Platyphora aulica ( Olivier, 1807 )

Sampaio, Aline, Viana, Jéssica Herzog & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2024, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) and the Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Belém, Brazil, Zootaxa 5447 (3), pp. 301-354 : 327-329

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scientific name	Platyphora aulica ( Olivier, 1807 )
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Platyphora aulica ( Olivier, 1807)

( Figs. 84, 85 View FIGURES 82–97 )

Doryphora aulica Olivier, 1807: 588 (descr.), pl. 5, fig. 61; Dejean, 1836: 396 (cat., distr.); 1837: 420 (cat., distr.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3446 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 668 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela aulica ; Germar, 1821: 446 (cit.); Stål, 1862: 81 (distr., redescr.).

Orthodora aulica ; Motschulsky, 1860: 185 (cit.).

Chrysomela (Doryphora) aulica ; Kirsch, 1883: 189 (cit., distr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) aulica ; Weise, 1916: 12 (cat., distr.).

Platyphora aulica ; Bechyně & Bechyně, 1965a: 97 (distr.); Bontems, 1988: 300, 301 (biol.); Petitpierre, 1988: 168 (cit., gen.); Petitpierre & Elgueta, 2006: 90 (cit.); Windsor et al., 2013: 74, 84–88 (biol., distr., host), fig. 4d (dorsal view, adult); Lupoli, 2019: 78, 79 (cit., pred.); Sekerka & Sampaio, 2023 (check.).

Type locality: French Guiana.

Distribution: BRAZIL — Amapá: Lim ã o (Serra Lombard, Olemarque), Oiapoque (Clevelândia do Norte), and Serra do Navio; Amazonas: Manaus; Pará: Santarém (Floresta Nacional do Tapajós). ECUADOR. FRENCH GUIANA —Cayenne: Kourou (Passoura) and Roura (Montagne de Kaw pK 36,5 and pK 38, and Piste de Coralie) and Ultramar: Maripasoula (Grand Carbet) and Ouanary.

Host plant: Solanum rugosum Dunal ( Solanaceae ) and Solanum torvum Sw. ( Solanaceae )— Windsor et al. (2013).

Predator: Discocera cayennensis Laporte, 1833 ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae )— Lupoli (2019).

Material examined (12 specimens): BRAZIL. Amapá: Limão (Serra Lombard), 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO 01017403 View Materials *) , 30. VIII. 1961, J. & B. Bechyně legs. ( MPEG) ; Oiapoque ( Clevelândia do Norte ), 4 specimens ( MPEG. HCO 01017397–400 View Materials ) , IV. 1960, W. Egler leg. ( MPEG) ; 2 specimens ( MPEG. HCO 01017395 View Materials *–96) , 07. VIII. 1960, W. Egler leg. ( MPEG) ; Serra do Navio, 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO 01017401 View Materials ) , 31. III. 1961, W. Egler leg. ( MPEG) ; 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO 01017402 View Materials ) , 15. VII. 1961, J. & B. Bechyně legs. ( MPEG) ; 2 specimens ( MPEG. HCO 01019165–66 View Materials ) , 12. V. 1989, J. S. Gorayeb & A. L. Henriques legs. ( MPEG) ; Pará: Santarém ( FLONA — Floresta Nacional do Tapajós ), 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO 01051361 View Materials ) , 19. V. 1999, R. M. Valente leg. ( MPEG) .