Ca. Triplehorn, A NEW SPECIES OF PLATYDEMA LAPORTE AND BRULLE FROM PERU, WITH NOTES ON SIMILAR SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), The Coleopterists bulletin, 48(3), 1994, pp. 245-251
A new species of Platydema Laporte and Brulle, P. xanthostigmatum from
Peru, is described and compared to other Western Hemisphere species w
ith frontal horns in the male. Platydema hondurense Champion is reduce
d to a synonym of P. erythrocerum Laporte and Brulle and P. rodriguezi
Champion is reduced to a synonym of P. undatum Chevrolat. A lectotype
is designated for P. undatum. Distribution of those species and P. er
otyloides Chevrolat is discussed.