Platycholeus Explained

Platycholeus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least two described species in Platycholeus.

Species

These two species belong to the genus Platycholeus:

• Platycholeus leptinoides (Crotch, 1874)
• Platycholeus opacellus (Fall, 1909)

References

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Further reading

• The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. New data and description of two new species. 1999. Salgado . J. M.. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 75. 1. 35–47. 0031-0603.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Cholevinae of the World.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.

Notes and References

1. Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini) . ResearchGate. 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.11.007 . 2017 . Kilian . Aleksandra . Newton . Alfred F. . Zoologischer Anzeiger . 266 . 158–168 .