Platystethus
| Platystethus | |
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| Platystethus arenarius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Tribe: | Oxytelini |
| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Platystethus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Platystethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Platystethus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- 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 (75): 29–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.767. PMC 3088045. PMID 21594139.
- 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 (22): 19–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.177.
- 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 (22): 81–170. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.219.
- 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 (22): 5–17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.86.
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