Platypria is a genus of hispine leaf-beetles. There are about 34 species found mostly in the Asian and African tropics. The larvae mine the leaves of plants and hosts include plants in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myricaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Roseaceae and Rubiaceae. The adults are 4 to 7 mm long and have spine like growths on the pronotum and elytra. There are also translucent patches on the elytra. The antennae have 9 segments and arise close to each other on the head.[1]
| Platypria | |
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| Platypria echidna | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Hispini |
| Genus: | Platypria Guérin-Méneville, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Hispa echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840
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| Synonyms | |
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Lobacantha Kirby, 1837 | |
Species in the genus are placed under two subgenera Platypria and Dichirispa. The translucent windows on the elytra margins are found in the subgenus Platypria.[1]
Species in the genus include:
- Platypria abdominalis Chapuis, 1877
- Platypria acanthion Gestro, 1890
- Platypria alces Gressitt, 1938
- Platypria aliena Chen & Sun, 1962
- Platypria bakeri Gestro, 1922
- Platypria centetes (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
- Platypria chaetomys Gestro, 1903
- Platypria chiroptera Gestro, 1899
- Platypria clavareaui Weise, 1902
- Platypria coendu Gestro, 1911
- Platypria coronata Guérin-Méneville, 1840
- Platypria corpulenta Weise, 1910
- Platypria decemspinosa Kraatz, 1895
- Platypria dimidiata Chapuis, 1877
- Platypria echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840
- Platypria erinaceus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Platypria ertli Weise, 1912
- Platypria feae Gestro, 1905
- Platypria fenestrata Pic, 1924
- Platypria funebris Gestro, 1905
- Platypria hastulata Uhmann, 1954
- Platypria hystrix (Fabricius, 1798)
- Platypria infuscata Gestro, 1917
- Platypria longispina Chapuis, 1876
- Platypria luctuosa Chapuis, 1877
- Platypria melli Uhmann, 1955
- Platypria moluccana Weise, 1922
- Platypria natalensis Gestro, 1905
- Platypria nigrospinosa Fairmaire, 1891
- Platypria nodifera Spaeth, 1934
- Platypria paracanthion Chen & Sun, 1962
- Platypria parva Chen & Sun, 1964
- Platypria paucispinosa Gestro, 1905
- Platypria seminigra Heller, 1916
- Platypria subopaca Chapuis, 1876
- Platypria tuberculata Achard, 1917
- Platypria ugandina Spaeth, 1937
References
edit- ^ a b Ranade, Sachin; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Ghate, Hemant V.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2021-04-14). "Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)". ZooKeys (1031): 59–84. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1031...59R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 9848903. PMID 36761859.