Platyphora testudo ( Demay, 1838 )

Sampaio, Aline & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2023, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil, with an illustrated key for the genera occurring in Brazil (except Aeneolucentia,, Zootaxa 5351 (1), pp. 37-71 : 59-60

Platyphora testudo ( Demay, 1838)

( Fig. 95 )

Doryphora testudo Demay, 1838: 23 (descr.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3454 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 672 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela testudo ; Stål, 1862: 53 (distr., redescr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) testudo ; Weise, 1916: 25 (cat., distr.).

Doryphorella testudo Achad, 1923c: 120 (cit., distr.).

Stichotaenia testudo ; Bechyně, 1951: 77 (distr., tax.); 1952: 13, 52 (cat., distr.); 1954: 644 (distr.).

Platyphora testudo ; Bechyně, 1958b: 22 (distr.); Bechyně & Bechyně, 1965a: 94 (distr.); Husband & Morais, 1999: 309, 313 (par.); Pasteéls et al. 2004: 671 (distr., host); Chaboo et al. 2014: 2330 (distr.); 2019: 712 (cit.); Sekerka, 2023 (check.).

Doryphora margaritae Blanchard, 1846: 213 (descr., distr.), pl. 25, fig. 2 (dorsal view, adult); Stål, 1862: 53 (syn.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3454 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 672 (cat., distr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) margaritae ; Weise, 1916: 25 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenia margaritae ; Bechyně, 1952: 52 (cat., distr.).

Doryphorella testudo var. juncta Achard, 1923c: 120 (descr., distr.). syn. nov.

Doryphora testudo var. juncta ; Blackwelder, 1946: 672 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenia testudo ab. juncta; Bechyně, 1951: 77 (distr., tax.); 1952: 52 (cat., distr.).

Type locality: French Guiana .

Distribution: BOLIVIA — Beni: Reyes and Trinidad; La Paz: La paz; Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tarija: San Lorenzo. BRAZIL —Amazonas: Alto Rio Purus, Benjamin Constant, Borba (Guarajá and Lago do Acará), João Pessoa (Rio Juruá), and Tabatinga; Mato Grosso: Salobra; Mato Grosso do Sul: Guaicurus and Miranda; and Pará: Óbidos. COLOMBIA. ECUADOR — Pastaza: Puyo. FRENCH GUIANA. PANAMA. PERU — Junín: Chanchamayo; Leoncio Prado: Tingo María (Rio Huallaga); and Pasco: Chuchurras and Rio Pichis. New record: Acre ( BRAZIL).

Host plant: Apocynaceae Juss. (Ex Asclepiadaceae Turcz. )— Pasteéls et al. (2004).

Parasite: Chrysomelobia peruviensis Husband & Moraes, 1999 ( Acari : Podapolipidae )— Husband & Moraes (1999).

Material examined (1 specimen): BRAZIL. Acre: Brasiléia (Triunfo), 1 specimen, 09. X. 1977, D. Dominick leg. ( INPA) .

Figures

FIGURES 91–102. 91–92, Platyphora olivenca ab. evittata, 91, ventral view, 92, labels; 93, Platyphora quatuordecimspilota, dorsal view; 94, Platyphora rubropunctata rubropunctata, dorsal view; 95, Platyphora testudo, dorsal view; 96–97, Platyphora undata, 96–97, dorsal view; 98–100, holotype of Platyphora sanguinipennis, 98, dorsal view, 99, front view, 100, labels; 101, Proseicela vittata, dorsal view; 102, Parastilodes striatipennis occidentalis, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Figs. 91–92 photographed by Christoph Germann (© 2023 Naturhistorisches Museum Basel). Original photos cropped and background removed. Figs. 98–100 photographed by Keita Matsumoto (© 2023 Natural History Museum London). Original photos cropped and background removed.