Plateumaris rufa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Plateumaris |
| Species: | P. rufa
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| Plateumaris rufa (Say, 1826)
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Plateumaris rufa is a species of aquatic leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the eastern United States and Canada, from West Virginia north to Quebec.[2][3] It was first described in 1826 by Thomas Say based on a specimen found on the bank of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.[4] The species has variable coloration. Although it is typically metallic reddish copper, it is sometimes blue, green, or rarely purple. Its appendages are rufous (reddish brown).[3]
References
- ^ "Plateumaris rufa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Plateumaris rufa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b Askevold, Ingolf S. (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. 123 (S157): 5–175. doi:10.4039/entm123157fv.
- ^ Say, Thomas (1826). "Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (2): 283–284.
External links
Media related to Plateumaris rufa at Wikimedia Commons- Neotype of Plateumaris rufa at the Museum of Comparative Zoology