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A81087E3F3419234FF37A02AFAA8C97C.text	A81087E3F3419234FF37A02AFAA8C97C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis (Korschefsky 1932)	<div><p>Genus­ Platynaspis ­Redtenbacher</p> <p>Platynaspis Redtenbacher, 1843: 6. Type species: Coccinella bisbipustulata Fabricius, 1792 (= Coccinella luteorubra Goeze, 1777), by monotypy.</p> <p>Microrhymbus Gerstaecker, 1871: 348. Type species: Coccinella mesomela Klug, 1833, by original designation. Synonymized by Weise 1892: 413.</p> <p>Platynaspidius Miyatake, 1961: 161. Type species: Platynaspis maculosa Weise, 1910, by original designation. Synonymized by Ślipiński &amp; Tomaszewska 2002: 496.</p> <p>Phymatosternus Miyatake, 1961: 167. Type species: Platynaspis lewisii Crotch, 1874, by original designation. Synonymized by Ślipiński &amp; Tomaszewska 2002: 496.</p> <p>Paraplatynaspis Hoàng, 1983: 8. Type species: Paraplatynaspis bimaculatus Hoàng, 1983, by original designation. Synonymized by Ślipiński &amp; Tomaszewska 2002: 496.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Form broadly rounded or oblong to broad oval, dorsum convex and densely pubescent, often with a mixture of light and dark hairs, occasionally distinctly setose with dark brown to black, suberect to erect discal and marginal setae. Head (Fig. 1a) short and strongly transverse, compound eyes with short, erect hairs; clypeal margin laterally expanded over eyes. Antenna (Fig. 1b) short, with 9-11 antennomeres, insertions hidden under the expanded clypeal margin. Mentum (Fig. 1c) usually cordate with a moderately deep median emargination, labial palpi three-segmented, second broadly triangular, terminal palpomere elongate cylindrical, apically narrowed. Maxilla (Fig. 1d) with terminal maxillary palpomere securiform, apically divergent, obliquely truncate; cardo well developed, often laterally greatly expanded. Prosternal process T-shaped, with a pair of carinae. Legs with femora broad and flattened, retracted into foveae on underside at rest (Fig. 1h, i); middle and hind tibiae also often broad and externally angulate (Fig. 1i). Tarsal formula 4-4-4 (Fig. 1h, i). Abdomen (Fig. 1e) having six visible ventrites, abdominal postcoxal line variable, apically merged with the posterior margin of ventrite 1 (Fig. 1e) or recurved and incomplete (Fig. 1f), or incomplete with an oblique associate lateral line (Fig. 1g). Elytral epipleura narrow, deeply foveolate on level with mid and hind legs to receive femoral apices. Coxites elongate or transverse with a long handle (Fig. 1j). Spermatheca often with small flap-like appendages (Fig. 1k, l) or regular.</p> <p>­ Distribution. In South Asia, Platynaspis is distributed mainly in the northern and north-eastern regions of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Pakistan (Poorani, 2002; Kovář, 2007). In India, about a dozen species have been recorded mainly from the north-western and north-eastern regions, and only one species, P. flavoguttata (Gorham 1894), is known from southern India.</p> <p>Immature­stages.­ The larvae of Platynaspini are broadly ovate and dorsoventrally flattened and very similar in external appearance to the members of Aspidimerini, a tribe with almost entirely aphidophagous habits. Pupation in small groups is often seen in Indian Platynaspis spp., which is also common in Aspidimerini (unpublished observation). The morphology of the larvae and pupae in Platynaspini is probably an adaptation for myrmecophilous or myrmecophagous habits, well documented in species like Platynaspis luteoruba (Goeze) and P. lewisii Crotch (Ceryngier et al. 2012; Kaneko 2007).</p> <p>­ Biology­/­hosts. Indian species for which host data is available appear to be principally aphidophagous (label data; personal observations) except P. flavoguttata which is associated with ants (Gorham, 1894; label data).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3419234FF37A02AFAA8C97C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3439232FF37A27EFCC5CEC1.text	A81087E3F3439232FF37A27EFCC5CEC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis flavoguttata (Gorham 1894)	<div><p>Platynaspis flavoguttata (Gorham)</p> <p>(Fig. 2)</p> <p>Scymnus flavoguttatus Gorham, 1894: 208.</p> <p>Pharus flavoguttata: Weise 1895: 157.</p> <p>Platynaspis flavoguttata: Sicard 1913: 501.— Korschefsky 1932: 232.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 2.70–3.00 mm. Form (Fig. 2a–d) broad oval, moderately convex, densely pubescent with a mixture of yellow and dark brown hairs. Head (Fig. 2b) pale creamy yellow with a longitudinal median reddishbrown band or reddish brown with a pair of yellowish lateral spots or fully reddish brown, with a mixture of short, recumbent white hairs and much longer, suberect dark brown to black hairs. Pronotum (Fig. 2b) dark reddish brown with three creamy yellow markings on posterior margin, median spot somewhat spindle-shaped, constricted towards both ends, lateral sides occasionally creamy yellow (Fig. 2d); pubescence similar to head with a mixture of short, recumbent white hairs and long, suberect dark brown hairs. Each elytron with three spots in a 2–1 arrangement, first two spots positioned in anterior half just before middle, discal one transverse, not touching sutural line, lateral spot circular, touching lateral margin of elytron, posterior spot placed in apical 1/3 before apical margin, not touching lateral margin; pubescence with a mixture of short, yellowish recumbent hairs more or less confined to elytral spots, and a mixture of short, recumbent and much longer, dark brown, suberect hairs on darker areas of elytra. Ventral side reddish castaneous except antennae, mouthparts, and legs lighter yellowish brown, with yellowish white, recumbent pubescence, lateral margins of epipleura with dark brown erect hairs. Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete, apically merged with posterior margin of ventrite 1 (Fig. 2e). Male genitalia (Fig. 2f–h) as illustrated.</p> <p>Type­material­examined. Lectotype­(designated­here): “Cotype (Green bordered circular label)/ Belgaum, Bombay/ Andrewes Bequest B.M. 1922-221/ 1348/ Cotype Platynaspis flavoguttata Gorh. (Described as Scymnus)” (BMNH). Others: INDIA: Karnataka: Sagara, Mulllumane, 589 m, 14.33°N 74.79°E, 24.xi.2012, Sweep net, A.N. Reddy (NBAIR: 2F, 1M).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Karnataka. Sri Lanka. Myanmar.</p> <p>Prey­/­Associated­habitat. It is possibly myrmecophilous. Gorham (1894) observed that “the specimens were found living in amity with red ants in a hole in a Kindali tree, Terminalia paniculata W. et A.”. Associated with ants on Terminalia sp. (label data).</p> <p>Notes. This is the only species of the genus known from south India. This was not included in Poorani’s (2002) checklist. Poorani (2014) redescribed it from Karnataka and mentioned about the minor differences between the forms recorded from India and Sri Lanka. In Gorham’s description (1894), two specimens are mentioned and the sole specimen at BMNH (labelled as a ‘cotype’) is hence treated as a syntype and designated as the lectotype here to ensure stability of nomenclature (lectotype­designation).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3439232FF37A27EFCC5CEC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3459232FF37A5E2FE97C94E.text	A81087E3F3459232FF37A5E2FE97C94E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis khalaa (Bielawski)	<div><p>Platynaspis khalaa (Bielawski)</p> <p>(Fig. 3)</p> <p>Phymatosternus khalaus Bielawski, 1979: 112.</p> <p>Platynaspis khalaa: Dorji et al. 2019: 504.</p> <p>Diagnosis.­ Length: 3.00 mm. Form (Fig. 3a, b) broad oval, dorsum moderately convex, pubescence yellowish on pale areas and dark brown on darker areas. ­ Dorsal side pale yellowish-testaceous; middle of pronotum slightly darker, each elytron with an ill-defined, elongate oval, median black spot. Genitalia not studied.</p> <p>Distribution. Bhutan.</p> <p>Note. Bielawski (1979) described it as Phymatosternus khalaus and illustrated the male genitalia. He remarked about its resemblance with Jauravia assamensis Kapur and Cryptogonus bimaculatus Kapur, both common in north-eastern India. Jauravia assamensis is nearly circular in outline, weakly convex and pale creamy yellow to yellow with a black, curved discal macula of variable size on each elytron. Cryptogonus bimaculatus is reddish brown with a black median spot on each elytron. These two species can be further separated from P. khalaa by the generic characters.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3459232FF37A5E2FE97C94E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3459231FF37A26FFF15CCBD.text	A81087E3F3459231FF37A26FFF15CCBD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis lewisii Crotch 1874	<div><p>Platynaspis lewisii Crotch</p> <p>(Fig. 4a, b)</p> <p>Platynaspis lewisii Crotch, 1874: 198.— Korschefsky 1932; Mader 1955: 813.</p> <p>Phymatosternus lewisi: Miyatake 1961: 168.— Sasaji 1971: 218–219; Poorani 2002: 314.</p> <p>Description.­ Length: 3.00– 3.50 mm; width: 2.50–3.00 mm. Form (Fig. 4a, b) almost hemispherical, dorsum strongly convex and pubescent. Ground colour reddish brown, head yellowish in male, piceous to black in female. Pronotum piceous black with an obtriangular spot on the lateral side. Scutellar shield black. Elytra reddish brown, margins more or less black, each elytron with two spots, one placed posterior to humeral callus and transverse, the other one larger, distinctly longer than wide; sutural band starting below scutellar shield, gradually wider up to the basal fourth, then narrowed towards apex, marginal bands broadened around middle. Underside largely black except abdomen reddish brown. Genitalia not studied.</p> <p>Material­examined.­ NE Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou Pan</a> (Mt.), N20°12’ E104°01’, 1300-1900m, 11.iv.-15.v.2012 / BMNH {E}, 2012-14, C. Holzschuh, several specimens (BMNH).</p> <p>­ Distribution. Japan. China. Taiwan. Myanmar. India.</p> <p>Note. More colour variants were described by Miyatake (1961) with illustrations of the genitalia. Specimens examined in the collections of BMNH are illustrated here (Fig. 4a, b).</p> <p>Prey­/­associated­habitat. Kaneko (2007) recorded Platynaspis lewisii as feeding on ants tending brown citrus aphids.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3459231FF37A26FFF15CCBD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3469230FF37A2FDFA60CBE1.text	A81087E3F3469230FF37A2FDFA60CBE1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis octoguttata (Miyatake)	<div><p>Platynaspis octoguttata (Miyatake)</p> <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p>Phymatosternus octoguttatus Miyatake, 1961: 173.— Bielawski 1979: 110; Poorani 2002: 315.</p> <p>Platynaspis octoguttata: Dorji et al. 2019: 504.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 2.70–3.00 mm; width: 2.20–2.40 mm. Form (Fig. 5) rounded to broad oval, dorsum almost hemispherical, convex and glabrous. Ground colour creamy yellow to reddish yellow, dorsum pubescent. Head yellowish to reddish brown, paler towards anterior margin. Pronotum dark reddish brown, laterally yellowish, occasionally with an ill-defined blackish triangular patch in front of scutellar shield. Scutellar shield dark reddish brown to black. Elytra yellowish to reddish brown, with four black spots on each elytron. Male genitalia (Fig. 5e–g), female genitalia (Fig. 5c) and spermatheca (Fig. 5d) as illustrated.</p> <p>­ Material­examined.­ NE Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou Pan</a> (Mt.), N20°12’ E104°01’, 1300-1900m, 11.iv.-15.v.2012 / BMNH {E}, 2012-14, C. Holzschuh, several specimens (BMNH).</p> <p>­ Distribution. Bhutan. China. Laos. Vietnam.</p> <p>Note. Bielawski (1979) recorded it from Bhutan and illustrated a form with a slightly different colour pattern from the nominate form and described it as having black head and pronotum, elytra with large black spots and the elytral apices and suture more widely blackish. Several specimens from Laos in the holdings of BMNH were studied.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3469230FF37A2FDFA60CBE1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F349923DFF37A78FFAD0CD75.text	A81087E3F349923DFF37A78FFAD0CD75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis samcha (Bielawski)	<div><p>Platynaspis samcha (Bielawski)</p> <p>(Fig. 6)</p> <p>Phymatosternus samchus Bielawski, 1979: 111.</p> <p>Platynaspis samcha: Dorji et al. 2019: 504.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 2.80 mm. Body (Fig. 6) short oval, dorsum weakly convex, with dense, erect pubescence, black on black background, light yellowish on paler surfaces. Head dark testaceous, lateral sides paler. Pronotum medially black, lateral one-third yellowish. Elytra black with three yellow spots on each elytron arranged in a 2-1 pattern, anterior pair of spots adjacent to each other, posterior spot closer to the lateral margin than suture. Legs pale yellow. Ventral side dark piceous. Genitalia not studied.</p> <p>Distribution. India. Bhutan.</p> <p>Notes. Bielawski (1979) described it under Phymatosternus based on a single female specimen and it is included in Platynaspis following Ślipiński &amp; Tomaszewska (2002) and Dorji et al. (2019). Bielawski (1979) compared it with P. flavoguttata and differentiated it based on the colour pattern. This kind of colour pattern is present in more than one Asian species and a single female with a superficially similar pattern (Fig. 7) was examined from northeastern India but could not be identified conclusively. Another Oriental species, Platynaspis stictica Crotch 1874 (Fig. 4c) distributed in Southeast Asia, also appears to have a colour pattern similar to that of P. flavoguttata and P. samcha and their status can be ascertained only after the study of additional material including the types.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F349923DFF37A78FFAD0CD75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F34B923AFF37A78FFBDDCD9D.text	A81087E3F34B923AFF37A78FFBDDCD9D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis saundersii Crotch	<div><p>Platynaspis saundersii Crotch</p> <p>(Figs 8, 9)</p> <p>Platynaspis saundersii Crotch, 1874: 197.</p> <p>Platynaspis saundersii: Korschefsky 1932: 235.— Bielawski 1959: 107.</p> <p>Platynaspidius saundersii: Miyatake 1985: 11.</p> <p>Platynaspidius saundersi: Poorani 2002: 315.—Hayat et al. 2014: 140; Maqbool et al. 2020: 166.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 2.30–2.76 mm; width: 1.85–2.22 mm. Form (Figs 8a, 9f) short oval, dorsum convex and pubescent with white hairs. Head black. Pronotum black, except anterolateral corners yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra bright red or orange yellow to reddish brown, with nine black spots arranged in a 1-1/2-2-1 pattern on each elytron, one common spot just below scutellar shield, suture with a black stripe; occasionally elytral spots medially joined. Male genitalia (Fig. 8f–h), female genitalia (Fig. 8d) and spermatheca (Fig. 8e) as illustrated.</p> <p>Immature­stages. The larva (Fig. 9a, b) is dorsoventrally flattened and dark brownish with paler areas on the mid-dorsal and lateral areas. Pupation takes place in small groups (Fig. 9c). The larvae and pupae have a striking resemblance to the type found in Aspidimerini.</p> <p>Material­examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Nauni, Solan, iv.1987, Parkesh, K., Host: beans (1M, 1F); Katrain, 14.xi.87, A.K. Gupta, Host: Cauliflower (1M) (NBAIR). Many specimens without collection data received for identification.</p> <p>Distribution. India: North-western and north-eastern regions (Himachal Pradesh; Jammu &amp; Kashmir; Meghalaya; Uttarakhand; Uttar Pradesh). Pakistan. Nepal. Bhutan. Afghanistan.</p> <p>Prey/associated­ habitat. It is the only fairly well-known species of Platynaspis from the Indian region. It is widely collected as an aphid predator from different parts of north-western India and Pakistan. It is a common predator of Aphis pomi De Geer and scale insects on apple, pear and wild apple in north-western India (Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh) and Pakistan (Rafi et al. 2005; Khan et al. 2009; Hayat &amp; Khan 2014; Shah &amp; Khan 2014; Maqbool et al. 2020). Recorded hosts include: Adelges sp. (Adelgidae), Aphis gossypii Glover, A. pomi (Aphididae); Comstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock) (Diaspididae). Collected on cauliflower, beans, pine, and Cnicus sp.; Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aphis gossypii, Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis ruborum Börner, Chaitophorus sp. from Pakistan (Irshad, 2001). Collected on apple and Solanum nigrum in Himachal Pradesh (Sharma et al. 2017); collected on apple, pear and wild apple in Jammu &amp; Kashmir (Kundoo et al. 2018). On cauliflower, beans (label data).</p> <p>Collected during May-August (eastern India); April-June, and October-November (Himachal Pradesh) (label data). In Kashmir, adults were observed to emerge in May and started overwintering in November (Maqbool et al. 2020); collected during May–September in Kashmir, India (Kundoo et al. 2018).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F34B923AFF37A78FFBDDCD9D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F34D923AFF37A55EFED8CB87.text	A81087E3F34D923AFF37A55EFED8CB87.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis variegata Crotch	<div><p>Platynaspis variegata Crotch</p> <p>(Figs 10, 11)</p> <p>Platynaspis variegata Crotch, 1874: 198.</p> <p>Platynaspidius variegatus: Kovář 2007: 73.</p> <p>Platynaspis bimaculata Pang et Mao, 1979: 94–95 (preoccupied in Weise 1888).— Ukrainsky 2007: 212; Kovář 2007: 73 (synonymy with Platynaspidius variegatus).</p> <p>Platynaspidius bimaculata: Poorani 2002: 315.</p> <p>Paraplatynaspis bimaculatus Hoàng, 1983: 8.— Ślipiński &amp; Tomaszewska 2002: 496 (synonymy with Platynaspis); Ukrainsky 2007: 212; Kovář 2007: 73 (synonymy with P. variegatus).</p> <p>Platynaspis hoàngi Ukrainsky, 2007: 212.— Poorani 2014: 6. Unnecessary replacement name for P. bimaculata (Pang &amp; Mao).</p> <p>Platynaspis kapuri Chakraborty &amp; Biswas, 2000: 122.— Poorani 2004: 186; Poorani 2014: 6.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 2.50–2.90 mm; width: 2.00– 2.35 mm. Form (Fig. 10a–c) broad oval to subcircular, dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent. Head black. Pronotum pitchy black except anterolateral corners pale yellow. Elytra pitchy brown to black, elytral pattern variable, with an oblique, roughly hour-glass shaped yellowish marking across middle (Figs 10b, 11c), elytral apices pale yellow, sometimes fused with median marking to form a larger marking (Fig. 10a) or rarely almost fully melanic with a paler discal area (Figs 10c, 11j–m). Male genitalia (Fig. 10h–j), coxites (Fig. 10f) and female spermatheca (Fig. 10g) as illustrated. Larva (Fig. 11a, b, d–i) as illustrated.</p> <p>Material­examined. India: Assam: Hajo, 12.xii.1965 / CIBC-IS (4F, 4M: NBAIR).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Widely distributed in north-eastern region (Assam; Meghalaya; Sikkim; Tripura; West Bengal). China.</p> <p>­ Prey/associated­habitat. It is a common predator of aphids on various host plants in the north-eastern region of India. Devi (1989) recorded it as a predator of Greenidea formosana heeri Raychaudhuri et al. infesting Eugenia jambolana and Macrosiphoniella yomogifolia (Shinji) infesting Eupatorium odoratum and Artemisia vulgaris from Manipur (under the name “ Platynaspis indicus sp.­ n. ”). Chakrabarti et al. (2012) recorded it as a predator of Aphis spiraecola Patch on wild chilli pepper (Capsicum frutescens (L.)) from Sikkim, India. Aphis spiraecola on Eupatorium odoratum, indeterminate aphids on brinjal and Vitex sp. (label data). Collected during July-August, and December (north-eastern India) (label data).</p> <p>­ Notes. Kovář (2007) synonymized Paraplatynaspis with Platynaspidius and Paraplatynaspis bimaculatus Hoàng 1983 and Platynaspis bimaculata Pang &amp; Mao 1979 with Platynaspidius variegata (Crotch) in his catalogue of Palaearctic Coccinellidae. Poorani (2014) was unaware of Kovář’s (2007) nomenclatural act and established P. kapuri Chakraborty &amp; Biswas 2000 as the valid name for this species as the other two names were junior homonyms of Platynaspis bimaculata Weise, 1888 besides being synonyms themselves.</p> <p>Platynaspis indicus Devi, 1989 (listed as ‘ nomen nudum ’ by Poorani, 2002), was described with illustrations as a new species from Manipur, north-eastern India, in a doctoral thesis (Devi 1989: 131) and subsequently mentioned in an article by Shantibala &amp; Singh (1991). The habitus and male genitalia illustrations of ‘ P. indicus ’ by Devi (1989: Figs 35a, b, 63) leave no doubt that it is synonymous with P. variegata and the description appears to be based on the nominate form and also the darker colour variant with fully melanic elytra. Many workers such as Pang &amp; Mao (1979), Poorani (2014) and Chakraborty &amp; Biswas (2000) have illustrated P. variegata under the various synonyms listed above.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F34D923AFF37A55EFED8CB87	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F34F9227FF37A10EFB81CD0D.text	A81087E3F34F9227FF37A10EFB81CD0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis trimaculata Weise	<div><p>Platynaspis trimaculata Weise</p> <p>(Fig. 4d)</p> <p>Platynaspis trimaculata Weise, 1910: 49.— Korschefsky 1932: 235; Poorani 2002: 315; Kovář 2007: 596 (as ‘ species incertae sedis ’).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 3.10 mm. Form (Fig. 4d) short oval, dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent. Head and pronotum yellow, pronotum with a black median macula on posterior margin, scutellar shield dark brown, elytra yellow with two elongate oval discal black spots. Ventral side yellow except prosternum, meso- and metaventrites dark brown, abdomen yellow, abdominal ventrite 1 medially darker, brownish. Prosternal carinae inverted Y like without a stem. Genitalia not studied.</p> <p>­ Material­examined.­“ INDIA: Kalimpong, 1.V.85,?C31/ On Aphis sp./ C.I.E. A17184/ Platynaspis trimaculata Weise, R.G. Booth det. 1985, det. from orign. descr.” (BMNH: 1 ex).</p> <p>­ Note. A single specimen from Kalimpong (West Bengal) identified based on Weise’s original description by R.G. Booth (BMNH) was examined. It superficially resembles the common variants of two Indian / Asian species of Aspidimerini, Pseudaspidimerus trinotatus (Thunberg, 1781) and P. mauliki Kapur, 1948 and can be separated from them by the generic characters. Kovář (2007) included it as “ species incertae sedis ” but it appears to be a valid but very rare species endemic to the Eastern Himalayan region.</p> <p>­ Distribution. India: Sikkim; West Bengal.</p> <p>­ Prey­/­associated­habitat. ‘On Aphis sp. ’ (label data). Collected in May (label data).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F34F9227FF37A10EFB81CD0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3509227FF37A2A7FD89CAA9.text	A81087E3F3509227FF37A2A7FD89CAA9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis angulimaculata Mader	<div><p>Platynaspis angulimaculata Mader</p> <p>Platynaspis angulimaculata Mader, 1938: 51.</p> <p>Platynaspidius angulimaculatus: Canepari 2003: 265.</p> <p>This species was recorded from Nepal by Canepari (2003) based on a single female. Miyatake (1961) and Ren et al. (2009) illustrated the habitus and the male genitalia.</p> <p>­ Distribution. Nepal. Thailand. China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3509227FF37A2A7FD89CAA9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3509227FF37A00AFDFECB9D.text	A81087E3F3509227FF37A00AFDFECB9D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis ocellimaculata Pang & Mao 1979	<div><p>Platynaspis ocellimaculata Pang­&amp;­Mao</p> <p>Platynaspis ocellimaculata Pang &amp; Mao, 1979: 95.— Canepari 1997: 20.</p> <p>Pang &amp; Mao (1979) described it from China and Canepari (1997) recorded it from Nepal. Ren et al. (2009) illustrated the habitus and the male genitalia.</p> <p>­ Distribution. Nepal. China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3509227FF37A00AFDFECB9D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3509227FF37A6AEFC13C906.text	A81087E3F3509227FF37A6AEFC13C906.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis wittmeri (Bielawski)	<div><p>Platynaspis wittmeri (Bielawski)</p> <p>(Fig. 12)</p> <p>Phymatosternus wittmeri Bielawski, 1979: 110.— Poorani 2002: 315.</p> <p>Platynaspis wittmeri: Dorji et al. 2019: 504.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Length: 3.20–3.50 mm. Form (Fig. 12a–c) short oval, dorsum convex and densely pubescent. Head black. Pronotum black, except anterolateral corners yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra yellowish to reddish brown, with black maculae arranged in a 1-1/2-1 pattern on each elytron and lateral and apical margins of elytra bordered black, apical elytral macula merged with the lateral and apical borders, suture with a black stripe. It is externally very similar to P. saundersii and can be distinguished by the elytral pattern and the male genitalia (as illustrated by Bielawski, 1979).</p> <p>Material­ examined.­ “INDIA: Kalimpong, 1.V.85/ C32 on Aphis sp., C.I.E.A 17184/ Playtnaspis saundersi Crotch R.G. Booth det. 1985/ male genitalia in glass vial / Pres. by Comm. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1985-1/ Phymatosternus wittmeri Bielawski, R.G. Booth det. from orig. descr.”­ (BMNH: 1);­ “Gopaldhara, Bw. Darjeeling, 4720 ft. 12.vii.17, H. Stevens/ Phymatosternus wittmeri Biel. R.G. Booth det. 1985” (BMNH: 1); “Feeding on aphids on an aromatic plant / Kalimpong, 13.5.1965/ CIBC-IS/ 16/ C.I.E. Coll. No. A987/ Platynaspis saundersi Cr. R.D. Pope det. 1966/ Phymatosternus wittmeri Biel., R.G. Booth det. 1985” (BMNH: 1); “Coccinellid found on Artemisia/ Romain— India Oct. 1959/ CIBC-IS, 163/ C.I.E. Coll. No. 16900/ Pres. by Comm. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1960-2” (BMNH: 1).</p> <p>Distribution. India (Sikkim; Uttarakhand; West Bengal). Bhutan.</p> <p>­ Prey­/­associated­habitat. Collected in association with aphids; Aphis sp.; collected on Artemisia sp. (label data).</p> <p>­ Notes.­ Bielawki (1979) described it from Nepal and compared it with P. lewisii but it appears to bear a very close resemblance to P. saundersii and as mentioned by Bielawski, their male genitalia also are very similar and it is not clear if this is a valid species. The male genitalia of P. wittmeri could not be examined for comparison. If it is a good species, it is likely that at least some records of P. saundersii could turn out to be misidentifications of P. wittmeri because of their external similarity and the same distribution range.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3509227FF37A6AEFC13C906	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3529225FF37A78FFA6ECBFD.text	A81087E3F3529225FF37A78FFA6ECBFD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoplatynaspis	<div><p>Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov.</p> <p>(Figs 13–16)</p> <p>Type­species. Neoplatynaspis nataliae sp. nov.</p> <p>Diagnosis.­ Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov. differs from both Platynaspis and Platycrus primarily by its 9–segmented antenna with a strongly modified, triangular scape, strongly transverse and outwardly projecting pedicel and the terminal antennomere forming a large, knife-shaped club, and the middle and hind legs with strongly angulate tibiae having a triangular outward expansion. Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov. is similar to Platycrus in having trimerous tarsi but differs from the latter by its densely and strongly setose body, abdominal ventrites with stout marginal setae, and the broadly expanded, triangular and strongly angulate middle and hind tibiae. Platycrus has 11-segmented antennae, dorsum with uniform short hairs and extraordinarily broadened tibiae with rows of short thorns at apical tibial margin and a peculiar pocket-like structure to accommodate the tarsi in repose.</p> <p>Description. Platynaspini with form (Figs 13a, 14a) elongate, almost parallel sided, dorsum moderately convex, densely pubescent, lateral sides of pronotum and elytra densely setose with dark brown, spine-like, suberect or erect hairs. Head (Figs 13d, 14c) strongly transverse, clypeus anteriorly produced and expanded over eyes, covering antennal insertions, medially broadly and shallowly emarginate. Eyes somewhat small and coarsely faceted with sparse but distinct, erect interfacetal setae, inner margins posteriorly divergent, widely separated, interocular distance more than 3x as wide as an eye. Labrum (Fig. 14e) transverse. Antenna (Fig. 14h) short, 9-segmented, scape having a triangular lateral projection, pedicel transverse and wide with a subquadrate lateral projection with a rounded outer margin, antennomeres 3–8 progressively broader, antennomere 9 forming an elongate, knife-shaped club. Mandibles (Fig. 14d) apically bifid. Mentum (Fig. 14g) subcordate with a deeply triangular anterior emargination; labial palp (Fig. 14g) three-segmented, inserted dorsally, first palpomere shortest and ring-like, second wide, subtriangular, terminal labial palpomere elongate cylindrical and much longer than the second. Maxilla (Fig. 14f) with cardo large, roughly rhomboidal but laterally not produced; basistipes with an elongate, tubular anterior projection; terminal palpomere securiform, gradually wider towards apex, apical margin oblique truncate. Pronotum transverse, anterolateral corners rounded, posterolateral corners broadly angulate. Elytral punctures dual, somewhat irregular.</p> <p>Prothoracic hypomera with short, dark brown, bristle-like setae on lateral side in anterior half and yellowish setae. Prosternal process (Fig. 15a) elongate tubular, medially narrowed with divergent ends, prosternal carinae (Fig. 15b) distinctly and broadly divergent towards anterior, reaching much beyond level of anterior margin of procoxae close to anterior margin, widely separated anteriorly and somewhat narrowed towards apex. Mesoventrite (Figs 14b, 15a) strongly transverse, its anterior margin medially broadly and distinctly emarginate. Metaventrite somewhat tumid. Scutellar shield triangular, broader than long.</p> <p>Abdomen almost parallel-sided, apically broadly rounded. Elytral epipleuron apically incomplete, reaching up to ventrite 3, deeply foveolate for reception of middle and hind legs in repose (Fig. 14b). Wings well developed. Legs (Fig. 15 c-e) with fore and middle trochanters elongate quadrate with a straight outer margin, hind trochanters shorter with an angulate outer margin; femora broad, deeply grooved to receive tibiae at rest; fore tibia angulate with grooves to receive tarsi in repose, middle tibiae (Fig. 15d) and hind tibiae (Fig. 15e) much broader than fore tibia, strongly angulate and triangularly produced outward. Tarsal formula 3-3-3 (Fig. 15c–f); tarsal claws slender and elongate, apically bifid.</p> <p>Abdomen (Figs 13e, 14i) with six visible ventrites, lateral sides of abdominal ventrites with spine-like, erect setae; ventrite 1 posteriorly medially arcuate; abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, posteriorly merged with ventrite 1, with a long oblique associate line, together appear to form a complete postcoxal line enclosing a trapezoidal area (Figs 14i, 16b); ventrite 2-4 subequal, ventrite 5 slightly shorter than ventrite 4, posteriorly truncate in male, broadly emarginate in female; ventrite 6 broadly arcuate, posterior margin medially truncate in female, shallowly and broadly emarginate in male. Female coxites (Fig. 16c) transverse with a handle, spermatheca with well differentiated nodulus and ramus, nodulus outwardly produced; infundibulum absent. Male genitalia (Fig. 16d–g) with penis guide symmetrical, parameres broad and paddle-shaped, outer margins and apices of parameres with dense, elongate hairs.</p> <p>Etymology. The generic name Neoplatynaspis is formed from a combination of ‘ Neo ’ (=new) + ‘ Platynaspis ’ (=a known genus of lady beetle) in reference to its novelty as well as its relationship to Platynaspis. Gender feminine.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3529225FF37A78FFA6ECBFD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F3539220FF37A78FFA61CBB2.text	A81087E3F3539220FF37A78FFA61CBB2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoplatynaspis nataliae Poorani 2023	<div><p>Neoplatynaspis nataliae sp.­nov.</p> <p>(Figs 13–16)</p> <p>Diagnosis. It can be separated from other Platynaspis spp. of the Indian subcontinent by the dorsal colour pattern and the 9-segmented antenna with a single-segmented club.</p> <p>It has a superficial similarity to at least two species of Indian Aspidimerini commonly collected in the northeastern region, Cryptogonus quadriguttatus Weise and C. nitidus Kapur, both of which have four yellowish elytral spots on a dark brown to black background. It can be easily differentiated from these two species by the distinctly more elongate body outline and the densely setose body having a mixture of dark and pale hairs and the generic characters.</p> <p>Description. Length: 2.13–2.67 mm; width: 1.59 mm; TL/TW: 1.3–1.60: EL/EW: 1.06; PL/PW: 0.37; PW/EW: 0.81. Form (Figs 13a–c, 14a, b) elongate, subquadrate with broadly rounded corners. Dorsum weakly convex, densely pubescent with a mixture of stout and slender dark brown setae, head (Fig. 13d) with a mixture of stout dark brown, erect to suberect setae and thinner whitish hairs, paler areas of pronotum and elytral maculae with pale yellowish, regular setae interspersed with a longer, dark brown setae; lateral margins of pronotum and elytra with a mixture of erect and recumbent dark brown setae. Head dark brown in female, yellowish in male; pronotum dark brown except lateral sides creamy yellow; scutellar shield dark brown; elytra dark brown with four creamy yellow maculae arranged in a 2-2 pattern, first pair in anterior half a little before middle, somewhat circular, second pair of oblique oval, larger spots positioned above elytral apex in posterior half. Antenna with antennomeres 1–4 yellowish, rest darker, testaceous. Mouthparts dark brown. Ventral side dark brown in female; lighter testaceous brown in holotype male; legs lighter reddish brown, abdomen dark brown, lateral areas and apical ventrites paler. Head strongly transverse, interocular distance about 3.5× as wide as an eye. Head, pronotum and elytra with dense dual punctures.</p> <p>Male genitalia (Fig. 16d–g) with tegmen having broad, paddle-like parameres (Fig. 16d), apical and inner margins of parameres with dense, elongate hairs (Fig. 16d, e); penis guide elongate, arrowhead-shaped with a rounded apex in ventral view (Fig. 16d); subparallel up to two-fourth of its length, gradually narrowed thereafter to a pointed apex in lateral view, shorter than parameres (Fig. 16d); penis (Fig. 16f) with a well-developed capsule having a lamellate expansion, penis apex modified as illustrated (Fig. 16g).</p> <p>Female. Externally similar to male with darker head and ventral side. Female genitalia (Fig. 16c) as illustrated, coxites transverse with an elongate handle, spermatheca with distinctly differentiated nodulus and ramus, ramus short and semicircular, nodulus elongate transverse, stout and tubular, cornu with a distal tail-like projection.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Meghalaya; Bangladesh.</p> <p>Etymology.­ This species is named for Dr Natalia Vandenberg in appreciation of her significant contributions to Coccinellidae systematics. The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case.</p> <p>Material­ examined. Holotype, male: “ BANGLADESH: Badarganj, Rangpur, 19.i.1994 / J. Rahman Code H94, on bamboo IIE 23066/ male genitalia in glass vial/ Genus nr. Platynaspis, det. R. G. Booth, 1994/ Pres. by Int. Inst. Ent. BMNH (E) 1994-198” (BMNH); Paratype, female: INDIA: Meghalaya: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.87683&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.0832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.87683/lat 26.0832)">Jorabat</a>, N26°04’59.52” E091°52’36.59”, xi.2021, resting on banana, R. Thanigairaj (fully dissected, in microvial) (NBAIR).</p> <p>Prey­/­associated­habitat. The holotype from Bangladesh was collected on bamboo (label data). The Indian specimen was collected on banana (label data).</p> <p>Remarks. Both Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov. and Platynaspis have 9-segmented antennae, but the scape, pedicel and the single-segmented club in Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov. are unique in this tribe. The presence of strong lateral bristles on parts of the ventral side including inner sides of hypomeron and the lateral margins of abdominal ventrites is also characteristic. The subcordate mentum with a deeply triangular anterior emargination and the trimerous tarsi with slender, apically bifid claws are also distinctive from other Asian Platynaspis. Platycrus, the only other genus of Platynaspini with trimerous tarsi, is distinctive by its unusually broad legs with a peculiar pocket-like structure to accommodate the tarsi in repose.</p> <p>Among the Asian tribes of Coccinellidae, members of the tribe Serangiini (subfamily Microweiseinae) only have the last antennomere forming a large, knife-shaped club as in Neoplatynaspis. With the addition of Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov., the tribe Platynaspini has three genera at present.</p> <p>Revised­key­to­the­genera­of­Platynaspini</p> <p>1. Antenna 9-segmented, scape and pedicel unmodified, antennomeres progressively wider, last 3-4 antennomeres forming a compact club. Tarsal formula 4-4-4. Distributed in the Oriental, Palaearctic and Ethiopian regions..................................................................................................... Platynaspis Redtenbacher</p> <p>- Antenna 9-11 segmented. Tarsal formula 3-3-3. Distributed in the Oriental region.................................. 2</p> <p>2. Antenna 11-segmented, antennomeres 3–11 forming a fusiform club. Body covered with uniform short setae. Legs with unusually broadened tibiae with rows of short thorns at apical tibial margin and peculiar pocket-like structure for reception of whole tarsi in repose. Distributed in Laos......................................... Platycrus Szawaryn &amp; Ślipiński</p> <p>- Antenna 9-segmented, scape with a triangular outer expansion, pedicel strongly transverse and outwardly projecting, terminal antennomere forming a large, knife-shaped club. Body densely setose with bristle-like setae on dorsal and lateral margins, abdominal ventrites with distinct, stout marginal setae. Middle and hind legs with broad, triangular, strongly angulate tibiae. Distributed in India (Meghalaya) and Bangladesh......................................... Neoplatynaspis gen.­nov.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F3539220FF37A78FFA61CBB2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A7C7FDC8CD29.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A7C7FDC8CD29.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoplatynaspis Poorani	<div><p>Genus­ Neoplatynaspis Poorani,­gen.­nov.</p> <p>1.­­ nataliae Poorani,­sp.­nov.</p> <p>Distribution: India (Meghalaya).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A7C7FDC8CD29	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A68BFCCDCDB9.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A68BFCCDCDB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis angulimaculata Mader	<div><p>1.­­ angulimaculata Mader,­1938</p> <p>Distribution: Nepal (Canepari, 2003); Thailand; China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A68BFCCDCDB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A6C3FCE5CE72.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A6C3FCE5CE72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis flavoguttata	<div><p>2.­­ flavoguttata (Gorham,­1894)</p> <p>Distribution: India: Karnataka (Belgaum). Myanmar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A6C3FCE5CE72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A53BFE4BCE09.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A53BFE4BCE09.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis khalaa	<div><p>3.­­ khalaa (Bielawski,­1979)</p> <p>Distribution: Bhutan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A53BFE4BCE09	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A573FCEBCEC1.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A573FCEBCEC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis lewisii Crotch 1874	<div><p>4.­­ lewisii Crotch,­1874</p> <p>Distribution: India. Myanmar. China. Japan. Taiwan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A573FCEBCEC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A5ABFE04CE99.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A5ABFE04CE99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis ocellimaculata Pang & Mao 1979	<div><p>5.­­ ocellimaculata Pang­&amp;­Mao,­1979</p> <p>Distribution: Nepal. China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A5ABFE04CE99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A5E3FDFACF51.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A5E3FDFACF51.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis octoguttata	<div><p>6.­­ octoguttata (Miyatake,­1961)</p> <p>Distribution: Bhutan. China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A5E3FDFACF51	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A45BFE03CFE9.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A45BFE03CFE9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis samcha	<div><p>7.­­ samcha (Bielawski,­1979)</p> <p>Distribution: India; Bhutan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A45BFE03CFE9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A493FEA5CF85.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A493FEA5CF85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis saundersii Crotch	<div><p>8.­­ saundersii Crotch,­1874</p> <p>Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh; Jammu &amp; Kashmir; Uttar Pradesh; Uttarakhand; West Bengal. Nepal. Afghanistan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A493FEA5CF85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A4EFFD67C85D.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A4EFFD67C85D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis trimaculata Weise	<div><p>9.­­ trimaculata Weise,­1910</p> <p>Distribution: India: Sikkim; West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A4EFFD67C85D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A327FB55C815.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A327FB55C815.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis variegata Crotch	<div><p>10. variegata Crotch,­1874</p> <p>Distribution: India: North-eastern region (Assam; Manipur; Meghalaya; Tripura). China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A327FB55C815	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
A81087E3F358922FFF37A39FFCF8C8AD.text	A81087E3F358922FFF37A39FFCF8C8AD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platynaspis wittmeri	<div><p>11.­­ wittmeri (Bielawski,­1979)</p> <p>Distribution: India (Sikkim; West Bengal); Bhutan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A81087E3F358922FFF37A39FFCF8C8AD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Poorani, J.	Poorani, J. (2023): - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh. Zootaxa 5256 (4): 301-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1
