Platycesta

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: P. depressa

Name

Platycesta Viswajyothi & Clark, 2021: 474

Type species: Monocesta depressa Clark, 1865, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2022. New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 842(1): 1–102. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 . Reference page.