Platycholeus

Platycholeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Subfamily:	Cholevinae
Tribe:	Leptodirini
Genus:	Platycholeus Horn, 1880

Platycholeus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least two described species in Platycholeus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Platycholeus:

• Platycholeus leptinoides (Crotch, 1874)
• Platycholeus opacellus (Fall, 1909)

References

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1. "Platycholeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Platycholeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Platycholeus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Kilian, Aleksandra; Newton, Alfred F. (2017). "Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 266: 158–168. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2016.11.007 – via ResearchGate.

Further reading

• Salgado, J. M. (1999). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. New data and description of two new species". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 75 (1): 35–47. ISSN   0031-0603.
• "Cholevinae of the World" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.