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4E1387BEFFCFFF8AFF6470A9FF6BF0B6.text	4E1387BEFFCFFF8AFF6470A9FF6BF0B6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paolaltica	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Paolaltica gen. nov.</p>
            <p>(Figs 2, 3)</p>
            <p> Diagnosis. Among flea beetles described from fossil resins (Bukejs 2014),  Paolaltica gen. nov. is easily distinguishable on the basis of having the combination of the following characters: pronotum without any antebasal transverse impression, metatarsi attached on apices of metatibiae, and elytral punctation arranged in regular rows. Based on the general habitus and elytral punctation being arranged in regular rows, the new genus could be confused with recent  Amphimela Chapuis or  Erystus Jacoby , but  Paolaltica gen. nov. is different from both: in the former case, having a narrower interantennal space with evident frontal carina and well impressed frontal grooves, while in the latter, for having obliquely downward-oriented elytral epipleura, narrower interantennal space with an evident frontal carina, and a longer first metatarsomere, shorter than second and third together. </p>
            <p> Considering the complete set of “visible” characters in the sample, such as: body dorsally convex; eyes large; elytral epipleura obliquely downward-oriented, well visible in lateral view; apical spur of hind tibiae well visible, straight, not thickset and medially inserted; claws sub-appendiculate; first metatarsomere about as long as second and third together, and third tarsomere medially just incised, the new genus is more similar to  Sphaeroderma Stephens. However, Paolaltica gen. nov. is different from the latter genus for the following characters: body shape clearly more elongate; elytral punctuation regular and well impressed with smooth or very sparsely punctulate interstriae (rarely regular in  Sphaeroderma , in this case interstriae more densely punctulate); hind femora more enlarged; pronotum regularly arcuate basally (sinuate in  Sphaeroderma ); pronotal anterior angles not thickened (generally thickened in  Sphaeroderma ). </p>
            <p>Description. Body shape moderately elongate, dorsally convex. Head with frontal grooves running closely to inner ocular margin; interantennal space narrow, with an evident frontal carina prolonged up to labrum; genae about as long as one-third of ocular vertical diameter; eyes large, sub-elliptical; antennae with 11 antennomeres. Elytral punctation arranged in 9 regular rows apparently well impressed, also impressed on apical declivity; interstriae weakly convex, smooth or with very sparse punctulation; elytral epipleura ventrally oriented at oblique angle, well visible in lateral view. Legs with hind femora clearly enlarged (ratio of length/width = 1.71); hind tibiae with well visible, straight, not thickset and medially inserted apical spur. Tarsi with medially weakly and finely incised third tarsomere and sub-appendiculate claws; first metatarsomere about as long as second and third together.</p>
            <p> Type species.  Paolaltica eocenica Biondi.</p>
            <p> Etymology. The name of this new genus is derived from Paola D’Alessandro, my research collaborator and valuable expert in flea beetle taxonomy, and the name of the type genus of the tribe (  Altica ), to which the genus belongs. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E1387BEFFCFFF8AFF6470A9FF6BF0B6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Biondi, Maurizio	Biondi, Maurizio (2014): Paolaltica eocenica new genus and new species of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3852 (4): 496-500, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.7
4E1387BEFFCCFF8CFF6473AEFADCF05E.text	4E1387BEFFCCFF8CFF6473AEFADCF05E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paolaltica eocenica	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Paolaltica eocenica sp. nov.</p>
            <p>(Figs 2, 3 a, 3b)</p>
            <p> Type material. “ Holotype /  Paolaltica eocenica sp. nov. / Biondi M. des 2014” [red printed label]; probable female. The holotype will be deposited in the entomological collection of the author housed in the Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila (Italy), for permanent preservation. The complete beetle is embedded in a relatively small, subrectangular and slightly curved amber piece (length = 21.5 mm, max width = 11.6 mm, max height = 3.0 mm; weight = 0.96 grams). No small gas bubbles exist, but a few cracks are diffusely spread throughout the amber piece. Other animal or plant syninclusions are absent. The specimen is well visible in sub-ventral and sub-dorsal view (left side); other views are not possible because of the shape and structure of the amber piece. </p>
            <p>Type strata. Baltic Amber, Upper Eocene, Prussian Formation (Priabonian). Estimated age: 37.2–33.9 my.</p>
            <p>Type locality. Russia: Kaliningrad region: the Sambian [Samland] peninsula: Yantarny village [formerly Palmnicken].</p>
            <p>Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the geologic time of the specimen’s origin.</p>
            <p>Description. Body length (LB) about 2.00 mm; length of pronotum (LP): 0.47 mm; length of elytra (LE) about 1.60 mm; length of left antenna (LAN): 1.05 mm. Dorsal integument apparently golden green with clear metallic reflections (some reflections may represent reflective surfaces within surrounding amber); ventral parts dark bronze with weak metallic reflections; legs clearly blackened, apparently with weak metallic reflections. Antennae longer than half of body length (LAN/LB ≈ 0.52); each antennomere proportional to following numerical sequence: 56:29:37:59:77:52:73:66:68:67:100 (right antenna). Pronotal punctation uniformly and moderately impressed. Elytral punctation arranged in regular rows, apparently clearly impressed up to apical declivity.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E1387BEFFCCFF8CFF6473AEFADCF05E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Biondi, Maurizio	Biondi, Maurizio (2014): Paolaltica eocenica new genus and new species of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3852 (4): 496-500, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.7
