Platycholeus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least two described species in Platycholeus.[1][2][3]
| Platycholeus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Leiodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cholevinae |
| Genus: | Platycholeus Horn, 1880 |
Species
editThese two species belong to the genus Platycholeus:
- Platycholeus leptinoides (Crotch, 1874)
- Platycholeus opacellus (Fall, 1909)
References
edit- ^ "Platycholeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Platycholeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Platycholeus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Kilian, Aleksandra; Newton, Alfred F. (2017). "Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 266: 158–168. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2016.11.007 – via ResearchGate.
Further reading
edit- Salgado, J. M. (1999). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. New data and description of two new species". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 75 (1): 35–47. ISSN 0031-0603.
- "Cholevinae of the World". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
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