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Genus Plateumaris


Classification, reconstructed phylogeny, and geographic history of the new world members of Plateumaris Thomson, 1859
By Askevold, I.S.
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 123: 5-175, 1991
Full title: "Classification, reconstructed phylogeny, and geographic history of the new world members of Plateumaris Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)"

Abstract: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0071075X00002873

Reconstructed phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By Askevold, I.S.
Quaestiones Entomologicae 26(4): 601-664., 1990
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Askevold, I.S. 1990. Reconstructed phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 26(4): 601-664.

An annotated list of Nearctic Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
By Ingolf S. Askevold.
Psyche 98: 165-192., 1991
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Ingolf S. Askevold. 1991. An annotated list of Nearctic Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): the generic classification and type specimens of the New World species. Psyche 98: 165-192.

The Subfamily Donaciinae in Utah (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
By Clark S.M., Olsen A.B., Goodman M.H.
Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 4: 1–37, 2008
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Illustrated keys cover all the western NA species of the subfamily. For each species, photos of habitus & details, host plant info, and range data are provided.

An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns.
Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83., 1979
Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns. 1979. An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83.

Doris Holmes Blake - Necrolog with appendix: Bibliography to her works.
By Froeschner, R.C., Froeschner, E.M.L. & Cartwright, O.L.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 83(3): 544 - 564, 1981
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Useful source; hopefully, any article published in Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. is available online.

New species of Galerucinae and Alticinae with notes on other species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
By J. A. Wilcox
The Ohio Journal of Science 53(1): 51-58, 1953

Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89., 1994
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Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas. 1994. Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89.

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New host plant associations and distribution data are given for 45 species of Florida Chrysomelidae. Eleven species or subspecies are newly recorded from the state: Babia quadriguttata (Olivier), Cryptocephalus mutabilis Melsheimer, Diachus chlorizans (Suffrian), Brachypnoea puncticollis (Say) [new combination]; Brachypnoea clypealis (Horn) [new combination], Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, Metachroma zayasi Blake, Microtheca picea (Guerin), Disonycha alternata (Illiger), Disonycha d.