Guide to Palearctic Flea Beetle Genera
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

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illustrations: thorax of Alticinae; pronotum (18), ventral view of prothorax (19), mesonotum (20), mesosternum (21)
Figures 17-21.  Thorax of Alticinae. 17 - pronotum; 18 - ventral view of prothorax; 19 - mesonotum; 20 - mesosternum; 21 - metanotum.

Figure Labels and Terms for Corresponding Structures
alc - allocrista
ali - antebasal longitudinal impression
ati - antebasal transverse impression
hyp - hypomera
imp - intercoxal mesosternal process
ipp - intercoxal prosternal process
mcc - mesocoxal acvity
mem - mesepimeron
mps - mesepisternum
msc - metascutum
msl - metascutellum
ph - projection of hypomera
pmp - postmedial projection
pn - postnotum
pp - prealar projection
prc - procoxal cavity
psc - prescutum
pst - prosternum
sc - scutum
scm - scutellum
sds - scutoscutellar suture

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