Published December 31, 2014 | Version v1
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Platynectes weiri

Description

Platynectes weiri -group

The weiri -group is here introduced as new. It is characterized by the presence of two rows of deep but small pronotal striae and seven to ten deep striae on elytron. In both species known so far the black elytron is covered with well-marked yellow stripes or small yellow dots. Posterior angles of pronotum acute. This species group has two species in Queensland, mainly recorded from isolated inland localities.

Notes

Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2014, Taxonomic revision of Australian Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 (part I) — four new species from Queensland (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae), pp. 25-37 in Zootaxa 3795 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/286022

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Biodiversity

Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Platynectes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
weiri
Taxon rank
species