Podontia affinis
Podontia affinis indosinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Podontia
Species:
P. affinis
Binomial name
Podontia affinis
(Gröndal, 1808)[1]
Synonyms
  • Galleruca affinis Gröndal, 1808
  • Podontia impressicollis Sturm, 1826

Podontia affinis is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[2] It is native to Indo-China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Yunnan.

Description

The elytra of Podontia affinis can vary from yellow, red to white. It has ten black spots, often the two spots found in the middle of the elytrons fuse to make a transverse band. There is also a pear shaped spot behind the scutellum.[3] On average they are 10 to 12 mm long and 5.5 to 6 mm wide.[4]

Host plants

Both the larva and adult primarily eat the leaves of Spondias species,[5] but can feed on other types of plants in the family Anacardiaceae and rarely plants in the family Burseraceae.

Subspecies

There are two described subspecies:[6]

  • Podontia affinis affinis Gröndal, 1808 (Java)
  • Podontia affinis indosinensis Scherer, 1978 (Indo-China, Malaysia)

There is one undescribed subspecies from Uttar Pradesh.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Gröndal (1808). "Galleruca affinis". In Schönherr, C.J. (ed.). Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum &c. geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Zweiter Theil. Spercheus – Cryptocephalus. Stockholm: Carl Friedr. Marquard. p. 289.
  2. ↑ "Podontia affinis classification". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System.
  3. ↑ The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma ... ed. by W.T. Blanford (1st ed.). Blanford, W.T. (William Thomas). p. 227.
  4. ↑ "Natuurjdschriften" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Mohamedsaid, M.S. (1989). "Flea Beetles of the Genus Podontia from Peninsular Malaysia (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)". Malayan Nature Journal (42): 277–285.
  6. 1 2 Scherer, Gerhard (15 Dec 1978). "Podontia affinis (Gröndal) a Polytypic Species" (PDF). Zoologische Staatssammlung München: 275, 276.
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