Andersonoplatus

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Andersonoplatus
Andersonoplatus castaneus (10.3897-zookeys.744.22766) Figure 9.jpg
An artist depiction of an Andersonoplatus, a genus of flea beetles
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Andersonoplatus
Linzmeier & Konstantinov, 2018
Type species
Andersonoplatus microoculus
Linzmeier & Konstantinov, 2018

Andersonoplatus is a genus of flightless flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae. All 16 species are new to science and discovered from Venezuela and Panama. [1]

Species

This genus includes the following species:

References

  1. Linzmeier, Adelita M.; Konstantinov, Alexander S. (2018). "Andersonoplatus, a new, remarkable leaf litter inhabiting genus of Monoplatina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)". ZooKeys (744): 79–138. Bibcode:2018ZooK..744...79L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.744.22766 . PMC   5904521 . PMID   29670446 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.