A new species of Platydema Laporte and Brulle from Peru, with notes on similar species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

A new species of Platydema Laporte and Brullé, P. xanthostigmatum from Peru, is described and compared to other Western Hemisphere species with frontal horns in the male. Platydema hondurense Champion is reduced to a synonym of P. erythrocerum Laporte and Brullé and P. rodriguezi Champion is reduced...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Coleopterists bulletin 1994-09, Vol.48 (3), p.245-251
Main Author: Triplehorn, C.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal horns
Biological taxonomies
Coleoptera
DISTRIBUCION NATURAL
DISTRIBUTION NATURELLE
Entomology
ESPECE NOUVELLE
ESPECIES NUEVAS
Excavations
Female animals
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Male animals
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION
NEW SPECIES
NOMENCLATURA
NOMENCLATURE
PEROU
PERU
Platydema
platydema xanthostigmatum
Species
SYNONYMS
SYNONYMY
TAXONOMIA
TAXONOMIE
TAXONOMY
TENEBRIONIDAE
Western hemisphere
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Summary:A new species of Platydema Laporte and Brullé, P. xanthostigmatum from Peru, is described and compared to other Western Hemisphere species with frontal horns in the male. Platydema hondurense Champion is reduced to a synonym of P. erythrocerum Laporte and Brullé 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. erotyloides Chevrolat is discussed.
ISSN:0010-065X
1938-4394