Plateumaris

Plateumaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Donaciinae
Tribe:	Plateumarini
Genus:	Plateumaris Thomson, 1859

Plateumaris is a genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 17 described species in Plateumaris. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Plateumaris aurifera (J. L. LeConte, 1850)
• Plateumaris balli Askevold, 1991
• Plateumaris braccata (Scopoli, 1772)
• Plateumaris consimilis (Schrank, 1781)
• Plateumaris diversa (Schaeffer, 1925)
• Plateumaris dubia (Schaeffer, 1925) (long-horned leaf beetle)
• Plateumaris flavipes (Kirby, 1837)
• Plateumaris frosti (Schaeffer, 1935)
• Plateumaris fulvipes (Lacordaire, 1845)
• Plateumaris germari (Mannerheim, 1843)
• Plateumaris metallica (Ahrens, 1810)
• Plateumaris neomexicana (Schaeffer, 1925)
• Plateumaris nitida (Germar, 1811)
• Plateumaris notmani (Schaeffer, 1925)
• Plateumaris pusilla (Say, 1826)
• Plateumaris robusta (Schaeffer, 1920)
• Plateumaris rufa (Say, 1826)
• Plateumaris schaefferi Askevold, 1991
• Plateumaris sericea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Plateumaris shoemakeri (Schaeffer, 1925)

References

1. "Plateumaris Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
2. "Plateumaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
3. "Plateumaris Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
4. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.