Platynaspis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Platynaspidini
Genus: Platynaspis
Species (59): P. abdominalis – P. angulimaculata – P. atrata – P. babai – P. bimaculata – P. bistriguttata – P. bivittata – P. capicola – P. circumcincta – P. discicollis – P. disconigra – P. ferruginea – P. flavoguttata – P. gamma – P. ghesquierei – P. goellnerae – P. gressitti – P. hainanensis – P. higginsii – P. huangea – P. kapuri – P. khalaus – P. kollari – P. lanyuana – P. lewisi – P. lineola – P. litura – P. luteorubra – P. maculosa – P. marginata – P. martini – P. mesomelas – P. nepalensis – P. nigropectoralis – P. obscura – P. obstinata – P. ocellimaculata – P. octoguttata – P. plagiata – P. quadripunctata – P. quinquepunctata – P. rudis – P. rufipennis – P. salaamensis – P. samchus – P. saundersii – P. sexguttata – P. sexmaculata – P. sicardi – P. silvestrii – P. solieri – P. stictica – P. tricolor – P. trimaculata – P. tristis – P. variegata – P. vittigera – P. weyersi – P. wittmeri
Name

Platynaspis Redtenbacher, 1843: 121
Synonyms

Microrhymbus Gerstaecker, 1871 (syn. Weise, 1892)
Paraplatynaspis Hoang Duc Nhuan, 1983
Phymatosternus Miyatake, 1961
Platynaspidius Miyatake, 1961

Type species

Coccinella luteorubra Goeze, 1777, by original designation

References
cited sources

Redtenbacher, L. 1843. Tentamen Dispositionis Generum et Specierum Coleopterorum Pseudotrimerorum Archiducatus Austriae. Dissertatio inauguralis. Caroli Ueberreuter, Vindobanae, 32 pp. [issued again in 1844 in Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 5: 113–132.] BHL Reference page.
Gerstaecker, A. 1871. Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 37(1): 345–363. BHL. Reference page.
Slipinski, S.A. & Tomaszewska, K.W. 2002. The genus Crypticolus Strohecker, 1953 – redescription and transfer from Endomychidae to Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). Annales zoologici 52(4): 493-497. Full article on ResearchGate Reference page.

other references

Poorani, J., 2004. An Annotated Checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of Indian Subregion. Published online, 90pp. Full text PDF Reference page.
Weise, J. 1892. Synonymische Bemerkungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1892: 413–414. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Coccinellidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Platynaspis – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Platynaspis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Platynaspis Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Tribe Platynaspini (Coccinellidae) - atlas of ladybirds of Russia

Platynaspis is a genus of beetle of the family Coccinellidae.
Species

Platynaspis bella Wollaston, 1864 (Canaries)
Platynaspis bisignata Mulsant (Madagascar)
Platynaspis capicola Crotch, 1874 (Africa, Indian Ocean islands)
Platynaspis flavoguttata (Gorham, 1894)
Platynaspis litura Weise, 1891
Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)
Platynaspis mesomelas Klug, 1833
Platynaspis nepalensis Canepari, 1997
Platynaspis nigra (Weise, 1879)
Platynaspis ocellimaculata Pang & Mao, 1979
Platynaspis pilosa Sicard, 1930
Platynaspis saundersii Crotch 1874
Platynaspis rufipennis Gerstaecker, 1871
Platynaspis solieri Mulsant (from Africa)
Platynaspis trimaculata Weise, 1910
Platynaspis usambarica Weise 1897
Platynaspis villosa Fourcroy, 1785