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Etymology
Alternative form of Altica. Said to be first used by Koch in 1803.[1]
Proper noun
Haltica f
- Alternative form of Altica.
1803, J. J. Hoffmann, J. D. W. Koch, P. W. J. Müller, J. M. Linz, Entomologische Hefte enthaltend Beiträge zur weitern Kenntniß und Aufklärung der Insektengeschichte. Zweites Heft (in German), pages 3 and 48:
- I. Monographie der von den Verfassern in dem Departmente vom Donnersberge, und den angrenzenden Gegenden der Departemente von der Saar, und von Rhein und Mosel einheimisch beobachteten FLOHKÄFER. (Haltica.)
- Wir fingen diese schöne Haltica bis jetzt nur zweimal am Abhange einer Wiese bei Odenbach unter Galium verum spät im Herbste.
- 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 163:
- ...beans might be grown more extensively, but they suffer from the attacks of a small insect, possibly a species of Haltica...
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