# Plateumaris nitida

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{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Plateumaris nitida.jpg
| genus = Plateumaris
| species = nitida
| authority = ([Germar](/source/Ernst_Friedrich_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](/source/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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Category:Beetles described in 1811

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