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Classification |
........Platycoelia
Dejean, 1833 |
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Platycoelia
puncticollis Ohaus.
Illustration by Dan Schmidt. |
Distribution
of Platycoelia species.
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Rutelinae
Tribes
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Anoplognathini
catalog |
Anoplognathini
key
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Rutelinae
taxa map |
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Distribution:
México, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela,
Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina. |
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Revision:
Smith,
A. B. T. 2003. A monographic revision of the genus Platycoelia
Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini). Bulletin
of the University of Nebraska State Museum 15: 1-202.
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Biological
Data: Generally found in montane wet forests, paramo, and puna
habitats between 1000-4200 m. |
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Temporal
Distribution: Seasonally emerge as adults usually with the
start of the wet season.
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Larvae:
P. gaujoni and P. lutescens described by Paucar-Cabrera
and Smith 2002
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Composition:
62 species.
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