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Platybrotica Cabrera & Walsh 2004
Authors/Creators
- 1. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. & Kerala Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695522, India.
- 2. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
Description
Genus Platybrotica Cabrera & Walsh, 2004
Platybrotica Cabrera & Walsh, 2004: 7 (type species Platybrotica misionensis Cabrera & Walsh, 2004, by original designation).
Remarks
This genus contains a single species, P. misionensis. Externally, it is very similar to Diabrotica, except the male antennae are enlarged and modified. The species occurs in Argentina.
Notes
Published as part of Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M., 2022, New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-102 in European Journal of Taxonomy 842 on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945, http://zenodo.org/record/7222499
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Cabrera & Walsh
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Genus
- Platybrotica
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platybrotica Cabrera, 2004 sec. Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022
References
- Cabrera N. & Walsh G. C. 2004. Platybrotica misionensis a new genus and species of Luperini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Argentina. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97 (1): 6 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2004) 097 [0006: PMANGA] 2.0. CO; 2