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Altica
Taxonomy
Altica was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant.
It was reranked as Galeruca (Altica) by Latreille (1802); it was misspelled as Haltica by Piton (1940), Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Galeruca by Latreille (1802); to Chrysomelidae by Piton (1940); and to Alticini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was reranked as Galeruca (Altica) by Latreille (1802); it was misspelled as Haltica by Piton (1940), Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Galeruca by Latreille (1802); to Chrysomelidae by Piton (1940); and to Alticini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Altica Geoffroy 1762
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†Altica dryophyllorum Piton 1940
†Altica dubia Förster 1891
Altica lazulina Le Conte 1857
†Altica magna Förster 1891
†Altica renovata Wickham 1914
†Altica tholimorpha Zhang et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Haltica dryophyllorum (113685) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Haltica renovata (106384) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Haltica dubia (121476) Haltica magna (121474) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Haltica tholimorpha (138945) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Haltica sp. (168267) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | A. lazulina (167662) A. sp. (157092) |