Octuroplata

Octuroplata
Adult Octuroplata octopustulata photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Octuroplata Uhmann, 1940
Type species
Uroplata octopustulata Baly, 1864

Octuroplata is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was described in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Uroplata octopustulata as the type species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini. ^[1] Nine species are known, ranging from French Guiana to Argentina. ^[2]

Species

This genus includes the following species: ^[1]

• Octuroplata bella Uhmann, 1940
• Octuroplata bohemani Uhmann, 1940
• Octuroplata bonvouloiri (Chapuis, 1877)
• Octuroplata octopustulata (Baly, 1864)
• Octuroplata octosignata (Weise, 1911)
• Octuroplata sinuosa (Chapuis, 1877)
• Octuroplata terminalis (Baly, 1865)
• Octuroplata uhmanni (Pic, 1933)
• Octuroplata walkeri (Baly, 1865)

References

1. Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. pp. 119–121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
2. Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World Tribes and Genera of Hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 104 (3): 767. ISSN   0013-8797. OCLC   630167895 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.