Brachyplatys subaeneus ( Westwood, 1837 )

Rédei, Dávid, 2016, The identity of the Brachyplatys species recently introduced to Panama, with a review of bionomics (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae), Zootaxa 4136 (1), pp. 141-154 : 142

Brachyplatys subaeneus ( Westwood, 1837)

( Figs. 1 –19)

Plataspis subaenea Westwood, 1837: 17 . Syntype (s): Bengalia [= India or Bangladesh]; OXUM! Brachyplatys vahlii (non Fabricius, 1787): Aiello et al. (2016: 8). Misidentification.

A complete list of synonyms was provided by Davidová-Vilímová (2006).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Two syntypes of Plataspis subaenea Westwood, 1837 and their labels. Fig. 1, syntype # 1, dorsal view; Fig. 2, same, ventral view; Fig. 3, same, labels; Fig. 4, syntype # 2, dorsal view; Fig. 5, same, ventral view; Fig. 6, same, labels. Scales in mm, Figs. 3 and 6 not to scale (© OXUM).