Platyusa Explained

Platyusa is a monotypic genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There is one described species in Platyusa, P. sonomae, found in the western United States.

Further reading

• Book: Arnett. Ross H.. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. Thomas. M. C.. Skelley. P.E.. Frank. J.H.. Boca Raton, Florida.
• Book: Arnett. Ross H.. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2000.
• Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta). 2012. Elven . Hallvard. Bachmann . Lutz. Gusarov . Vladimir I.. Zoologica Scripta. 41. 6. 617–636. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. 3532658. 23316099.
• Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. 2011. Frank . J. H.. Ahn . K. J.. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 3392188. 22792029. free. 2011ZooK..107....1A.
• Canadian species of the Zyras group of genera and review of the types from America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). 2005. Klimaszewski . Jan. Pelletier . Georges . Maruyama . Munetoshi . Hlavác . Peter . Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 112. 3. 703–733. 10.5962/bhl.part.80322. free.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.
• A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). 1978. Seevers . Charles H.. Fieldiana, Zoology. 71. 0015-0754.
• Book: Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. 1983. White . Richard E.. Houghton Mifflin Company.