Platytomus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Platytomus.[1][2][3]

Platytomus
Platytomus variolosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Psammodiini
Genus: Platytomus
Mulsant, 1842

Species

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These 26 species belong to the genus Platytomus:

  • Platytomus antipodum (Fauvel, 1903)
  • Platytomus ashantii (Endrödi, 1973)
  • Platytomus atlanticus (Cartwright, 1948)
  • Platytomus caelicollis (Cartwright, 1948)
  • Platytomus darwini (Cartwright, 1970)
  • Platytomus freudei (Balthasar, 1960)
  • Platytomus gomyi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
  • Platytomus gregalis (Cartwright, 1948)
  • Platytomus grisoli (Paulian, 1942)
  • Platytomus hawaiiensis (Rakovic, 1981)
  • Platytomus indicus (Balthasar, 1941)
  • Platytomus jailensis (Apostolov & Maltzev, 1986)
  • Platytomus laevistriatus (Perris, 1869)
  • Platytomus longulus (Cartwright, 1948)
  • Platytomus micros (Bates, 1887)
  • Platytomus mongolicus (Medvedev, 1974)
  • Platytomus nagporensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
  • Platytomus nathani Pittino & Mariani, 1986
  • Platytomus notialis (Cartwright, 1948)
  • Platytomus obscurior (Blackburn, 1904)
  • Platytomus pachypus (Lea, 1923)
  • Platytomus parvulus (Chevrolat, 1864)
  • Platytomus pumilio (Balthasar, 1966)
  • Platytomus tibialis (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Platytomus variolosus (Kolenati, 1846)
  • Platytomus yadai (Ochi, Kawahara & Inagaki, 2006)

References

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  1. ^ "Platytomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Platytomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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