Taxonomic revision of Australian Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 (part I) — four new species from Queensland (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae) Author Hendrich, Lars Author Šťastný, Jaroslav text Zootaxa 2014 3795 1 25 37 journal article 36861 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.3 ea99552d-1c2c-44eb-b4e6-9da54c06e601 1175-5326 286022 0F1FD87D-88C8-472E-91C1-054A5DE82F64 Platynectes subgenus Gueorguievtes Vazirani, 1976 Small to medium sized ( 5.6–8.6 mm ), roundish to oval, rather flat, shiny and mostly black beetles, usually with at least two yellowish spots, markings or several stripes on elytra. Metaventral wings narrow and almost parallel. Prosternal process sharp at apex. Parameres not strongly bent at middle. Metacoxal lines anteriorly obsolete, not reaching posterior margin of metaventrite. Penis somewhat asymmetrical in ventral view. Distributed in the eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Australian realms.