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C O N T E N T S
Abstract..............................................................................................................1
Introduction........................................................................................................3
Tribe Anoplognathini........................................................................................4
Subtribe Platycoeliina......................................................................................6
Taxonomic History of the genus Platycoelia......................................................6
Notes on Authors, Types, and Collections..........................................................8
Phylogenetic Methods and Materials...............................................................12
Phylogenetic Analysis................................................................................12
Character Definition..................................................................................12
Adult Morphological Character Analysis..................................................13
Phylogenetic Protocol.................................................................................22
Taxonomic Methods and Materials..................................................................22
Specimens.................................................................................................22
Catalog Format............................................................................................24
Type Specimens...........................................................................................24
Designation of Lectotypes and Neotypes....................................................25
Species Concept..........................................................................................26
Phylogenetic Patterns and Biogeographic Implications...................................27
Key to the Neotropical Genera of Anoplognathini...........................................30
Subtribe Platycoeliina Burmeister, 1844...........................................................31
Genus Platycoelia Dejean, 1833.........................................................................31
Key to the Species of Platycoelia........................................................................34
1. Platycoelia alternans Erichson, 1847..................................................42
2. Platycoelia inflata Ohaus, 1904..........................................................44
3. Platycoelia nervosa Kirsch, 1871........................................................48
4. Platycoelia marginata Burmeister, 1844............................................50
5. Platycoelia meridensis new species.....................................................55
6. Platycoelia selanderi Martínez and Martínez, 1994...........................57
7. Platycoelia prasina Erichson, 1847......................................................61
8. Platycoelia simplicior Ohaus, 1909.....................................................62
9. Platycoelia abdominalis Ohaus, 1904.................................................64
10. Platycoelia pomacea Erichson, 1847...................................................66
11. Platycoelia occidentalis Ohaus, 1904..................................................69
12. Platycoelia valida Burmeister, 1844....................................................71
13. Platycoelia mesosternalis Ohaus, 1904...............................................74
14. Platycoelia peruviana new species......................................................76
15. Platycoelia forcipalis Ohaus, 1904......................................................80
16. Platycoelia sandia new species...........................................................84
17. Platycoelia penai Frey, 1967...............................................................86
18. Platycoelia galerana new species........................................................87
19. Platycoelia flavostriata (Latreille, 1813).............................................91
20. Platycoelia nigrosternalis Ohaus, 1904..............................................95
21. Platycoelia humeralis Bates, 1888.....................................................97
22. Platycoelia intermedia Ohaus, 1925....................................................101
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