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Platypus transformis Schedl 1936

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Platypus transformis Schedl

Platypus transformis Schedl, 1936a: 16

Platypus angusticeps Schedl, 1942: 203. syn. n.

Taxonomy: Platypus angusticeps was transferred to Baiocis by Browne (1962: 651), but returned to Platypus by Schedl (1967). Wood and Bright (1992) list the species under Baiocis, and state that there are female syntypes in BMNH, but they are not in that museum, and were evidently not returned by Schedl (see comments in Beaver 1998). The senior author has examined the female specimen incorrectly labelled by Schedl as 'holotype' (NMW). It is a female specimen of Platypus transformis Schedl (specimens examined in BMNH, NMW and RAB).

Distribution: The distribution of the species extends from Sri Lanka through Malaysia and the Philippines to the Bismarck archipelago.

Biology: Almost all records of host trees are from the Dipterocarpaceae, and the species evidently has a preference for that family (Browne 1961). Browne (1936) records the species attacking large living dipterocarp trees through wounds.

Notes

Published as part of Beaver, Roger A., 2018, A review of the genus Baiocis Browne, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new species, new synonymy and a key to males, pp. 481-501 in Zootaxa 4434 (3) on pages 498-499, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1292271

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E1C5030FFD44845FF607665FE5CFE44

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.5 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1292271 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/62252848FFC54857FFF77174FFD3FFE9 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/9E1C5030FFD44845FF607665FE5CFE44 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/145993675 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/29866/taxon/9E1C5030FFD44845FF607665FE5CFE44.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Platypus
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Schedl
Species
transformis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Platypus transformis Schedl, 1936 sec. Beaver, 2018

References

  • Schedl, K. E. (1936 a) Notes on Malaysian Scolytidae and Platypodidae and descriptions of some new species. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 18, 1 - 18.
  • Schedl, K. E. (1942) Zur Scolytoiden-Fauna der Malayischen Halbinsel. V. Kolonialforstliche Mitteilungen, 5, 169 - 218.
  • Browne, F. G. (1962) Taxonomic notes on Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 4 (1961), 641 - 656. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222936108651189
  • Schedl, K. E. (1967) Zur Synonymie der Borkenkafer. XVI. Entomologiske Tidskrift, 88, 147 - 163.
  • Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), part 2: taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist, 13, 1 - 1553.
  • Beaver, R. A. (1998) New synonymy, new combinations and taxonomic notes on Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museums in Wien, 100 B, 179 - 192.
  • Browne, F. G. (1961) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1 - 255.
  • Browne, F. G. (1936) Biological notes on Malayan ambrosia beetles. Malayan Forester, 5, 120 - 127.