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<taxonomicName id="BAE9870678275395668E1610AC177848" LSID="A995AB7F-7228-5275-867D-15B3E7D2E71D" authority="(Duvivier, 1885)" baseAuthorityName="Duvivier" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier, 1885)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="7B5D3EF2AC159419890FE49246F60B19" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Plateumaris weisei A habitus B, C aedeagus: Median lobe and cap of tegmen (photographs by K. Matsumoto) D cap of tegmen E median lobe (from Hayashi 2020). Scale bars: one unit - 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1177.103214.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/898852" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="111471A71C7D9600728D6F71236E0526" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">Donacia weisei</taxonomicName>
Duvivier, 1885: cxvi.
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<taxonomicName id="20CB6168558B099E4AC35D9C106D4B41" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia borealis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="borealis">Donacia borealis</taxonomicName>
Mannerheim [nomen nudum].
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<paragraph id="DEFB795E331755F460409A86421E6555" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="3CEE664910E35CE8476A2BE1D8E06E8C" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris hirashimai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirashimai">Plateumaris hirashimai</taxonomicName>
Kimoto, 1963: 13.
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<paragraph id="A71CAE5C878300DD424302C392954FD1" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="6A6874A4781972DAA2D06F96D3B9E812" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia (Plateumaris) mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica" subGenus="Plateumaris">Donacia (Plateumaris) mongolica</taxonomicName>
Semenov, 1895: 267.
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<paragraph id="1AD043468555EDC649A40630D4537E54" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="3B2C31FC345182556409804ADB0C8EA6" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">Plateumaris morimotoi</taxonomicName>
Kimoto, 1963: 13.
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<paragraph id="0245353F3DB94A72F4728A36617CB094" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="DCB03030DF4118C1C80B46C544970305" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">Plateumaris consimilis orientalis</taxonomicName>
Shavrov, 1948: 49.
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<taxonomicName id="E99A05B366FB52BCFDD9DFD21D1D578A" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris sachalinensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">Plateumaris sachalinensis</taxonomicName>
L. N. Medvedev, 1973: 876.
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<paragraph id="6BCA9D61F10972340AF38AAF63CBDDDD" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Type localities.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="268D418023914F3D189D50E0EBE9DA30" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="545C825FF46BC08780990528ED2F4ED2" baseAuthorityName="Duvivier" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="48E2E030B882CD80D703F7F00BD08341" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
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: Siberia. Original label text:
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coll. Duvivier&quot;;
<taxonomicName id="ACD42068AA4E8CDC485977B5408A2EB2" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="1D08635380E7CFE247FF3557727A2EC2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
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: Far East, Vladivostok, Sedanka, Russia;
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<emphasis id="426F2C2EBEB9AE41F63AC88DD85C4D73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris hirashimai</emphasis>
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: Hokkaido, Ashoro in Tokachi, Japan;
<taxonomicName id="1B87B8A79380DDD0345E077AC98DFB31" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="CD3CC74E2AE39829208EE9ACE259F871" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris mongolica</emphasis>
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: North Mongolia, Borcha-Urga, Mongolia;
<taxonomicName id="56387653B467607ECB3EA34728915DEC" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="A0471443C7C954E044C27DE1C87AC989" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Hokkaido, Tenninkyo Mt. Daisetsu, Japan;
<taxonomicName id="36551D30F6AE664B0108106E3A4E7767" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris sachalinensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="48B0507D93D2EAE7FE144202E743C09F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Far East, Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.
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<paragraph id="51C15BD9029905572483726FC7CEF70F" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D0FD3CE6FA915416BBA6B48B2384A9F5" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Type of
<taxonomicName id="BE2646955B0DF94B3D7C4DA13E5D9674" baseAuthorityName="Duvivier" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="4C2B31FE7406E31A2E94091F745E7C7E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 1 syntype, Siberie coll. Duvivier; Museum Paris coll. H. Clavareau 1932, vid. I.S. Askevold 1984 (MNHN-EC-EC2129). Image of type specimen: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ec/item/ec2129?listIndex=2&amp;listCount=6.
</paragraph>
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Type series of
<taxonomicName id="E0B04518706405ED3CD80A49C5F3A0FF" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="85C61AA9172CDA3001B451A94B0F16A7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Russia • 3 ♀; Far East, Vladivostok, Sedanka; 19 Jun. 1937 [present depository unknown].
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<paragraph id="D99C7FF68F79BAE78A5A10C4F6FC55C5" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Type of
<taxonomicName id="F08B82200CE06641BD753D9EF17A7E76" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. hirashimai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirashimai">
<emphasis id="AB8EA69B8A74857743AF8480FF88ADE2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. hirashimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Japan • 1 ♀; Hokkaido, Ashoronuma in Tokachi; 28 Jul. 1949; R. Matsuda leg.; collection Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Type of
<taxonomicName id="B4FCA4FB35D83C90597B41B40ACF732B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="402CA06DEA0924D974066667CAC3E8BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. mongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Mongolia • 1 ♂; valley of the river Borcha, from Urga to the East; 6 Jul. 1894, B. Kaschkarow leg.; collection Semenov [present depository unknown].
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<paragraph id="12C4BA433264E2CDFDD24168CA9977A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Type of
<taxonomicName id="3C777151A094546683B790F2FB0DB2BF" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="1AC74C12E28B046D14EF9F76A9825569" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Japan • 1 ♂; Hokkaido, Tenninkyo Mt. Daisetsu; 27 Jul. 1955; K. Morimoto leg.; collection Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="901C7A41FEB091564A32560A7573046F" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Type of
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<emphasis id="A3359F880FCDF6C069F1F000A54BAA1B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Russia • 1 ♂; Far East, Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; 12 Jul. 1955; collection of N.N. Filippov [present depository unknown]. Paratype: Russia • 1 ♂; Far East, Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; 10 Jul. 1955; [red label:] Paratype
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<emphasis id="0E4766949CE748D5A0B57496F7329C45" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris sachalinensis</emphasis>
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Medvedev,
<taxonomicName id="2F216EB78793217BB96CF6DF3178F17E" baseAuthorityName="Duvivier" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="A6D02C692DE29A248514128C0946A0D6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
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Duv. E. Geiser 2021 det.; NMEG.
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<paragraph id="F3F138A1C72BAE99B82A471C9F216A88" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
The photographs of the syntype of
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<emphasis id="C33DA78B09675C5C1012DF69C9247911" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the paratype of
<taxonomicName id="E984E5673864055681A6B206561FA989" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sachalinensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="D65A000B70A4B88E85D74FA8860F73DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were examined.
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<emphasis id="4F736239A6FE10EA2D0A60227024263F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Figure 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5F1B58AD800F20D8855738E90A69BF9B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">A</emphasis>
habitus
<emphasis id="C45D26ADA5D70A9D448F661A372B6C2E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">B, C</emphasis>
aedeagus: Median lobe and cap of tegmen (photographs by K. Matsumoto)
<emphasis id="1FF5BDA6C6452333B50E183727AF1C11" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">D</emphasis>
cap of tegmen
<emphasis id="56D448A814C7648D5C75BB34A48836C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">E</emphasis>
median lobe (from
<bibRefCitation id="811E22A4CE3B7134F5D70A25B0C5B0E5" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review, Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B50" refString="Hayashi, M, 2020. Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61-160." title="Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61 - 160." year="2020">Hayashi 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Scale bars: one unit - 1 mm (
<emphasis id="663478F0EF90105EB9931714313119D2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">A</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="5F5A1AF5FE6CB5AE1A15915431DA9FAD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">D, E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3CCBAECE54412DB834EAED5596F65315" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" type="taxonomic history and synonymies">
<paragraph id="AA5EEAF83F74CAB0ECECBD28DD6C1A16" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Taxonomic history and synonymies.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A12A5605982B6E6BF737D150E877007" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
This list of synonyms and their shifting positions (see below) indicate the main systematic problems with
<taxonomicName id="2546BE695C2F6F8A7199CBDD55BB18DC" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="EC1A805DA45764EBEBD4540F319B4664" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. First, it is difficult to distinguish it from other
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<emphasis id="C067624AD41ADE6A5F2B9F166D8AE0D6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. The variety of conspicuous morphological characters (colour, relative length of antennomeres, shape and structure of pronotum, shape of metafemoral tooth, etc.) overlap with other species. Second, the locality name in the first description
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is anything but precise. Third,
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<emphasis id="1F70E9790D6092482263270A7C2779AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a particularly wide distribution range, from northern Fennoscandia through European Russia and Siberia to Far East, Mongolia, Northern China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. Altogether this resulted in the new descriptions of
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<emphasis id="C92C2507FFC0842175E0012204A9AAA5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species when a specimen was found outside Siberia with slightly different characters.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="73A786F123C271E4AA31B528DD716227" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="C04E77F7257233ED07522C644B895CBB" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia borealis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="borealis">
<emphasis id="C59760AF50941589E68DD8EE4F780C3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia borealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mannerheim), nomen nudum: the first who recognised that a specimen of still undescribed
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<emphasis id="4E768D80F59B027EBB4981D933EF6E03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belonged to a new species was Carl Gustav Mannerheim, a Finnish entomologist (1797-1854). He labelled a specimen (possibly more than one specimen, but I only found this one) from
<normalizedToken id="50ED59BA37CD1FF3FD8EC3C68BDF7492" originalValue="“Lapponica”">&quot;Lapponica&quot;</normalizedToken>
with &quot;
<taxonomicName id="69D96B4B4906F0430901C0B95E2C1660" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia borealis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="borealis">
<emphasis id="07E5760173806E956A39A948221E67D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia borealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot;, which clearly is
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<emphasis id="91F418C499FFBEDB6A0208513795AFF7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(vid. E. Geiser 20 Jul. 2022). This specimen is stored in the coll. Mannerheim (LUOMUS). Mannerheim had the intention to describe it, but he died before he could publish a description.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EF3DB3F69D0E0CB828015668813299EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="D1B742A3B3EE9919CE3A2F1017EA434B" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris hirashimai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirashimai">
<emphasis id="E932F6F56444F76096B19C08400D24F0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris hirashimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was first described by
<bibRefCitation id="A060854253B3D67F4A69C6938F4C50BA" author="Kimoto, S" journalOrPublisher="Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B66" refString="Kimoto, S, 1963. Descriptions of new species of Chrysomelidae from Japan, with notes on some known species. Fragmenta Coleopterologica 3-4: 13-18." title="Descriptions of new species of Chrysomelidae from Japan, with notes on some known species. Fragmenta Coleopterologica 3 - 4: 13 - 18." year="1963">Kimoto (1963)</bibRefCitation>
from Japan, Hokkaido.
<bibRefCitation id="5B442238261AEBC4DB4B3645E7EBF2CF" 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>
: 58) synonymised it with the statement &quot;The endophallus of specimens of
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<emphasis id="DA229E0179069BB7D3051D543FF49D7E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. hirashimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is indistinguishable from that of specimens of
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<emphasis id="88C575060A7AFA20F55B1923501069E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Finland in any significant way nor do they differ significantly in external structure&quot;.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2950F5E84233B9F7711BD9868F4BFE80" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="C9C9109CD8310A9C282630212E25C2EF" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="A794FF0D0FBC25E3D5786CB891E4DAF4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia mongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="A9531374C8DD44DEF83947E77BBE3F33" author="Semenov, AP" journalOrPublisher="Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="251 - 270" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45835#page/311/mode/1up" refId="B116" refString="Semenov, AP, 1895. Coleoptera asiatica nova. V. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 29 (1894-1895): 251 - 270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45835#page/311/mode/1up" title="Coleoptera asiatica nova. V." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45835#page/311/mode/1up" volume="29" year="1895">Semenov (1895)</bibRefCitation>
based on a single male specimen from Mongolia, east of Ulaanbaatar. He also regarded
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<emphasis id="FF6821E8310D950CC91693C90B0AD74E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subgenus to
<taxonomicName id="C9CCB18B78C5031890CDBB66DFF72072" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1775" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Donacia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Donacia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EB1A7326167D34B0B94851C7124C195C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
where this new species should be allocated. The description is very detailed (
<bibRefCitation id="B671489A03E0D8155434C4C29E5D467F" 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>
). Additionally, Semenov listed many characters to distinguish the new species from
<taxonomicName id="7BD4E5EFCE22DCE3D65EF02EFE9D0DD7" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="3E3171922ED2C1F0576B15ECE39462A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="73A925355B4D8799CDBA0F1A8EC0DF88" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. rustica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rustica">
<emphasis id="FF3AE251899E889EEDF3D7D9CF356D9C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. rustica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="97961A0A0F397392B82DC8DB34455463" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="79D0DDBCBE57480637F4CEB55D375654" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Nevertheless, he suspected that this new species could be an aberration of
<taxonomicName id="47E8897A540A0377D9D6C2CC823CA15D" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="211C367DBF57CFA4787F21FC41CF9B3C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which he had never seen then.
<bibRefCitation id="1D71201FF1FF050307DC272F8E2B5F34" 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>
: 58) checked the description and suggested that
<taxonomicName id="B938E5BAF7F26084DC078CF863E74FE0" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="45C279BD4281AC5FB42318E2BAE631BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. mongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is probably a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="DD778635716CA6B229A606390DC64AD4" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="0EFC2A0DD265CEF50548C0A15CC5B06E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is regarded as a genuine synonym by
<bibRefCitation id="2EFA5B7887EFC9990CBE4D0AFCA2DA27" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review of Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B48" refString="Hayashi, M, 2001. Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae). Entomological Review of Japan 56 (1): 1 - 8" title="Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)." volume="56" year="2001">Hayashi (2001</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="27E8B91151910AB34AC95D715FDE330E" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review, Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B50" refString="Hayashi, M, 2020. Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61-160." title="Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61 - 160." year="2020">2020</bibRefCitation>
),
<bibRefCitation id="6CFFBEEDF67BD82FEFBF786A09BD4DAA" author="Warchalowski, A" journalOrPublisher="Natura Optima Dux Foundation, Warszawa" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B131" refString="Warchalowski, A, 2010. The Palaearctic Chrysomelidae - Identification Keys. Natura Optima Dux Foundation, Warszawa" title="The Palaearctic Chrysomelidae - Identification Keys." year="2010">
<normalizedToken id="EEA00D92C2B005BB8FBC55CD271DA6DD" originalValue="Warchałowski">Warchalowski</normalizedToken>
(2010)
</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="2B06F9048EC43188E1B59767ECE28AE0" 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>
. I examined 9 specimens from northern and central Mongolia identified as
<taxonomicName id="9040CB220C62D18E07532C8179AF45B3" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="04846AB11E33C38094B69391EC9798C5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. mongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(stored in coll. Frey in NHMB, in NMEG, and in ZFMK). They show completely yellow legs and almost completely yellow antennomere (only some distal antennomeres are darkened at the apex). Their metafemoral tooth is clearly visible but well within the variation of
<taxonomicName id="E4715E0DEC86CE3339C3DD56B81DE0BB" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="7CA5BADFAE88B0DB409AB20C301BE782" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and not so prominent as in
<taxonomicName id="59C88C5D9AF7E0DF17EFBD14CDBE567A" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="4283F176D4F50FF1A082F5A83D0C0039" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They all are typical
<taxonomicName id="B3037E97C3A8CF7960BD904DC822AA1F" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="E43783045199DF4989B022D809B451A8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7B6EF1455732F6F9EEDC282F821DB536" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mongolica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mongolica">
<emphasis id="6CA91102A7174CC9340A9E48E7DCBEB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. mongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="D6FD2C11E97F55C7308178B90314362B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="F26B18A935FD9DD49C94F6D0ACCEA6A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9B8F72C55530D073ACEB5066A6613665" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="3971BEB2654F00ECE8EDE43B3BCE4F87" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="6762E9CFAD6F6F21041FAFEB4B4147CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was first described by
<bibRefCitation id="C62EB1948D8887777A21CDF80D03C1C5" author="Kimoto, S" journalOrPublisher="Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B66" refString="Kimoto, S, 1963. Descriptions of new species of Chrysomelidae from Japan, with notes on some known species. Fragmenta Coleopterologica 3-4: 13-18." title="Descriptions of new species of Chrysomelidae from Japan, with notes on some known species. Fragmenta Coleopterologica 3 - 4: 13 - 18." year="1963">Kimoto (1963)</bibRefCitation>
from a single male specimen from Japan Hokkaido. After studying additional material
<bibRefCitation id="FB0E7EF9CF9948D3A6D5C8A5BCD9492B" author="Kimoto, S" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="23 - 26" refId="B68" refString="Kimoto, S, 1981. New or little known Japanese Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 34: 23 - 26" title="New or little known Japanese Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)." volume="34" year="1981">Kimoto (1981</bibRefCitation>
: 25) concluded that
<taxonomicName id="87F50145ED4343875A3F28CB22D2EC14" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="45F6AAC39F90DBF828B8BE394E4E4CD1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only an infraspecific variation of
<taxonomicName id="ED959D749559E36A92B4E9996F814982" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. hirashimai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirashimai">
<emphasis id="762D0E1D446773A6D0F19FE3DBF7F78E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. hirashimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and therefore synonymised it with the latter. Then
<bibRefCitation id="66567A754427698CDC6CAADA607A278C" 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>
: 58) synonymised
<taxonomicName id="8E882E16F47978F12C7E7C6FB28686B8" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. hirashimai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirashimai">
<emphasis id="F607125347FD75045BDC2C5409875F51" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. hirashimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="CD313F387E630B2D4C14AAD46A14FA8C" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="4DB112D030FC4D887D6E05B4FC181C9E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above). Subsequently,
<taxonomicName id="CF7108F8C8DDDC1F682126F6AA300646" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. morimotoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="6098D155C5F76E97C19716355A3422BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
became a synonym to
<taxonomicName id="9A1AE2646A30237EB924925B5D17D194" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="913A369BC9C936637F721C12CEAC1571" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, too.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E466E97D4CF5C8D3EA816632F9313441" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="B413A1CDC5AEE339536959AF0FC8D95F" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="CC93BA4588EF3CE901AAA6181C326097" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="40AD403FBA7BB648D1BD87F4D136FB33" author="Shavrov, WB" journalOrPublisher=")" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="49 - 52" refId="B117" refString="Shavrov, WB, 1948. Novye formy i mestonakhozhdeniya donaciy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Subfam. Donaciinae) fauny SSSR. II. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel biologicheskiy (N. S.) 53 (1): 49 - 52" title="Novye formy i mestonakhozhdeniya donaciy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Subfam. Donaciinae) fauny SSSR. II. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel biologicheskiy (N. S." volume="53" year="1948">Shavrov (1948)</bibRefCitation>
as a new subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="6B57701185273F782429AEE780B1955E" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="7B76F3CACF584D1968CC168D8A3D75DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Vladivostok, based on three female specimens. His detailed description (
<bibRefCitation id="A4147679D3AA5ECB561017AF5A476678" 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>
) fits to
<taxonomicName id="FA67FE18A4B6EEEAC7F01AE81A2DE96B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="4502FC7FB92E18273917772E60BDC29D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well as
<taxonomicName id="FBED08F0F8DF98CA0E965E21B5631023" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="17BA0EA5566785AF89DA24025209235D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. He also discussed the controverse opinion of
<bibRefCitation id="24B10C518ECDFC722F2156D93731F79A" author="Kolossow, J" journalOrPublisher="Herausgegeben von Hans Wagner" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="28 - 29" refId="B73" refString="Kolossow, J, 1930. Annotationes de quibusdam Donaciini. Coleopterologisches Zentralbl. Bd. 5. Organ fuer systematische Coleropterologie der palaearktischen Zone. Herausgegeben von Hans Wagner 5 (1): 28 - 29" title="Annotationes de quibusdam Donaciini. Coleopterologisches Zentralbl. Bd. 5. Organ fuer systematische Coleropterologie der palaearktischen Zone." volume="5" year="1930">Kolossow (1930)</bibRefCitation>
that
<taxonomicName id="6634A1DF8CF9ABAA7EF305E202D6B9FF" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="9949D8BE0DDEBD7C73C7D282934DDE9B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed only in the western Palaearctic, whereas Reitter indicated &quot;Europa, Sibirien, Japan&quot;. For Shavrov this new subspecies was a proof or a very strong likelihood that
<taxonomicName id="8738B488642739E8B107E6643F3DA28B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="3C66D43670ED16FA71A985A78A563145" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurred in the whole Palaearctic region. He also recognised that some features are different from the European specimens, but he deduced that such differences are due to the huge distance. Therefore, separate subspecies of European species are common in beetles of the Far East.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="11796648A53BEECE398693197A197993" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<bibRefCitation id="A6190943371107BACA088F83A31CB93D" 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>
: 58) assessed
<taxonomicName id="C7A7DD2F5156DC1046BD9D0962AB57AF" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="870238E9F6AC6D38D84D136B554D866B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a &quot;probable new synonymy&quot; by studying the original description. However, he also considered
<taxonomicName id="A15350923EE51ACA7168DCEF86DBAFED" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="C702804D7A232160756154C3D9F860FA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonym to
<taxonomicName id="C6CF0175B23F1B4E6340FBD83090BA6B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="6F1E422070521DDF3278ADF8637A1DDF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Therefore, it is not clear, to which of these two species it is synonym because
<taxonomicName id="46E11F6F3B2696A9F52C0D80C6028F76" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="428AF711DBE3BCE33D6EAF68A6FF0FD7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also occurs in the same area.
<bibRefCitation id="1A633D85CD77FB0EF1D1E1D313A9C129" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review of Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B48" refString="Hayashi, M, 2001. Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae). Entomological Review of Japan 56 (1): 1 - 8" title="Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)." volume="56" year="2001">Hayashi (2001)</bibRefCitation>
studied
<taxonomicName id="01BDD65EBDF0133DD02BB8400FC1F106" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="59A707A7DD66DAF9EF13530E8108AE1B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7544144A95BBCBCF224312DABF4388DE" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="F3218AED0BBAB13B475A95C43165FE73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
thoroughly and worked out that these are unambiguously two different species.
<taxonomicName id="3B5E62C7B9B36045A62098064D7CD90D" authorityName="Weise" authorityYear="1898" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="F64E0BC9A16F66A82DA0D435E711CF23" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has (mostly!) a prominent, blade like metafemoral tooth whereas
<taxonomicName id="7E0E63A6CC16BA21DF4D02BCD31A4D10" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="FD410D8FF9132F1EFA7B70718983BBE0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has no metafemoral tooth or only a slight protrusion. He also listed
<taxonomicName id="D0B95C4CA7390E04FEDB959525C4FD4D" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="E11A1E415A7D4CA7EEFEB39701B1403A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonym with
<taxonomicName id="FD0192B92475EF89C26E025187B51D15" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="FA92E28D75FC13162844DA3F7499F723" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9278A4CC07C2A1D66EE8AD65E64DCBB3" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
In the coll. Frey (NHMB) I found two specimens from Japan, Honshu, Fukushima, labelled &quot;
<taxonomicName id="FA503C2CDCD45DF3495E3E07BAAB1B01" baseAuthorityName="Schrank" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="EF0B5C7D4A9209B446A35B20E4B61C76" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Schrank det. M.
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, both collected in 1948. These two specimens refer not to
<taxonomicName id="30A5AD372A8ACC4CA413285A0765F240" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis subsp. orientalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="consimilis" subSpecies="orientalis">
<emphasis id="5A06C64CA5AE787B9851FF2AEABFFBC3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Shavrov but were only misidentifications of
<taxonomicName id="BE3124B41EF6F101A6F249234E1ACD1B" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. constricticollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="constricticollis">
<emphasis id="27D24DC904DEC37F7B917F481936F87C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. constricticollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. At this time, the distribution area of
<taxonomicName id="00AF8EA7B24650C2F7D8B63CFF0C7256" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="426840BE3FAFBC88A373BED70C248F0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was regarded to reach as far as Japan. I never saw a specimen from East of Ural which had some similarity with
<taxonomicName id="3E62CDCC0D9D3CA1C5A9DF5CC010F789" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. consimilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consimilis">
<emphasis id="CEDA264EF76EAE13CA175C1FE1FE5C70" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. consimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8CA024212CC10FE1F55CFC79EEAFE3BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="FB4CEF0C08E88532F6072D09375137EA" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris sachalinensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="25B3D9568A58F8C97DE4C65AA1371E20" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="08F6BDE35C6D4ADB8E7A9EB6B44F1834" author="Medvedev, LN" journalOrPublisher="Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="876 - 885" refId="B90" refString="Medvedev, LN, 1973. Novye zhuki-listoedy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) palearktiki. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 52: 876 - 885" title="Novye zhuki-listoedy (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) palearktiki." volume="52" year="1973">Medvedev (1973)</bibRefCitation>
as a new
<taxonomicName id="27F50D6802846F810E8FDC84092938BC" authorityName="C. G. Thomson" authorityYear="1859" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="89874859CA09C56846DB237E5EA01BF8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from the Sakhalin Island (
<bibRefCitation id="16BF77CF3350398E89C1BB08926F604A" 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>
). He compared it with
<taxonomicName id="9CA3AC53DD9400EE98E2B770BB9101FE" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="3C9C00E20E98C3BF3B23D03F316E342A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in some characters (long antennae, metaformal tooth very weak) but put it close to
<taxonomicName id="1BEBA09602CF8B95BF2FA9AA12E2E477" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. obsoleta" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obsoleta">
<emphasis id="75E26B4A418E8E4EF26025A62471D7E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. obsoleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which is synonymous with
<taxonomicName id="6C66239D55B7945DC40965EF06EEF5C2" 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="AA851252CD7FE8D9BEB6D30E52A58041" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="9F8AB894A0E3C0DCEBB85907C89275EB" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. shirahatai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shirahatai">
<emphasis id="8C245E6DC7BBE9B2FD25718771161142" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. shirahatai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). He regarded it as an intermediate form between the
<taxonomicName id="E88883363965A77AA6B15BB4F1BF3FB9" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="86656C4F787EAF9992C6F1886FA7CBA8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E8236F9C9F375890811245A5828381E9" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="119494814019B0A28F02C9A146E16804" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and the
<taxonomicName id="ED89AB169AA4208D5718E16B2B154175" 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="5A3B23F25919221672CE662C72BBDABF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sericea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Later,
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even regarded
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<emphasis id="AC30EDF656B003144E9EC16462DE24D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="E6AF1666F8856F25159475B4CC810835" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. obsoleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. I studied the paratype specimen from NMEG: In contrast to many
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<emphasis id="8E96943A33DCAC36E57CA33566E9DAD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
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specimens which have reddish antennae and legs, in this specimen large parts of the legs are metallic darkened. Probably, this colouration of the legs prompted
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to place this species close to
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<emphasis id="8C5F7ED5DCCB13333341DD039DA9C3FA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. obsoleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Also, the apical part of each antennomere is darkened. This and the other characters fit easily into the range of variability shown by
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<emphasis id="FC72203B3ADA3B93549EA6658291A10B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(for more morphological details see
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="18AAAE78B62A3E8CDF5AC50C6F2F5ED2" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
After the study of the original description
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: 58) suggested that
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<emphasis id="1B88B1F3235F8C1C77E2A3BF3E512163" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be regarded as a &quot;probable new synonymy&quot; to
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<emphasis id="C5D3AB9E7E898C4CD108B0D7A89DAB7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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,
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) and
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regarded it as a synonym,
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(2014)
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considered it as a valid species.
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<normalizedToken id="E2884CC7E63560FFC23AA3280A09EB89" originalValue="Warchałowski">Warchalowski</normalizedToken>
(2010)
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separated it in his key from other
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<emphasis id="18EA7609F6EBC80BB106CF1978BF24CD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
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species because of the dark metallic legs but also mentioned that it is regarded as synonym to
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<emphasis id="C9CE3952B3173C7BC78C41EE60EC8CA5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by some authors. Although
<bibRefCitation id="51DCF3BD31547D7D931009FBE7E665FB" 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>
regarded
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<emphasis id="8CAA764C959D660D7A8353D4683DA17E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonym to
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<emphasis id="4B222619429E42BA191188FB0FAFC0BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the weak metafemoral tooth of
<taxonomicName id="8203F429914D65E7D0AD10DA069FDE75" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. sachalinensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="7757B1DCA354550F6C6DEE4A51334920" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a typical character of
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<emphasis id="AB52DE9710FD0D70A04285DD21B86142" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and excludes
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<emphasis id="1AA6357BCDA8AEE61EE8AAF23C7CA508" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
here.
<bibRefCitation id="B98C05FC11E4DC81D015E31E215CE72C" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review of Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B48" refString="Hayashi, M, 2001. Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae). Entomological Review of Japan 56 (1): 1 - 8" title="Taxonomic notes on Plateumaris amurensis Weise and Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)." volume="56" year="2001">Hayashi (2001)</bibRefCitation>
, who finally separated
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<emphasis id="30A2428EA381F996D11BF28E8EB1FC6A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E6875F4259D3EFBF12B83779F99D7DB0" class="Insecta" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. amurensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amurensis">
<emphasis id="3F88614955E5A356DDCBADAFC9F96288" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, confirmed the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="0792B49FD07BB3E5E405EB38D3BA5C85" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="255D050C90B39AAC4A5365DBC54B92F2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="499EE1C0E715E3E5790045DE785FD607" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="CB30AEF21BF49F6AB3977F0A4F858E08" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CDDA738D29B98FC85C4B55C3C74D260E" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Pronotal disc finely rugose and punctured, sometimes with microsculpture, median line obsolete, sometimes shallowly furrowed (similar to
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<emphasis id="2742023DFDC21C17EC79B9AE41914767" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. shirahatai</emphasis>
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), metafemur with a small, not blade-like tooth, usually rufous at the base; aedeagus with apex of median lobe arced on both sides, gradually narrowed apically, without a median lip.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FB20D013440926AE87F78EF1D6C161D0" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" type="description">
<paragraph id="DA021B38306B136F1C411A9D4FFB3ECD" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C3D5410304107B016DA70545C29A1B28" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="EF04B93ED6C8BD8D6AB64EDF0647CD30" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Size</emphasis>
: Males 6.2-7.0 mm, females 6.8-8.0 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1945CECEEE2018F4DFFA26C01D9FBAFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="3A040155CB577571852A520BDB746C65" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Colour</emphasis>
: Most specimens dorsally cupreous or bronze, sometimes metallic green, blue, purple, or non-metallic brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED024E4B2DAF327EC6EB6A936DD0B2CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="00F49FF21C5585968D4DC0F53D16574E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Head</emphasis>
: Eyes small, supraocular furrow indistinct, vertex pubescent with deep median line, antenna entirely rufous in most specimens but in some specimens darkly rufous or apically metallic, antennomeres: A5 longest in second to A6 and ca 3.5
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as long as wide, A4 ca 2.2
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as long as A2.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CBF923F785B45B3D8F51B97F99E06265" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="FEA93C9F3C43AB535733199FCC34D229" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Pronotum</emphasis>
: Outline subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, basal part narrowed, slightly cone-shaped, anterior tubercles distinctly visible or almost entirely smooth, disc more or less punctate, rugulose, median groove indistinct or shallowly furrowed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="47A8FDC22BCBF7B23B856D9D41C077C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="873A09875D61C7A0E281ACB34B82611B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Elytra</emphasis>
: Transverse rugae between the rows of punctures, especially on interstices 1-4.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="26E2D6B78EA59AE7EE316E0C12AB32E2" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="832716E2181174684CD696CEC840AD0B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Legs</emphasis>
: Yellow-reddish, in some specimens more or less darkened, femur, tibia, and tarsomere pubescent, outer apical angles of pro- and mesotibiae with a spine, outer apical angles of metatibiae with a small spine, metafemoral tooth mostly blunt or moderate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83C0602E626E2034D0B43BBB4759A112" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="9D30A3A940CE2897F3FEBCB7986E8A1E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Aedeagus</emphasis>
: Apex of median lobe arced on both sides, gradually narrowed apically, without a median lip, cap of tegmen rounded at apex (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F17185261FF842487D1BDCAD97F5665" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
The main different features between
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<emphasis id="CFB6C8706C6975AA32CE12EAB561DFFD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. amurensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="10F7520C23F34A21CAA461195CD16FA4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are shown in Table
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. The east Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="AD19F93CE1E6D9F52DFF8BF9BC2D44B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
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species are not easy to distinguish which was also explained in the comments to the synonyms. Misidentifications are common. Oddly enough, in several collections I found the label &quot;
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<emphasis id="821FF9AB18EB8891330B0AC77EB62CC6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[or
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<emphasis id="93E27B333C74906A724BAA3424DA21BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]
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<emphasis id="52819A2B8564702FCD00021ACD78560A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Duvivier&quot; attached to blue specimens from central Asia, collected circa 1900, which in fact were
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<emphasis id="C73A7617553519F9C64A0A454C846699" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Donacia bactriana</emphasis>
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Weise, 1887. Somehow the
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name has been shifted and was then regarded as the species name.
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<paragraph id="F27A2D6103F60A6C42EC98EBF55394B1" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5EA95EE7D858F98054A1083CD26DC73F" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Larvae were found at the roots on
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<emphasis id="35C78B5C08A436F867630199AF46FFA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Carex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
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and
<normalizedToken id="56316637B70443E31503AC09EB41CC14" originalValue="Orlova-Bieńkowskaja">Orlova-Bienkowskaja</normalizedToken>
2004
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F2450BCFD37176035E79769F9D492A87" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" author="An, SL" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="63 - 65" refId="B2" refString="An, SL, 2019. Two new records of the subfamily Donaciinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12 (1): 63 - 65, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" title="Two new records of the subfamily Donaciinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Korea." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" volume="12" year="2019">An 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="E95264389C11A5A02094C0A1C1C95518" 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>
described the last instar of the larvae which he gained from the host plant
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<emphasis id="9EC54D5E03286338859697FF39D46CF2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Carex middendorfii</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="7CB2ADB0B9974D4ED87E080FDE417C40" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4D6C9A38484F7F7B54C5B5085F37C8B1" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
<taxonomicName id="CF9DC99595304170E89EA89F624ED780" baseAuthorityName="Duvivier" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Plateumaris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plateumaris weisei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weisei">
<emphasis id="674E9C3FD8D49ED60ABF42AAA6CD8C15" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
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is a Trans Palaearctic species, it occurs from northern Fennoscandia through Siberia to the Far East, northern China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. Also, it occurs in a broad span of latitudes, from the arctic polar circle (67°N) to 35°N in Korea. Records exist for Europe: Sweden, Finland, Russia (north and central part of European Russia).
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<paragraph id="7F62E6D2A5A771EAB8EE0C28ACAB78D2" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Asia: China (Heilongjiang [new in PalCat], Inner Mongolia), Japan (Hokkaido), Mongolia, Russia (west, east, and south Siberia [new in PalCat], Far East), South Korea [new in PalCat].</paragraph>
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In Japan records exist only from Hokkaido so far (
<bibRefCitation id="B4F95EE3B0A7D0D31AF7BEC34D5C0043" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review, Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" refId="B50" refString="Hayashi, M, 2020. Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61-160." title="Revision of extant and fossil Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Supplementary Series (2): 61 - 160." year="2020">Hayashi 2020</bibRefCitation>
), whereas fossil and subfossil records are known from Honshu and Kyushu, too (
<bibRefCitation id="97B8CA8A4992F28EB8A9C663F853ECE7" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="Elytra, Tokyo, New Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="315 - 320" refId="B53" refString="Hayashi, M, Shiyake, S, 2011. Past Distribution of Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) at the Last Glacial Maximum in Shiga Prefecture, West Honshu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series 1 (2): 315 - 320" title="Past Distribution of Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) at the Last Glacial Maximum in Shiga Prefecture, West Honshu, Japan." volume="1" year="2011">Hayashi and Shiyake 2011</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="2D368CE274C2E8976A6AB3D1141B6CF1" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
New country records additional to
<bibRefCitation id="21E58119C32AFA400ED92087E6E6EBB9" 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>
.
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China • 1 ex.; Heilongjiang,
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Harbin;
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<emphasis id="4B5E170134C18AE5BBA1300F145EED41" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Plateumaris weisei</emphasis>
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E. Geiser 2020 det.; SDEI [coll. K.-H. Mohr]. Remarks:
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recorded
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<emphasis id="BAB5FA5916021DC49A2A7E1409F8A651" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">P. weisei</emphasis>
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for China with
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because the specimens are labelled only with the locality
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, a historical region in northeast China. NE China today comprises the provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin, and Harbin belongs to Heilongjiang. I examined 8 of these specimens stored in BMNH, in coll. Frey in NHMB, and in SDEI.
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<paragraph id="341066679BBF2E64AE73E912C70A43EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
Russia • 5 ex.; South Siberia, Angara (near Baikal); I. Askevold 1985 det., E. Geiser 2019 vid.; Sharp-coll. 1905 - 313, BMNH;
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<normalizedToken id="6879DE1DC6FE19D9D4848607ED6479AE" originalValue="Bieńkowski">Bienkowski</normalizedToken>
(2014)
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.
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South Korea:
<bibRefCitation id="A0686F8403C39F27F5376CBF8B571ABE" author="Hayashi, M" journalOrPublisher="New Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="233 - 234" refId="B51" refString="Hayashi, M, Cho, H-W, 2017. Occurrence of Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) in South Korea. Elytra, Tokyo. New Series 7 (1): 233 - 234" title="Occurrence of Plateumaris weisei (Duvivier) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) in South Korea. Elytra, Tokyo." volume="7" year="2017">Hayashi and Cho (2017)</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="496F7F866BC9A3DDFF111DA6ED4DDD64" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" author="An, SL" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" pagination="63 - 65" refId="B2" refString="An, SL, 2019. Two new records of the subfamily Donaciinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12 (1): 63 - 65, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" title="Two new records of the subfamily Donaciinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Korea." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2018.11.005" volume="12" year="2019">An (2019)</bibRefCitation>
.
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<subSubSection id="F14F6B42C3391E411C146213E3701187" pageId="0" pageNumber="167" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="0C9A60D53D237E674B6A03857A38C80F" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9AC378E28C84E559F20C69CD2E9FEF89" pageId="0" pageNumber="167">
More than
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from Europe and Asia.
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