Guide to Palearctic Flea Beetle Genera
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)
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illustrations: mophological structures of Altica oleracea; ventral (1), lateral (2), and dorsal (3) views
Figures 1-3.  Altica oleracea L. (left legs and antennae removed): 1-ventral view, 2-lateral view, 3-dorsal view

Figure Labels and Terms for Corresponding Structures
an - antenna
anc - antennal calli
ans - antennal socket
ati - antebasal transverse impression
cx - coxa
el - elytron
ela - elytral apex
elb - elytral base
ep - epimera
fem - femora
frr - frontal ridge
hc - humeral calli
hyp - hypomeron
ipp - intercoxal prosternal process
lbm - labium
lbr - labrum
mcc - mesocoxal cavity
mem - mesepimeron
mes - mesosternum 		met - metasternum
mnd - mandible
mps - mesepisternum
mst - metepisternum
mtc - metacoxal cavity
mxl - maxilla
php - projection of hypomera
pr - pronotum
prc - procoxal cavity
pst - prosternum
ptl - posterolateral elytral margin
ptp - posterior tentorial pit
sct - scutellum
tar - tarsus
tib - tibia
tr - trochanter
ver - vertex
1st-5st - visible abdominal sternites 1 to 5
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