Octuroplata
| Octuroplata | |
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| Adult Octuroplata octopustulata photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Octuroplata Uhmann, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| Uroplata octopustulata Baly, 1864 | |
Octuroplata is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was described in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Uroplata octopustulata as the type species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini.[1] Nine species are known, ranging from French Guiana to Argentina.[2]
Species
[edit]This genus includes the following species:[1]
- Octuroplata bella Uhmann, 1940
- Octuroplata bohemani Uhmann, 1940
- Octuroplata bonvouloiri (Chapuis, 1877)
- Octuroplata octopustulata (Baly, 1864)
- Octuroplata octosignata (Weise, 1911)
- Octuroplata sinuosa (Chapuis, 1877)
- Octuroplata terminalis (Baly, 1865)
- Octuroplata uhmanni (Pic, 1933)
- Octuroplata walkeri (Baly, 1865)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. pp. 119–121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ↑ Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World Tribes and Genera of Hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (3): 767. ISSN 0013-8797. OCLC 630167895 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.