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      Andersonoplatus, a new, remarkable leaf litter inhabiting genus of Monoplatina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

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          Andersonoplatus , a new genus with 16 new species from Venezuela ( A. andersoni , A. bechyneorum , A. castaneus , A. flavus , A. jolyi , A. laculata , A. lagunanegra , A. macubaji , A. merga , A. merida , A. microoculus , A. peck , A. rosalesi , A. sanare , A. saviniae ) and Panama ( A. baru ), is described and illustrated. All the specimens were collected in leaf litter by R. Anderson and S. and J. Peck. Andersonoplatus is compared to Andersonaltica Linzmeier & Konstantinov, Apleuraltica Bechyne, Distigmoptera Blake and Ulrica Scherer.

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                Journal
                Zookeys
                Zookeys
                ZooKeys
                ZooKeys
                Pensoft Publishers
                1313-2989
                1313-2970
                2018
                20 March 2018
                : 744
                : 79-138
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul – UFFS, Rua Edmundo Gaievski, 1000, sala 211, 85.770-000, Realeza – PR, Brazil
                [2 ] Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
                Author notes
                Corresponding author: Alexander S. Konstantinov ( alex.konstantinov@ 123456ars.usda.gov )

                Academic editor: Ron Beenen

                Article
                10.3897/zookeys.744.22766
                5904521
                63297bbe-d27a-4980-83b6-90c5b5aedb77
                Adelita M. Linzmeier, Alexander S. Konstantinov

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                : 5 December 2017
                : 19 February 2018
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                Animal science & Zoology
                alticini,flightless,leaf litter,neotropical region,new genus,new species,animalia,coleoptera,chrysomelidae

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