Platypria Explained
Platypria is a genus of hispine leaf-beetles. There are about 34 species found mostly in the Asian and African tropics. The larvae mine the leaves of plants and hosts include plants in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myricaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Roseaceae and Rubiaceae. The adults are 4 to 7 mm long and have spine like growths on the pronotum and elytra. There are also translucent patches on the elytra. The antennae have 9 segments and arise close to each other on the head.[1]
Species in the genus are placed under two subgenera Platypria and Dichirispa. The translucent windows on the elytra margins are found in the subgenus Platypria.
Species in the genus include:
- Platypria abdominalis
- Platypria acanthion
- Platypria alces
- Platypria aliena
- Platypria bakeri
- Platypria centetes
- Platypria chaetomys
- Platypria chiroptera
- Platypria clavareaui
- Platypria coendu
- Platypria coronata
- Platypria corpulenta
- Platypria decemspinosa
- Platypria dimidiata
- Platypria echidna
- Platypria erinaceus
- Platypria ertli
- Platypria feae
- Platypria fenestrata
- Platypria funebris
- Platypria hastulata
- Platypria hystrix
- Platypria infuscata
- Platypria longispina
- Platypria luctuosa
- Platypria melli
- Platypria moluccana
- Platypria natalensis
- Platypria nigrospinosa
- Platypria nodifera
- Platypria paracanthion
- Platypria parva
- Platypria paucispinosa
- Platypria seminigra
- Platypria subopaca
- Platypria tuberculata
- Platypria ugandina
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Notes and References
- Ranade . Sachin . Prathapan . Kaniyarikkal Divakaran . Ghate . Hemant V. . Chaboo . Caroline S. . 2021-04-14 . Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini) . ZooKeys . 1031 . 59–84 . 10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 . free . 1313-2970 . 9848903 . 36761859. 2021ZooK.1031...59R .
