• Source: Platyphora

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




Selected 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


Olckers, T. Biology and physiological host range of four species of Platyphora Gistel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with Solanum mauritianum Scop. (Solanaceae) in South America / The Coleopterists Bulletin
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NCBI
Universal Biological Indexer
Institut national de la recherche agronomique

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Platyphora
• Platyphora testudo
• Sociality
• Linostoma
• Thomas Hartmann (biologist)
• Aenigmatias
• Chrysomelinae
• Coleoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae