Plotina Lewis, 1896

Genus Plotina Lewis View in CoL

Plotina Lewis, 1896: 35 View in CoL .– Miyatake 1969: 198; Sasaji 1971: 65; Miyatake 1994: 281; Wang et al. 2011: 57 View Cited Treatment .

Type species: Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Form broad to elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Antenna relatively long, stout, 10-segmented. Eyes small and rather coarsely faceted. Maxillary palp large, terminal palpomere elongate, gradually broadening apically. Lateral margin of elytra not expanded externally. Prosternum T-shaped with arcuate carinae on intercoxal process which is relatively narrow with broad lateral wings. Elytral epipleuron narrow and not reaching the elytral apex; surface nearly horizontal and flat without a distinct fovea. Abdominal postcoxal lines complete (from Wang et al. 2011).

Distribution. China, Japan, India ( Meghalaya).

Included species. Seven species of Plotina are currently known. Wang et al. (2011) reviewed the Chinese species of Plotina . The genus is newly recorded from India, with the addition of two species, Plotina muelleri Mader, 1955a , and Plotina octomaculata Wang & Ren, 2011 (both from Meghalaya, northeastern region).