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Platyauchenia Sturm 1843

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Entomology, MRC 187 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution P. O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA (e-mail: stainesc @ si. edu)

Description

Platyauchenia Stürm 1843

Platyauchenia Stürm 1843: 358. Type species: Cassida latreillei Castelnau (= Platyauchenia limbata Stürm), by monotypy. Spaeth 1914: 4 (catalog), 1917: 24 (nomenclatural note); Maulik 1933: 669 (immatures); Blackwelder 1946: 733 (faunal list); Uhmann 1957: 48 (catalog); Staines 2002: 745 (key to genera).

Sphaeropalpus Guérin-Méneville 1844: 285. Type species Sphaeropalpus cincta Guérin-Méneville, by monotypy. Boheman 1850: 6 (synonymy); Chapuis 1875: 360 (generic treatment).

Diagnosis. Head: clypeus transverse, deeply sulcate; maxillary palp with 4 palpomeres, palpomeres 1 to 3 short, equal in length and width, cylindrical, IV large, rounded, truncate. Antenna: filiform, apical antennomere widest. Pronotum: nearly as wide as base of elytra, widest at base, narrowing anteriorly; lateral margin evenly arcuate from base to apex; disc highly convex, depressed laterally on each side of disc; basal and anterior margins bisinuate. Scutellum: triangular, rounded at apex. Elytron: convex; punctate; widest in middle, narrowing anteriorly and posteriorly; margined laterally; basal and sutural margins yellowish.

Notes

Published as part of Staines, C. L., 2007, A new species of Platyauchenia Stürm, 1843 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Brazil, pp. 1-7 in Insecta Mundi 2007 (12) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532607

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2087E2FFF9FFFEFF48335207C0F97F

Related works

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.4532607 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9219FF9AFFFBFFFCFF8836500664FF89 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6E2087E2FFF9FFFEFF48335207C0F97F (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/177318669 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8304/taxon/6E2087E2FFF9FFFEFF48335207C0F97F.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Sturm
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Platyauchenia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Platyauchenia Sturm, 1843 sec. Staines, 2007

References

  • Sturm, J. 1843. Catalog der Kaefer-Sammlung von Jacob Sturm. Verfasser; Nurnberg. 386 p.
  • Spaeth, F. 1914. Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae. Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 62: 1 - 182.
  • Maulik, S. 1933. On the structure of larvae of hispine beetles-III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1933: 669 - 680.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. 1946. Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. United States National Museum Bulletin 185: 551 - 763.
  • Uhmann, E. 1957. Chrysomelidae: Hispinae, Hispinae Americanae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 35 (1): 1 - 153.
  • Staines, C. L. 2002. The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 721 - 784.
  • Guerin-Meneville, F. E. 1844. Iconographie du regne animal de G. Cuvier. vol. 7. Insects. J. B. Bailliere; Paris. 576 p., 104 pl.
  • Boheman, C. H. 1850. Monographia cassididarum. Volume 1. Holmiae. 452 p.
  • Chapuis, F. 1875. In: J. T. Lacordaire. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coleopteres, Vol. 11, Famille des Phytophages. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret; Paris. 420 p.