Species Altica corrusca (Erichson, 1842)

• Haltica (Graptodera) corrusca Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [235].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB ♂, Van Diemensland (Tasmania) "northwest Tasmania".
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 1♂ 2♀, "Terra van Diem".
• Haltica pagana Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 35-109 [Date published Sept. 30, 1896] [74].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB ♂, Tasmania.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2015. Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare: a revision of the Australian, Indomalayan and Pacific species of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 503–551 [535].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2015. Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare: a revision of the Australian, Indomalayan and Pacific species of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 503–551 [535]

Generic Combinations

• Altica corrusca (Erichson, 1842). —
  Scherer, G. 1982. Erichson-Typen im Zoologischen Museum, Berlin (Coleoptera – Chrysomelidae – Alticinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 29(4–5): 479–481 [479]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Altica corusca (Erichson, 1842). —
  Bryant, G.E. & Gressitt, J.L. 1957. Chrysomelidae of Fiji (Coleoptera). Pacific Science 11: 3-91 [77] (misidentification and misspelling)
• Haltica corusca Erichson, 1842 [misspelling]. —
  Fogg, S.A. 1859. Contribution to the insect fauna of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), with particular reference to the geographical distribution of insects. By Dr W. F. Erichson. (Translated by Miss S. A. Fogg). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 3(2): 298–338

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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