Andersonoplatus

Andersonoplatus
An artist depiction of an Andersonoplatus, a genus of flea beetles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Andersonoplatus
Linzmeier & Konstantinov, 2018
Type species
Andersonoplatus microoculus
Linzmeier & Konstantinov, 2018

Andersonoplatus is a genus of flightless flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae. All 16 species are new to science and discovered from Venezuela and Panama.

Species

This genus includes the following 16 species:

References

  1. ↑ Linzmeier, Adelita M.; Konstantinov, Alexander S. (2018). "Andersonoplatus, a new, remarkable leaf litter inhabiting genus of Monoplatina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)". ZooKeys (744): 79–138. Bibcode:2018ZooK..744...79L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.744.22766. PMC 5904521. PMID 29670446. Retrieved 3 April 2018.