Platynectes, Regimbart, 1879

Short, Andrew Edward Z., Benetti, Cesar J. & Gustafson, Grey T., 2020, New records of Platynectes (s. str.) diving beetles from South America with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (2), pp. 437-447 : 445

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2020.28

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9D3BD503-9738-49FC-8580-87A09B54D4E0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4550915

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/747187CD-FFD7-476D-FCF2-B6D509C6AD06

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Platynectes
status

 

Key to the South American Platynectes View in CoL (s. str.) species groups

1 Venter primarily pale colored, at most infuscate medially on metaventrite, metaventral wings, and abdomen. Northern South America. .................................... 2

– Venter primarily dark colored, mostly black to brown except on the prosternum and epipleura and in some species, the abdomen as well. Brazil. ........................... 3

2 Venter not infuscate, reddish-orange throughout. ........ ................................... P. submaculatus View in CoL species group

– Venter distinctly infuscate, usually with metaventrite, metacoxal wing, and abdomen medially infuscate. ...... ................................. P. agallithoplotes View in CoL species group

3 Abdomen darkly colored. ................................................. ........................................ P. nigerrimus View in CoL species group

– Abdomen lightly colored. ................................................. ....................................... P. ornatifrons View in CoL species group

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

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