A New Genus to Accommodate Central and South American Beetles with Broadly Explanate Elytra, Formerly Assigned to Monocesta Clark and Coelomera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)

Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi; Shawn M. Clark

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.473

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Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi,¹ Shawn M. Clark²

¹Kerala Agricultural University Department of Agricultural Entomology College of Agriculture Vellayani Trivandrum, Kerala 695522, INDIA
²Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602, USA

Abstract

Coelomera atrocaerulea is reduced to a synonym of Monocesta depressa , new synonymy. This species is transferred to Platycesta Viswajyothi and Clark, new genus, as Platycesta depressa (Clark), new combination. The distribution is from Honduras to Peru. Details of geographic color variation are presented.

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Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi and Shawn M. Clark "A New Genus to Accommodate Central and South American Beetles with Broadly Explanate Elytra, Formerly Assigned to Monocesta Clark and Coelomera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2), 473-484, (27 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.473

Received: 27 May 2020; Accepted: 20 March 2021; Published: 27 October 2021

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