Giuseppe Platia

Giuseppe Platia (G. Platia), Italian entomologist.

• via Molino Vecchio, 21a, I 47043 Gatteo (FC) Italy.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 147 taxon names authored by Giuseppe Platia

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1991

• Schimmel, R. & Platia, G. 1991. Revision der Subtribus Dimina Candèze, 1863, aus dem Himalaya, mit Bestimmungstabellen der Gattungen und Arten (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Entomologica Basiliensia 14: 261–382. Reference page. 

1992

• Schimmel, R. & Platia, G. 1992. Neue Arten des supraspezifischen Taxons Dimina Candèze, 1863 aus Südostasien (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 42(2): 293–315. Reference page. 

1997

• Platia, G. & Schimmel, R. 1997. Click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Sultanate of Oman with additional new species and records from neighbouring regions. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 16: 291–318. ISBN 3-7234-0016-7 Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page. 

2002

• Platia, G. & Borges, P.A.V. 2002. Description of a new species of Athous and record of the female of A. azoricus Platia & Gudenzi from the Azores (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Elytron 16: 89–93. hdl: 10400.3/1858 Reference page. 

2005

• Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Descrizione di una nuova specie di elateride del genere Megathous Reitter dell'Italia centrale (Umbria) con note geonemiche su altre specie della fauna italiana. (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae) [Description of a new species of click-beetle of the genus Megathous Reitter from central Italy (Umbria) with geonemic notes on some species of the Italian fauna (Coleoptera Elateridae)]. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 20: 115–122. (Italian) PDF. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Description of eleven new species of click-beetles of the Palearctic Region, a case of legs teratology, and new records of some species of the Italian fauna (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 21: 109–127. PDF. Reference page. 

2007

• Platia, G. 2007. Description of new species of Melanotini from the Oriental Region, with new records (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Melanotinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 149-170. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Schimmel, R. 2007. Click beetles of Taiwan collected by the expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the years 1995 to 2003 (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 49–91. PDF. Reference page. 

2008

• Platia, G. 2008. Description of new species of Melanotini from the Oriental Region, with new distributional records and synonymical notes (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Melanotinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 43: 35-44. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Platia, G. 2009. Descriptionjs of new click beetles from China and the oriental region, with new systematic and chorological notes (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 39–52. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2010

• Platia, G. 2010. New species and chorological notes of click beetles from Palearctic Region, especially from the Middle East (Coleoptera Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46: 23–49. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2011

• Akhter, M.A., Platia, G., Rizvi, S.A. & Ahmed, Z. 2011. A New Species of Melanotus (Eschscholtz, 1829) With Notes on Other Species of the Genus From Pakistan (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43(3): 581-585. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. 2011. New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic region (Coleoptera Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 47–60. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Németh, T. 2011. On some Palaearctic click beetles deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici. 103: 65-106. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2012

• Han, T.M., Park, H.C., Lee, Y.B., Kim, N.J., Ôhira, H., Platia, G. & Lee, S.H. 2012. Taxonomic review of the subtribe Athouina Candèze, 1859 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dendrometrinae, Dendrometrini) in Korea. Zootaxa 3591: 47–66. Preview Reference page. 
• Platia, G. 2012. New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic region (Coleoptera Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 199–207. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2013

• Platia, G. 2013a. Descriptions of new species of click beetles from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco with notes on some little known (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 52: 29–36. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Platia, G. 2013b. New species, new records and notes on click- beetles from Greece (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 52: 97–104. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kabalak, M., Platia, G. & Avcı, M. 2013. A new species of Elathous Reitter (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 3737(1): 85–91. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.7 Reference page. 

2014

• Németh, T. & Platia, G. 2014. On some Palaearctic click beetles deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2 (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 3841(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Platia, G. 2015. New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011–2012 (Coleoptera). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 13: 3–52. PDF. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Kakiopoulos, G. 2015. Eleven new click beetles and records from the Canary Islands, Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 57(2): 45–52. Reference page. 
• Schimmel, R., Tarnawski, D., Han, T.M. & Platia, G. 2015. Monograph of the new tribe Selatosomini from China (Elateridae: Denticollinae) Part I: Genera Pristilophus LATREILLE, 1834 stat. nov., Selatosomus STEPHENS, 1830, Warchalowskia (TARNAWSKI, 1995) stat. nov., and Sinophotistus gen. nov. Polish entomological monographs Vol. 11. 1-328. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Platia, G. 2016. New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic region (Coleoptera Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 58: 63–74. PDF. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. 2016a. New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic region (Coleoptera Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 59: 23–28. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Ghahari, H. 2016. An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4137(2): 239–275. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6. Reference page. 
• Schimmel, R., Tarnawski, D., Han, T.M. & Platia, G. 2016. Monograph of the New Tribe Selatosomini from China (Elateridae: Denticollinae).: Genera Mosotalesus Kishii, 1977, Sinophotistus Schimmel, Tarnawski, Han & Platia, 2015, Costalicus Schimmel &Tarnawski, 2016, and Sinopristilopus gen.nov, Deel 2. Polish entomological monographs Vol. 12. 1-280. Reference page. 

2017

• Platia, G. 2017. New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic region (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 41–49. Reference page. 

2018

• Nasserzadeh, H., Platia, G., Parsi, F. & Serri, S. 2018. Three new species, Elathous zagrosensis sp. n., Zorochros dilatatus sp. n., and Dicronychus iranicus sp. n., and noteworthy records of click beetles from western Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 4394(4): 517–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.3 Reference page. 

2023

• Platia, G., Mertlik, J. & Dušánek, V. 2023. New species, new records, new combination, new generic synonymity of Click Beetles from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 72: 83–104. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Pulvirenti, E. 2023. New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, Procraerus Reitter, 1905 and Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11(31): 1–18. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31) . Reference page. 

2024

• Platia, G. & Konvička, O. 2024. Description of three new species of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with an updated catalogue of Elateridae from the Sultanate of Oman. Faunitaxys 12(47): 1–11. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(47) . Reference page.