Platyauchenia Stürm 1843

Staines, C. L., 2007, A new species of Platyauchenia Stürm, 1843 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Brazil, Insecta Mundi 2007 (12), pp. 1-7 : 1

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4532605
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scientific name	Platyauchenia Stürm 1843
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Platyauchenia Stürm 1843 View in CoL

Platyauchenia Stürm 1843: 358 View in CoL . 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.

References

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.

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.

Guerin-Meneville, F. E. 1844. Iconographie du regne animal de G. Cuvier. vol. 7. Insects. J. B. Bailliere; Paris. 576 p., 104 pl.

Maulik, S. 1933. On the structure of larvae of hispine beetles-III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1933: 669 - 680.

Spaeth, F. 1914. Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae. Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 62: 1 - 182.

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.

Sturm, J. 1843. Catalog der Kaefer-Sammlung von Jacob Sturm. Verfasser; Nurnberg. 386 p.

Uhmann, E. 1957. Chrysomelidae: Hispinae, Hispinae Americanae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 35 (1): 1 - 153.