Platycesta depressa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Galerucini
Genus: Platycesta
Species: Platycesta depressa

Name

Platycesta depressa (Clark, 1865)

Type locality: “river Magdalina” [probably Río Magdalena, Colombia; see Jacoby, 1886: 478].

Synonymy

• Monocesta depressa Clark, 1865: 267 (original combination)
• Monocesta nicaraguensis Jacoby, 1877: 520 [syn.: Jacoby, 1886: 478]
  • Type locality: “Chontales, Nicaragua”.
• Coelomera atrocaerulea Jacoby, 1878: 152 [syn.: Viswajyothi & Clark, 2021: 474]
  • Type locality: “Peru, Panama”.
• Coelomera depressa: Bechyné & Springlová-Bechyné, 1970: 125
• Platycesta depressa: Viswajyothi & Clark, 2021: 474

References

Primary references

• Bechyné, J. & Springlová-Bechyné, B. 1970. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XX. Coleoptera XV. Beiträge zur Galerucidenfauna Boliviens (Col. Phytophaga). Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 14: 121–190. BHL. Reference page. 
• Clark, H. 1865. An examination of the Dejeanian genus Coelomera (Coleoptera Phytophaga) and its affinities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3 16(94): 256–268. DOI: 10.1080/00222936508679421 . BHL.
• Jacoby, M. 1877. Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 510–520. BHL.
• Jacoby, M. 1878. Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 144–153. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1878.tb07944.x . BHL.
• Jacoby, M. 1880–1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VI. Part 1. Phytophaga (part). London: Dulau & Co. xx + 625 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2021. 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). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 473–484. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.473 . Reference page.