Octuroplata sinuosa

Octuroplata sinuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Octuroplata
Species:
O. sinuosa
Binomial name
Octuroplata sinuosa
(Chapuis, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Uroplata (Uroplata) sinuosa Chapuis, 1877

Octuroplata sinuosa is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1] It is known from French Guiana and was initially described by Félicien Chapuis in 1877 as Uroplata sinuosa within Uroplata subgenus Uroplata.[2] It would be transferred to the genus Octuroplata in 1940 by Erich Uhmann and combined as Octuroplata sinuosa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. p. 120. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ^ Chapuis, Félicien (1877). "Especes inédites de la tribu des hispides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in Latin and French). 20: 31. ISSN 0774-5915. OCLC 18759618 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.