Kazantsev S.V. 2021. A review of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 of Indochina (Coleoptera: Lycidae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.30. No.1: 47–73 [in English].
Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13–326, Moscow 109651, Russia. E-mail: kazantss@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.30.1.07
Abstract. Twenty new species of the genus Plateros Bourgeois, 1879, P. abbreviatus, P. anguliplanatus, P. baolokensis, P. bellipratensis, P. gemellus, P. gerstmeieri, P. huaphanensis, P. leptohelix, P. macroimpressus, P. macrolycoides, P. magnicauda, P. phoupanensis, P. planatomimus, P. proplanatus, P. raotensis, P. sarmentosus, P. siniaevi, P. stenohelix, P. tamdaoensis and P. xalinhensis spp.n., are described from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Plateros elisus Pic, 1921, syn.n. and Plateros annamitus Pic, 1921, syn.n. are synonymized with P. chinensis Waterhouse, 1879; P. elongatissimus var. bicolorithorax Pic, 1926, syn.n. — with P. elongatissimus Pic, 1923 and Ditoneces tonkineus var. discicollis Pic, 1942, syn.n. — with Ditoneces tonkineus Pic, 1931 [Plateros ciceroi Kazantsev, 2011]. Plateros lacosus var. obscurior Pic, 1938 is raised to Plateros obscurior Pic, 1938, stat.n. and Plateros nitidus var. reductetestaceus Pic, 1938 — to Plateros reductetestaceus Pic, 1938, stat.n. Provided is an illustrated review of Indochinese Plateros.
KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Lycidae, new species, taxonomy, Oriental region.