{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Platypria.jpg | image_caption = ''Platypria echidna'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Platypria | authority = Guérin-Méneville, 1840 | synonyms = *''Lobacantha'' {{small|Kirby, 1837}} *''Dichirispa'' {{small|Gestro, 1890}} | type_species = Hispa echidna | type_species_authority = Guérin-Méneville, 1840 }}
'''''Platypria''''' is a genus of hispine leaf-beetles. There are about 34 species found mostly in the Asian and African tropics. The larvae mine the leaves of plants and hosts include plants in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myricaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Roseaceae and Rubiaceae. The adults are 4 to 7 mm long and have spine like growths on the pronotum and elytra. There are also translucent patches on the elytra. The antennae have 9 segments and arise close to each other on the head.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Ranade |first1=Sachin |last2=Prathapan |first2=Kaniyarikkal Divakaran |last3=Ghate |first3=Hemant V. |last4=Chaboo |first4=Caroline S. |date=2021-04-14 |title=Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1031 |pages=59–84 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 |doi-access=free |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=9848903 |pmid=36761859|bibcode=2021ZooK.1031...59R }}</ref>
Species in the genus are placed under two subgenera ''Platypria'' and ''Dichirispa''. The translucent windows on the elytra margins are found in the subgenus ''Platypria''.<ref name=":0" />
==Species== *Subgenus ''Dichirispa'' <small>Gestro, 1890</small> ** ''Platypria abdominalis'' {{small|Chapuis, 1877}} ** ''Platypria arabica'' {{small|Medvedev, 2012}} ** ''Platypria centetes'' {{small|(Guérin-Méneville, 1840)}} ** ''Platypria coronata'' {{small|Guérin-Méneville, 1840}} ** ''Platypria corpulenta'' {{small|Weise, 1910}} ** ''Platypria decemspinosa'' {{small|Kraatz, 1895}} ** ''Platypria funebris'' {{small|Gestro, 1905}} ** ''Platypria hastulata'' {{small|Uhmann, 1954}} ** ''Platypria luctuosa'' {{small|Chapuis, 1877}} ** ''Platypria natalensis'' {{small|Gestro, 1905}} ** ''Platypria nigrospinosa'' {{small|Fairmaire, 1891}} ** ''Platypria nodifera'' {{small|Spaeth, 1934}} *Subgenus ''Platypria'' ** ''Platypria acanthion'' {{small|Gestro, 1890}} ** ''Platypria bakeri'' {{small|Gestro, 1922}} ** ''Platypria chaetomys'' {{small|Gestro, 1903}} ** ''Platypria chiroptera'' {{small|Gestro, 1899}} ** ''Platypria dimidiata'' {{small|Chapuis, 1877}} ** ''Platypria echidna'' {{small|Guérin-Méneville, 1840}} ** ''Platypria erinaceus'' {{small|(Fabricius, 1801)}} ** ''Platypria fenestrata'' {{small|Pic, 1924}} ** ''Platypria hystrix'' {{small|(Fabricius, 1798)}} ** ''Platypria infuscata'' {{small|Gestro, 1917}} ** ''Platypria longispina'' {{small|Chapuis, 1876}} ** ''Platypria melli'' {{small|Uhmann, 1955}} ** ''Platypria moluccana'' {{small|Weise, 1922}} ** ''Platypria paucispinosa'' {{small|Gestro, 1905}} ** ''Platypria seminigra'' {{small|Heller, 1916}} ** ''Platypria subopaca'' {{small|Chapuis, 1876}} ** ''Platypria yunnana'' {{small|Gressitt, 1939}} *Unplaced to subgenus ** ''Platypria alces'' {{small|Gressitt, 1938}} ** ''Platypria aliena'' {{small|Chen & Sun, 1962}} ** ''Platypria paracanthion'' {{small|Chen & Sun, 1962}} ** ''Platypria parva'' {{small|Chen & Sun, 1964}}
==Selected former species== * ''Platypria clavareaui'' {{small|Weise, 1902}} * ''Platypria coendu'' {{small|Gestro, 1911}} * ''Platypria ertli'' {{small|Weise, 1912}} * ''Platypria feae'' {{small|Gestro, 1905}} * ''Platypria tuberculata'' {{small|Achard, 1917}} * ''Platypria ugandina'' {{small|Spaeth, 1937}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://idtools.org/tools/1039/index.cfm?packageID=1107&entityID=3106 Identification notes]
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Category:Cassidinae Category:Platypria Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Leaf miners Category:Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville