné, 1960= C. lusinga Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema metallina Csiki, 1940 = C. dilaticollis Scherer, 1962, syn. n.; Chaetocnemamiloensis Bechyné, 1955= C. collarti Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnemamontana Bryant, 1928 = C. caparti Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Collartaltica cryptostoma Bechyné, 1959 = Chaetocnema moyoensis Scherer, 1962, syn. n.; Chaetocnema mukana Bechyné, 1960 = C. piceipennis Scherer, 1962, syn. n.; Chaetocnema nahelia Bechyné, 1955= C. guineensis Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema ndesei Laboissière, 1942 = C. cephalica Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema nigripennis Laboissière, 1942 = C. buyebala Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema nkolentangana Bechyné, 1955 = C. nkolentangana kaziba Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema njalensis Bryant, 1928 = C. depressa Laboissière, 1942= C. coya Bechyné, 1955= C. laboissierei Scherer, 1962, syn. n.; Chaetocnema pastoria Bechyné, 1955 = C. houisi Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema schaeflini (Stierlin, 1866) = C. villiersi Bechyné, 1955, syn. n.; Chaetocnema smaragdina Scherer, 1962=Terpnochlorus janssensi Bechyné, 1960, syn. n.; Chaetocnema tenebrosa Laboissière, 1942 = Collartaltica hipostoma Bechyné, 1968, syn. n.; Chaetocnema zumpti Bechyné, 1954= C. doryphthalma Bechyné, 1960= C. gemmatifrons Scherer, 1962, syn. n. The following new combinations are established: Chaetocnema nigrolucens Bechyné, 1960 = Collartaltica nigrolucens (Bechyné, 1960) comb. n..; Chaetocnema tenebrosa Laboissière, 1942 = Collartaltica tenebrosa (Laboissière, 1942) comb. n..; Exhorina brincki Bechyné, 1959 = Chaetocnema brincki (Bechyné, 1959) comb. n..; Brinckaltica tongaatensis Bechyné, 1959 = Chaetocnema tongaatensis (Bechyné, 1959) comb. n.. As regards to Chaetocnema krishna and C. mahensis, species described by Maulik (1931) from the Seychelles, they are to be attribute to a new genus currently being described. The following taxa are considered good species: Chaetocnema barkeri Jacoby, 1906; C. suturalis Bryant, 1948; C. obscura Laboissière, 1942, stat. n. Moreover, lectotypes are designated for: Chaetocnema abyssinica Jacoby, 1907; C. acutangola Weise, 1910; C. antennata Jacoby, 1897; C. batophiloides Abeille de Perrin, 1909; C. bevinsi Bryant, 1928; C. capensis Bryant, 1928; C. compressipes (Baly, 1876); C. darwini Bryant, 1928; C. dunbrodensis Jacoby, 1906; C. frereensis Jacoby, 1899; C. gahani Jacoby, 1897; C. kibonotensis Weise, 1910; C. kenyensis Bryant, 1948; C. marshalli Jacoby, 1899; C. mashonana Jacoby, 1897; C. montana Bryant, 1928; C. natalensis Baly, 1877; C. njalensis Bryant, 1928; C. pulla Chapuis, 1879; C. purpurea Jacoby, 1906; C. semiregulata Jacoby, 1897; C. sierraleonis Bryant, 1928; C. subaterrima Jacoby, 1900; C. subquadrata Jacoby, 1897; C. suturalis Bryant, 1948; C. tablensis Bryant, 1928; C. turneri Bryant, 1928; C. varicolor Jacoby, 1899; C. wollastoni Baly, 1877; C. zeae Bryant, 1926. Finally, Chaetocnema tibialis (Illiger, 1807) is added to theAfrotropical fauna. Information concerning the type material, updated geographical distribution (integrated with much new data) and taxonomic comments are reported.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Database assignments for author(s): Maurizio Biondi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
identification/taxonomy

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Chaetocnema tibialis
	Chaetocnema (genus)
	Chaetocnema pulla