Taxonomic review of Platycoelia lutescens Blanchard (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) and a description of the use of this species as food by the people of the Ecuadorian highlands.

Authors

Andrew B. T. Smith, University of Nebraska State Museum & Canadian Museum of Nature Follow
Aura Paucar C., University of Nebraska State Museum Follow

Date of this Version

May 2000

Comments

Published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(3): 408-414. Used by permission.
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Abstract

Platycoelia lutescens Blanchard (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini), a species that occurs in the Andes Mountains of South America, is redescribed. Platycoelia albescens (Bates) and P. baronis (Ohaus) are considered new synonyms of P. lutescens. A lectotype is designated for P. albescens. The use of this species as a food source by the people of the Ecuadorian highlands is discussed.