Plateumaris nitida

{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Plateumaris nitida.jpg | genus = Plateumaris | species = nitida | authority = (Germar, 1811) | synonyms = {{Species list | Donacia emarginata | Kirby, 1837 | Plateumaris emarginata | (Kirby, 1837) }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }}

'''''Plateumaris nitida''''' is a species of aquatic leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/> alt=A pair of beetles mating. They display the sexual dimorphism of this species with the male being a much darker metallic black than the female which has a metallic brassy color.|thumb|A mating pair in the species complex ''P. nitida'' clearly showing sexual dimorphism.

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Plateumaris nitida'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719873 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</ref>

<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Plateumaris nitida'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4990470 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</ref>

<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Plateumaris nitida'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/595302 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26091-7 }} {{refend}}

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