Platynectes weiri

Hendrich, Lars & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2014, Taxonomic revision of Australian Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 (part I) — four new species from Queensland (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae), Zootaxa 3795 (1), pp. 25-37 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F1FD87D-88C8-472E-91C1-054A5DE82F64

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6131484

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787AA-C21D-FFDD-E185-ED69DB999D31

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Platynectes weiri
status

 

Platynectes weiri View in CoL -group

The weiri -group is here introduced as new. It is characterized by the presence of two rows of deep but small pronotal striae and seven to ten deep striae on elytron. In both species known so far the black elytron is covered with well-marked yellow stripes or small yellow dots. Posterior angles of pronotum acute. This species group has two species in Queensland, mainly recorded from isolated inland localities.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Platynectes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Platynectes

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