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Plateumaris rufa

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Plateumaris rufa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Plateumaris
Species:
P. rufa
Binomial name
Plateumaris rufa
(Say, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Donacia rufa Say, 1826
  • Plateumaris chalcea (Lacordaire, 1845)
  • Plateumaris sulcicollis (Lacordaire, 1845)

Plateumaris rufa is a species of aquatic leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the eastern United States and Canada, from West Virginia north to Quebec.[2][3] It was first described in 1826 by Thomas Say based on a specimen found on the bank of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.[4] The species has variable coloration. Although it is typically metallic reddish copper, it is sometimes blue, green, or rarely purple. Its appendages are rufous (reddish brown).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Plateumaris rufa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Plateumaris rufa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ a b Askevold, Ingolf S. (1991). "Classification, Reconstructed Phylogeny, and Geographic History of the New World Members of Plateumaris Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 123 (S157): 5–175. doi:10.4039/entm123157fv.
  4. ^ Say, Thomas (1826). "Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (2): 283–284.
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