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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

Key to the known species of Platyauchenia Stürm

1. Each elytron with three costae; sutural angle of elytra without tooth; apical angle of elytra rounded; pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; Brazil ................... P. latreillei (Castelnau)

— Each elytron with four costae; sutural angle of elytra with small tooth; apical angle of elytra slightly emarginate; pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate medially, rugose laterally; Brazil. ............................................................................................. P. ruficollis Staines, new species

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 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532607

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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