BiondiMaurizioD’AlessandroPaolaAfrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)Zookeys201220122012253115810.3897/zookeys.253.3414 Kimongona http://species-id.net/wiki/Kimongona Bechyné, 1959aFigs 58, 59205329=Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963 syn. n.References.

Bechyné 1959a: 19; Scherer 1963: 668; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 409, 410.

Type species.

Kimongona: Kimongona callifera Bechyné, 1959a: 19 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Kimongo), by original designation. Mesocrepis: Mesocrepis lindemannae Scherer, 1963: 669 (Tanzania: Njombe), by original designation.

Distribution.

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of South Africa (Mpumalanga), Rwanda, and Tanzania (Fig. 329).

Ecology.

No information.

Notes.

Three species are known.There are no significant diagnostic characters distinguishing Mesocrepis Scherer from Kimongona. Therefore, the following new synonymy is proposed: Kimongona Bechyné, 1959 = Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963 syn. n.Type material examined: Mesocrepis lindemannae Scherer, “Tanganjika, Uwemba b. Njombe, 2000 m, 8–11.XI.1958, leg. C. Lindemann”, paratypes 1♂ and 1♀ (NHMB).

. Habitus. 56 Kanonga atra Bechyné 57 Kenialtica muhavura Bechyné 58 Kimongona callifera Bechyné 59 Kimongona (ex Mesocrepis Scherer) lindemannae (Scherer) 60 Lampedona testacea Bechyné 61 Lepialtica bicolor Scherer 62 Longitarsus africanus Jacoby 63 Luperomorpha biondii Döberl 64 Lypnea costatipennis ( Jacoby).

Morphological characters. 200 Hyphasis sita (Maulik), hind tibia and metatarsus 201 Jacobyana bezdeki Biondi & D’Alessandro, head and pronotum in dorsal view 202 Ditto, ventral parts 203 Kanonga atra Bechyné, head and right antenna in dorsal view 204 Kenialtica muhavura Bechyné, head and pronotum in dorsal view 205 Kimongona callifera Bechyné, head in frontal view.

Maps of distribution. 326 Jacobyana Maulik 327 Kanonga Bechyné 328 Kenialtica Bechyné 329 Kimongona Bechyné 330 Lampedona Weise 331 Lepialtica Scherer.

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