Platynectes decempunctatus

Hendrich, Lars & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2014, Taxonomic revision of Australian Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 (part I) — four new species from Queensland (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae), Zootaxa 3795 (1), pp. 25-37 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F1FD87D-88C8-472E-91C1-054A5DE82F64
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6131490
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787AA-C214-FFD4-E185-E93CDB3B990C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platynectes decempunctatus
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Platynectes decempunctatus View in CoL -group

The members of this species-group are characterized by the acute posterior angles of the pronotum ( Guéorguiev 1972). In many species the elytron has a yellow fascia or two to five yellow dots and/or a narrow stripe of variable length along lateral margin of elytra. This species group is distributed from Malayan Peninsula all over Indonesia including Moluccas, New Guinea, Philippines and Australia.