Andersonoplatus
| Andersonoplatus | |
|---|---|
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| An artist depiction of an Andersonoplatus, a genus of flea beetles | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | 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:
- Andersonoplatus andersoni
- Andersonoplatus baru
- Andersonoplatus bechyneorum
- Andersonoplatus castaneus
- Andersonoplatus flavus
- Andersonoplatus jolyi
- Andersonoplatus laculata
- Andersonoplatus lagunanegra
- Andersonoplatus macubaji
- Andersonoplatus merga
- Andersonoplatus merida
- Andersonoplatus microoculus
- Andersonoplatus peck
- Andersonoplatus rosalesi
- Andersonoplatus sanare
- Andersonoplatus saviniae
References
- ^ 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.