Platydema Explained
Platydema is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 60 described species in Platydema.
Species
These 67 species belong to the genus Platydema:
- Platydema alticorne Gravely, 1915
g- Platydema americanum Laporte & Brullé, 1831
g b- Platydema aurimaculatum Gravely, 1915
g- Platydema bimaculatum Champion, 1886
g- Platydema coeruleum Gebien, 1925
g- Platydema cruentum (Perty, 1830)
g- Platydema cruentatum Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema dejeanii Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
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g b- Platydema endoi Masumoto, 1984
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b- Platydema europaeum Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
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g b- Platydema flavipes (Fabricius, 1801)
b- Platydema flavopictum Gebien, 1913
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g- Platydema guatemalense Champion, 1886
g- Platydema haemorrhoidale Gebien, 1913
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b- Platydema irradians (Chevrolat, 1877)
g- Platydema laevipes Haldeman, 1848
b- Platydema lebomicum Schawaller, 2004
g- Platydema marseuli Lewis, 1894
g- Platydema micans Horn, 1870
b- Platydema monoceros Gebien, 1925
g- Platydema neglectum Triplehorn, 1965
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b- Platydema nigricorne Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema nigrifrons Chevrolat, 1878
g- Platydema notatum Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema obscurum Sharp, 1885
i c g- Platydema oregonense LeConte, 1857
g b- Platydema pallidicolle (Lewis, 1894)
g- Platydema parachalceum Masumoto, 1982
g- Platydema picilabrum Melsheimer, 1846
b- Platydema picipes Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema pictum (Fauvel, 1904)
g- Platydema quindecimmaculatum Chevrolat, 1878
g- Platydema raharizoninai Ardoin, 1966
g- Platydema rubropictum Chevrolat, 1878
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g b- Platydema sakishimense Nakane, 1973
g- Platydema sauteri Gebien, 1913
g- Platydema sawadai Masumoto, 1991
g- Platydema sexmaculatum Chevrolat, 1878
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b- Platydema silphoides Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema striatum (Montrouzier, 1860)
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g b- Platydema subfasciatum (Walker, 1858)
g- Platydema sulcipenne Gebien, 1925
g- Platydema tahitiense Kaszab, 1985
g- Platydema takeii Nakane, 1956
g- Platydema teleops Triplehorn, 1965
g b- Platydema terusane Masumoto, 1984
g- Platydema tibiale Chevrolat, 1878
g- Platydema toyamai Masumoto & al., 2013
g- Platydema transversum Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema triste Laporte de Castelnau & Brulle, 1831
g- Platydema tuchinlonoi Masumoto, 1982
g- Platydema varians Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
g- Platydema violaceum (Fabricius, 1790)
g- Platydema wandae Triplehorn, 1965
b- Platydema yangmingense Masumoto, 1982
gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.netFurther reading
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- Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
- Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.
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