A New Genus to Accommodate Central and South American Beetles with Broadly Explanate Elytra, Formerly Assigned to Monocesta Clark and Coelomera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)

Autor: Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shawn M. Clark
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75
ISSN: 0010-065X
DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-75.2.473
Popis: Coelomera atrocaerulea Jacoby, 1878 is reduced to a synonym of Monocesta depressa Clark, 1865, new synonymy. This species is transferred to Platycesta Viswajyothi and Clark, new genus, as Platycesta depressa (Clark), new combination. The distribution is from Honduras to Peru. Details of geographic color variation are presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE