Platynectes weiri

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 : 26

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.6131484
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787AA-C21D-FFDD-E185-ED69DB999D31
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platynectes weiri
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Treatment

Platynectes weiri View in CoL -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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dytiscidae
Genus	Platynectes

Specimens

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