Platypria

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Platypria
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Platypria echidna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Hispini
Genus: Platypria
Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Type species
Hispa echidna
Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Synonyms

LobacanthaKirby, 1837

Platypria is a genus of hispine leaf-beetles. There are about 34 species found mostly in the Asian and African tropics. The larvae mine the leaves of plants and hosts include plants in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myricaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Roseaceae and Rubiaceae. The adults are 4 to 7 mm long and have spine like growths on the pronotum and elytra. There are also translucent patches on the elytra. The antennae have 9 segments and arise close to each other on the head. [1]

Species in the genus are placed under two subgenera Platypria and Dichirispa. The translucent windows on the elytra margins are found in the subgenus Platypria. [1]

Species in the genus include:

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<i>Platypria echidna</i> Species of beetle

Platypria (Platypria) echidna, is a species of leaf beetle found India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Vietnam.

References

  1. 1 2 Ranade, Sachin; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Ghate, Hemant V.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2021-04-14). "Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)". ZooKeys (1031): 59–84. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1031...59R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   9848903 . PMID   36761859.
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