Platyphora imperialis ( Stål, 1858 )

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 : 54-55

Platyphora imperialis ( Stål, 1858)

( Figs. 75–83 )

Doryphora imperialis Stål, 1858: 258 (descr., distr., replacement name); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3450 (cat., distr.); Jacoby, 1885: 926 (cit.); Blackwelder, 1946: 670 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela imperialis ; Stål, 1862: 46 (distr. redescr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) imperialis ; Weise, 1916: 18 (cat., distr.).

Doryphorella imperialis ; Achard, 1923c: 120 (cit., distr.).

Stichotaenis imperialis ; Bechyně, 1950a: 119 (distr., tax.); 1952: 49 (cat., distr.); 1954: 638 (cit., distr.).

Platyphora imperialis ; Sekerka, 2023 (check.).

Doryphora dejeanii Guérin –Méneville, 1831: 14 (descr., distr., primary homonym of Doryphora dejeanii Germar, 1823 ), planche 14, figs. 1 (dorsal view, adult), 2 (lateral view, adult), 3 (head), 4 (palpomeres), 5 (leg); Dejean, 1836: 396 (cat., distr.); 1837: 420 (cat., distr.).

Doryphora dejeani ; Stål, 1862: 46 (cit.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3450 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 670 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela imperialis var. a; Stål, 1862: 46 (cit.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) dejeani ; Weise, 1916: 18 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenia dejeani ; Bechyně, 1952: 49 (cat., distr.).

Doryphora excellens Stål, 1859: 308 (descr., distr.); 1862: 46 (syn.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3450 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela imperialis var. b; Stål, 1862: 46 (cit.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) imperialis ab. excellens ; Weise, 1916: 18 (cat., distr.).

Doryphora imperialis ab. excellens ; Blackwelder, 1946: 670 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenis imperialis ab. exellens; Bechyně, 1952: 49 (cat., distr.).

Doryphorella imperialis var. regalis Achard, 1923c: 120 (descr., distr.). syn. nov.

Doryphora imperialis var. regalis ; Blackwelder, 1946: 670 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenis imperialis ab. regalis; Bechyně, 1952: 49 (cat., distr.).

Type locality: French Guiana — Cayenne .

Distribution: BRAZIL —Amazonas: Atalaia do Norte, Benjamin Constant, S„o Paulo de Olivença, and Tabatinga. FRENCH GUIANA — Cayenne.

Material examined (1 specimen): 1 specimen (no data) ( INPA) .

Figures

FIGURES 67–78. 67, Platyphora alvarengai, dorsal view; 68, Platyphora angulata, dorsal view; 69, Platyphora arcuata, dorsal view; 70, Platyphora batesei, dorsal view; 71, Platyphora cinctella, dorsal view; 72, Platyphora concentrica, dorsal view; 73, Platyphora dejeanii, dorsal view; 74, Platyphora gratiosa, dorsal view; 75, Platyphora imperialis, dorsal view; 76–78, holotype of Platyphora imperialis, 76, dorsal view, 77, ventral view, 78, lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Figs. 76–78 (Scale bar: 3 mm) photographed by Anna Jerve (© 2023 Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). Original photos cropped and background removed. Made available by the Swedish Museumof Natural History under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, CC- BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

FIGURES 79–90. 79, holotype of Platyphora imperialis, labels; 80–83, holotype of Platyphora excellens, 80, dorsal view, 81, ventral view, 82, lateral view, 83, labels; 84, Platyphora olivenca, dorsal view; 85–88, syntype of Platyphora olivenca, 85, dorsal view, 86, ventral view, 87, abdominal sternites, 88, labels; 89, Platyphora olivenca, dorsal view; 90, Platyphora olivenca ab. evittata, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Figs. 79–83 (Scale bar: 5 mm) photographed by Anna Jerve (© 2023 Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). Original photos cropped and background removed. Made available by the Swedish Museum of Natural History under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License,CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ legalcode. Figs. 85–88, 90 photographed by Christoph Germann (© 2023 Naturhistorisches Museum Basel). Original photos cropped and background removed.