Platystethus

Platystethus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Staphylinidae
Subfamily:Oxytelinae
Genus:Platystethus
Mannerheim, 1830

Platystethus is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 6 described species in Platystethus.[1][2][3]

Species

  • Platystethus americanus Erichson, 1840
  • Platystethus archetypus Scudder, 1900
  • Platystethus arenarius (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Platystethus carcareus Scudder, 1900
  • Platystethus degener Mulsant & Rey, 1878
  • Platystethus spiculus Erichson, 1840

References

  1. ↑ "Platystethus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Platystethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Platystethus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Brunke, A; Marshall, S (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys.
  • Klimaszewski, J; McLean, J; Chandler, D; Savard, K; Li, A (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys.
  • Klimaszewski, J; McLean, J; Li, A; Savard, K (2009). "Review of the rove beetle species of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Brunswick, Canada: new species, provincial records and bionomic information". ZooKeys.
  • Klimaszewski, J; McLean, J; Li, A; Savard, K (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys.


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