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<taxonomicName id="A8A872D9A6B4BAA02E3FAA5D0CCFBB2B" LSID="E468C23E-4A53-58F1-9C1F-D3B2AC72E89D" authority="(Panzer, 1795)" baseAuthorityName="Panzer" baseAuthorityYear="1795" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">Plateumaris discolor (Panzer, 1795)</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="26D514B842C40AD16B6A3CB2F10537E7" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Type location.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C9C10C02E1FA8FC1E25B1A245E0CE32A" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Germany.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EC6831767E8CCD5DB4F371EBD4C2799C" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2A44A530B614078E233090D58B8FD184" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">The holotype is unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8049636D02E16FF93695B03776D38D93" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3DE063F00C88B957141B0CF68CB695C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris discolor</emphasis>
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was described by
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as
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<emphasis id="FEC8FD8C659E9CC99F82634CCB395269" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia discolor</emphasis>
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(
<bibRefCitation id="68E9F5FB44CC718FB783DCB5CD79F8D4" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1177.103212" author="Geiser, E" editor="Chaboo, CS" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="235 - 258" refId="B35" refString="Geiser, E, Geiser, R, 2023. Original descriptions of Palaearctic species of the genus Plateumaris C. G. Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) and their translations. In: Chaboo, CS, Schmitt, M, Eds., Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177: 235 - 258, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1177.103212" title="Original descriptions of Palaearctic species of the genus Plateumaris C. G. Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) and their translations." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1177.103212" volume="1177" volumeTitle="Research on Chrysomelidae 9." year="2023">Geiser and Geiser 2023</bibRefCitation>
), but the morphological variability of
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<emphasis id="87D831B434A6EF3AB6870DD26393978A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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is within the range of the variability of
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<emphasis id="206245DABE5B8ECDA0E66C906233AE4A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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. It was finally synonymised with
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<emphasis id="A12EF0B1C8CC9BD08A085D8412381E3F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="3C875B6B0E255B480BE95A211CAF3C73" DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm123157fv" author="Askevold, IS" journalOrPublisher="Quaestiones Entomologicae" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B6" refString="Askevold, IS, 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 157(S157): 5-175. https://doi.org/10.4039/entm123157fv" title="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 157 (S 157): 5 - 175." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm123157fv" year="1991">Askevold (1991)</bibRefCitation>
by examination of the endophalli from
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<emphasis id="1B350146EA5E8E7B9C3C7EB2CE41E51F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B49A684615D0157C75681CE9C99D3085" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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specimens which showed constant characters throughout their distribution area (Fig.
<figureCitation id="43CFB45478D7DF86581C360B5E5118CF" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Schematic sketch of the endophallus. Median ejaculatory guide blackened A Plateumaris sericea (and specimens identified as P. discolor) with apex of median ejaculatory guide rounded. The endophalli of specimens from Poland, Italy and Japan all look the same as in this sketch B Plateumaris shirahatai with apex of median ejaculatory guide notched (drawings by G. Geiser based on photographs from Askevold 1991 and Hayashi 2020)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1177.103214.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/898847" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">12a</figureCitation>
), but some authors continue to regard
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<emphasis id="F1641544444E1F320DC51080264207FB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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as a species propria (
<bibRefCitation id="4225AEC784B621AF59DCBD1DFD14E406" author="Silfverberg, H" journalOrPublisher=")" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B118" refString="Silfverberg, H, 2010. Donaciinae. In Loebl I, Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, vol. 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 354-368." title="Donaciinae. In Loebl I, Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, vol. 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 354 - 368." year="2010">Silfverberg 2010</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="FE8059BBF840A10E4477DB0D68F6D618" author="Bienkowski, AO" journalOrPublisher="Publishing Company Mukhametov GV, Livny" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B13" refString="Bienkowski, AO, 2014. Reed Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) [in Russian]. Publishing Company Mukhametov GV, Livny" title="Reed Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) [in Russian]." year="2014">
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2014
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D557B523BBB11DA66101763BB1E9488F" author="Rheinheimer, J" journalOrPublisher="Kleinsteuber Books, Karlsruhe" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B109" refString="Rheinheimer, J, Hassler, M, 2018. Die Blattkaefer Baden-Wuerttembergs. Kleinsteuber Books, Karlsruhe" title="Die Blattkaefer Baden-Wuerttembergs." year="2018">Rheinheimer and Hassler 2018</bibRefCitation>
); therefore, further arguments are discussed below.
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Several characters are used to distinguish
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<emphasis id="BA765C3E47A8E859BAFDEEC2C56F7D3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="12069BDE3433FD2632B0F88A70C96002" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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. The first are the antennomeres: in
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<emphasis id="8148FFAFDB00B4EEF459BEF15064DC9E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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A3 and A4 are a little bit longer than A2, whereas in
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<emphasis id="5A4A1E5BEBB8298F71ABA3BDF75B4189" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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A3 is 1.5
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as long as A2 and A4 is twice as long as A2. In fact, the length of the antennomeres is very variable, therefore the difference between &quot;a little bit&quot; and &quot;one and a half&quot; is not clear.
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The second is the pronotum disc: in
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<emphasis id="5444AEA836D6FE9609E0F27A96608151" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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it is more punctured and transversely wrinkled whereas in
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<emphasis id="598B43B8502D30DB5A5ABA366D20BB99" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
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it is very finely sculptured. However, the structure of the pronotum disc varies in both
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in its sculpture and shows an intermediary form in many cases.
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The third is the median lobe of the aedeagus, which is also very variable (Fig.
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). This is shown also in the drawings and pictures in identification keys. Sometimes the aedeagus picture of
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<emphasis id="061DE1B71859F2C1E489969EA761900C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
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in one key looks most similar to the picture of the aedeagus of
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in another key. When a drawing or photograph was made from different angles of view, the same aedeagus can look different in shape and contour. There exist specimens with &quot;
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&quot; antennomeres and &quot;
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&quot; pronotum and vice versa. Also, each shape of the aedeagus can occur with any combination of the antennomere or pronotum characters.
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Due to these variations, there are no reliable morphological characters to distinguish
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<emphasis id="A269F1EAC86061D37F6B978680040E94" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="C99E89BBCC8C1FB0D9D8CA866A53EF1C" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="E2287842A167B8A94000E23D217DDF38" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Other evidence suggests that they may be separate species:
<taxonomicName id="A4CDB467FFE5BAB8724594B066B28885" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="E333CA95702F4B3100B4B832BE5DB7B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is reported to be assigned to acid soil and peat bogs where the larvae develop on
<taxonomicName id="B318F62849A21782FB3EEB77DED77D31" class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Carex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carex" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AF88C6B324BB5540AE338FFA8A9BE557" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Carex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3AF746E56508EF470F34FAD10A7DACB9" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Juncaceae" genus="Juncus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juncus" order="Juncales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CAB22BBAD232FF27F88FB246D9BF7D12" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Juncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and related plants, whereas
<taxonomicName id="783D9106438C6B94B810D489E85AB2DE" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="1F7074559444468C6AF39D45E34B956E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
prefers various wetland habitats with alkaline soil (
<bibRefCitation id="429BCE90159ACE75B6C7C1734AD38A89" author="Rheinheimer, J" journalOrPublisher="Kleinsteuber Books, Karlsruhe" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B109" refString="Rheinheimer, J, Hassler, M, 2018. Die Blattkaefer Baden-Wuerttembergs. Kleinsteuber Books, Karlsruhe" title="Die Blattkaefer Baden-Wuerttembergs." year="2018">Rheinheimer and Hassler 2018</bibRefCitation>
). Their larvae feeds on
<taxonomicName id="1FAECF048233F7DBDEA0CA8BD71353E3" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Sparganiaceae" genus="Sparganium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sparganium" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="163A7794C56D50053D80E787DC6B1E89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Sparganium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and
<taxonomicName id="36A9F196517DD9C1D4A799DA2387DA0D" authorityName="C.Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Iris pseudacorus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudacorus">
<emphasis id="AC824ABC137F74B2E08CE04B477D22E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Iris pseudacorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bienkowsky, 2014). However,
<taxonomicName id="36999C3436EE5658EEA8FF758F069D47" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="47C55A36ADAB5415180D845675E512AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has such a large distribution area and is very abundant even nowadays in contradiction to almost all other
<taxonomicName id="268A4EEA1B099902AB22C6E2DB06F0EA" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1837" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Donaciinae">Donaciinae</taxonomicName>
species, therefore, it is more likely that the food plant is also widespread and abundant. This is the case with
<taxonomicName id="B9C755725FECAA7DAB991A2FD38DE861" class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Carex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carex" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A9C2C83A66A691EA886F6EED4EEC46D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Carex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="45CC2F42F7D2AFFFB59B8FBC44D50FF5" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Juncaceae" genus="Juncus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juncus" order="Juncales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7116891BFE89CDE648ECC44B16EB16CB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Juncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but not with
<taxonomicName id="CF6FAFA83C5A123E1548097637CAFC4D" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Sparganiaceae" genus="Sparganium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sparganium" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2409A14E2193B3D1EE8CE850F565BA5A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Sparganium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="80EB9772C5DEE41EFDA651BD0141945D" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Iris" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="422A4EA3EEA7C3177FA6F467F788CB20" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Iris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the key to
<taxonomicName id="F2D4C26333CEE24E48E5B809E79C187C" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1837" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Donaciinae">Donaciinae</taxonomicName>
larvae in Japan
<bibRefCitation id="B7574D59E66D2B10A6D08EA45D2736FD" author="Narita, Y" journalOrPublisher="Elytra, Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="1 - 30" publicationUrl="http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" refId="B100" refString="Narita, Y, 2003. Descriptions of Donaciine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 31 (1): 1 - 30, http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" title="Descriptions of Donaciine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan." url="http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" volume="31" year="2003">Narita (2003)</bibRefCitation>
mentions
<taxonomicName id="4C8CD2AE6BA75392F6B017AE0C802C5F" class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Carex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carex dispalata" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="species" species="dispalata">
<emphasis id="756540123283802CE2D629A03817BB39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Carex dispalata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boott. and
<taxonomicName id="5A92ABD9D9ABA714F30E6FA1B08DEAE3" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Scirpus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Scirpus fluviatilis" order="Cyperales" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="fluviatilis">
<emphasis id="99625C5FB3464690AC64777766BB905F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Scirpus fluviatilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Torr.) A. Gray as food plants for the larvae of
<taxonomicName id="B30CAD9B98DA72C5A89440B2D00D2382" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="36548A3B332CDE45FFCAB29DB0164BB3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This is definitely not a confusion with
<taxonomicName id="762EBBFE612750C9C79C53B11612A60E" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="0B63CB0B33C00AC1752E66E3FFD17C6D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because the latter does not occur in Japan. Therefore, the assignment to the food plants in Bienkowsky (2014) contradicts the study of
<bibRefCitation id="E02D0D4BE09A43B0341BA7BA876DF0B9" author="Narita, Y" journalOrPublisher="Elytra, Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="1 - 30" publicationUrl="http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" refId="B100" refString="Narita, Y, 2003. Descriptions of Donaciine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 31 (1): 1 - 30, http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" title="Descriptions of Donaciine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Japan." url="http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/Elytra/31(1)001NaritaY" volume="31" year="2003">Narita (2003)</bibRefCitation>
and is in general not a suitable argument that
<taxonomicName id="DE616FB951A4583AE0F14888EF31822E" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="5415993171DDEA9C8FB89E5DC3809DF7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a separate species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="879A905CF90E3D315E32895BE316B68D" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Molecular studies by
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and J. Bergsten (pers. comm. NHRS, 23 Jan 2023) indicate that
<taxonomicName id="7062A1F46598D2F166158E116B38248D" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="699E09FCDB3984130FCA983F427B0E2C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is genetically very variable. In molecular phylogenetic trees, specimens identified as
<taxonomicName id="BCCE66F1658B139E993ED4C333B75E47" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="2AE17FA37F9060054F03495284681168" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are resolved in between
<taxonomicName id="9729DCAECAB38634119BB2CB374BE8F9" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="326741C12E3D6D3EACED30BDFA4FEA2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens, sometimes in groups and separated from
<taxonomicName id="0D70E5AECD458FACDA190F16307FBBB6" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="E8520083AB159757D3FE2B8059F0E1CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
groups, sometimes not. It is likely that some of these specimens identified as
<taxonomicName id="7AB6AFFB8B7A3B82FF64B15A9F71578D" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="283AA81D2CEF39542B68BCA08DF403FE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are &quot;some kind of&quot;
<taxonomicName id="26B905B583BAFB954F26C9C87CA06392" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="2F87B91FA48B8B521112589A417784AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and vice versa, because morphological characters are not reliable to distinguish them. There is another problem: it is possible that
<taxonomicName id="BA814EA56BC3010A3C3D39BD18AE71DD" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sericea" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="C0CA31C3C0818922989051CFF8932EA6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consists of several cryptic species but
<taxonomicName id="09F8C2CDE4D6AE2F67F51D76A9306D8C" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="FC1788422E28D1EB4F21E5FF35E85B69" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may not be one of them.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6C613624978000D084A6ECB42D27F3E4" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="B2824DFE8CE2A15B504616C0027931C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3316874CA174B7D9807A9039AB9E96D0" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
More than
<specimenCount id="DA20EB851F77DA48C2FC0BD7DE7586F7" type="generic">100 specimens</specimenCount>
labelled &quot;
<taxonomicName id="C9D05495DE1DFE8E999DA6B6829BFA36" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. discolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discolor">
<emphasis id="3E1BD9532FFB0B9B2E658D4C019799AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. discolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; from different localities in Europe.
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