Platyphora

Platyphora
Museum specimen of Platyphora testudo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Platyphora
Gistel, 1857

Platyphora is a genus of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.

These tropical insects usually have bright warning coloration (aposematism) and a chemical protection against predators. The toxins are secondary metabolites collected from the host plants they eat, mainly Boraginaceae, Asteraceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae and Apocynaceae.

Species

  • Platyphora arangoi (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora bicolor (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora biremis (Stål)
  • Platyphora clara Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora decorata (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora decurrens (Stål)
  • Platyphora eucosoma (Stål)
  • Platyphora flavoguttata (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora furthi Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora guyana Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora lativittis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora lesagei Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora ligata (Stål)
  • Platyphora macrogramma Bechyné
  • Platyphora microspina Bechyné, 1954
  • Platyphora nigroguttata (Stål)
  • Platyphora ocellata (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora ornata (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora panamensis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora petulans (Stål, 1865)
  • Platyphora punctipennis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora purulensis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora quadrisignata (Germar)
  • Platyphora rileyi Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora rogersi (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora salvini (Baly)
  • Platyphora selva Daccordi, 1994
  • Platyphora semiviridis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora spectabilis (Stål)
  • Platyphora spectanda (Stål)
  • Platyphora testudo ( Demay, 1838)
  • Platyphora uniformis (Jacoby)
  • Platyphora vidanoi Daccordi, 1994

References


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