A NEW SPECIES OF PLATYDEMA LAPORTE AND BRULLE FROM PERU, WITH NOTES ON SIMILAR SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)

Authors
TRIPLEHORN CA
Citation
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
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Coleopterists bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0010065X
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
245 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-065X(1994)48:3<245:ANSOPL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
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.