Platytomus

Platytomus
Platytomus variolosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scarabaeidae
Tribe:Psammodiini
Genus:Platytomus
Mulsant, 1842

Platytomus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platytomus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Platytomus:

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

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Platytomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Platytomus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Platytomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Platytomus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Platytomus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  • Media related to Platytomus at Wikimedia Commons


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