Original descriptions of Palaearctic species of the genus Plateumaris C. G. Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) and their translations

Abstract

Many original descriptions of beetles were published in Latin with specific idioms and technical terms, which are sometimes difficult to understand. On the other hand, the exact meaning of these descriptions is necessary for taxonomic and systematic research. For the 10 valid Palaearctic species of the genus Plateumaris – with the exception of the three species which were first described in English already - their original descriptions (in Latin, German, French or Russian) and the translations into English are presented here. Additionally, the translations of the first descriptions of the genus Plateumaris and of 19 synonyms are given. This concerns mainly names of synonyms or confirmed synonyms established in Geiser (2023b). A species is regarded as valid in the sense of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Chrysomelidae (Bezděk and Sekerka 2023).

Original descriptions of Palaearctic species of the genus Plateumaris C. G. Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) and their translations

“…In the update of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Chrysomelidae – Donaciinae ( Geiser and Bezděk in press ; Geiser in press ) the first author made many changes concerning the taxonomy and systematics of the Plateumaris species compared with the first edition of the catalogue ( Silfverberg 2010 ). These changes are explained in Geiser (2023) .…”