IRMNG - Brachyplatys Boisduval, 1835

IRMNG taxon details

Brachyplatys Boisduval, 1835

IRMNG_ID

1011089 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1011089)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Plataspidae

Synonymised names

Plataspis Westwood, 1837 · unaccepted

Platyaspis Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Platycephala Laporte, 1832 · unaccepted

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Species Brachyplatys biroi Montandon, 1900
Species Brachyplatys flavipes (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Brachyplatys laticeps Montandon, 1896
Species Brachyplatys translineatus Walker, 1867

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Boisduval, J. A. (1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Tome 20: Faune entomologique de l'Océan pacifique, deuxième partie: Coléoptères et autres ordres. Paris, J. Tastu. vii+716 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82313 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Brachyplatys Boisduval, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1011089 on 2025-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)

original description Boisduval, J. A. (1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Tome 20: Faune entomologique de l'Océan pacifique, deuxième partie: Coléoptères et autres ordres. Paris, J. Tastu. vii+716 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82313 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Platycephala Laporte, 1832) Ess. Hémipt. in Magasin de Zool., 2
page(s): 73 [details]

original description (of Plataspis Westwood, 1837) Cat. Hemipt.
page(s): 16 [details]

original description (of Platyaspis Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]