Plateumaris flavipes Kirby 1837 (reed leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Alternative combination: Donacia flavipes

Full reference: W. Kirby. 1837. The insects. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions, under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N 4:1-325

Belongs to Plateumaris according to S. A. Elias 2014

See also Kirby 1837

Sister taxa: Plateumaris (Necrodexis), Plateumaris (Plateumaris), Plateumaris affinis, Plateumaris constricticollis, Plateumaris dorsata, Plateumaris dubia, Plateumaris fallax, Plateumaris germari, Plateumaris kinugasana, Plateumaris neomexicana, Plateumaris nitida, Plateumaris primaeva, Plateumaris pusilla, Plateumaris sericea, Plateumaris virens, Plateumaris weisei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ziegler Reservoir, Locality 49, Unit 15 (Quaternary of Colorado)

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