Platysoma

Platysoma is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 80 described species in Platysoma.

Platysoma
Platysoma compressum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Histerinae
Tribe:	Platysomatini
Genus:	Platysoma Leach, 1817
Subgenera
Cylister Cylistus Platysoma
Synonyms
Abbotia Leach, 1830 Cylister Cooman, 1941 Cylistix Marseul, 1857 Cylistus de Marseul, 1853 Platysomum Gistel, 1856

Species

These 81 species belong to the genus Platysoma:

• Platysoma abyssinicum Lewis, 1885
• Platysoma aequum (J.L.LeConte, 1863)
• Platysoma afghanum (Kryzhanovskij, 1980)
• Platysoma anceps (Schmidt, 1892)
• Platysoma angustatum (Hoffmann, 1803)
• Platysoma asiatica Lewis, 1892
• Platysoma asiaticum (Lewis, 1892)
• Platysoma attenuatum J.E.LeConte, 1844
• Platysoma aurelianum (Horn, 1873)
• Platysoma aureoliferum Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma baliolum Lewis, 1889
• Platysoma basale J.L.LeConte, 1862
• Platysoma beybienkoi Kryzhanovskij, 1972
• Platysoma bifoveolatum (Bousquet & Laplante, 1999)
• Platysoma bimaculatum Mazur, 1990
• Platysoma brahmani Lewis, 1910
• Platysoma brevistriatum Lewis, 1888
• Platysoma ceylonicum Motschulsky, 1863
• Platysoma chinense Lewis, 1894
• Platysoma clarenciae Marseul, 1870
• Platysoma coarctatum J.E.LeConte, 1844
• Platysoma cognatum Sharp, 1876
• Platysoma compressum (Herbst, 1783)
• Platysoma conditum Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma coomani Thérond, 1955
• Platysoma cornix Marseul, 1861
• Platysoma cylindricum (Paykull, 1811)
• Platysoma debile Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma deficiens (Casey, 1924)
• Platysoma deplanatum (Gyllenhal, 1808)
• Platysoma directum Lewis, 1885
• Platysoma dissimile Motschulsky, 1863
• Platysoma dufali Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma elongatum (Thunberg, 1787)
• Platysoma feles Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma filiforme Erichson, 1834
• Platysoma gemellum (Cooman, 1929)
• Platysoma germanum Lewis, 1907
• Platysoma gracile J.E.LeConte, 1845
• Platysoma ineditum (Desbordes, 1925)
• Platysoma inexpectatum Lackner, 2004
• Platysoma joliveti Gomy, 2007
• Platysoma jongwooki Ôhara & Kee-Jeong Ahn, 2018
• Platysoma koreanum Mazur, 1999
• Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853
• Platysoma lineare Erichson, 1834
• Platysoma lineicolle Marseul, 1873
• Platysoma loriae Schmidt, 1893
• Platysoma malignum Cooman, 1941
• Platysoma minax Mazur, 1999
• Platysoma moluccanum Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma multistriatum Lea, 1925
• Platysoma novum Lewis, 1885
• Platysoma orientale (Lewis, 1892)
• Platysoma parallelum (Say, 1825)
• Platysoma paugami (Le Guillou, 1844)
• Platysoma punctigerum (J.L.LeConte, 1862)
• Platysoma quinquestriatum Motschulsky, 1863
• Platysoma raffrayi Desbordes, 1929
• Platysoma rasile Lewis, 1884
• Platysoma rimarium Erichson, 1834
• Platysoma rufopygum Lewis, 1905
• Platysoma ruptistriatum Lewis, 1904
• Platysoma semistriatum Motschulsky, 1863
• Platysoma sichuanum Mazur, 2007
• Platysoma striatipectum Marseul, 1870
• Platysoma striatipectus Marseul, 1870
• Platysoma striatisternum Lewis, 1892
• Platysoma striativarium Lea, 1925
• Platysoma striativentre Lea, 1925
• Platysoma striativentris Lea, 1925
• Platysoma subcostatum Lea, 1925
• Platysoma subdepressum MacLeay, 1871
• Platysoma subquadratum Motschulsky, 1863
• Platysoma suturistrium Marseul, 1879
• Platysoma tabella Casey, 1893
• Platysoma takehikoi Ôhara, 1986
• Platysoma torpens Marseul, 1864
• Platysoma tsushimae Ôhara, 1986
• Platysoma vulsum Bickhardt, 1920
• Platysoma yunnanum (Kryzhanovskij, 1972)

External links

• Citizen science observations for Platysoma at iNaturalist
• Media related to Platysoma at Wikimedia Commons