Collartaltica Bechyne , 1959a

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 : 29

Collartaltica Bechyne, 1959a Figs 31158-160304)

References.

Bechyné 1959a: 27; Biondi 2002b: 358; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2004: 286; 2010a: 406.

Type species.

Collartaltica cryptostoma Bechyné, 1959a: 27 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Faradje, Tomati), designation by monotypy.

Distribution.

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe (Fig. 304).

Ecology.

This genus is associated with Poaceae (also known as Gramineae ) in moist meadows and forest clearings ( Biondi and D’Alessandro 2004).

Notes.

There are six known species.