Platynotini

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Platynotini
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Anomalipus expansicollis, South Africa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Platynotini
Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Subtribes

Platynotini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 70 genera in Platynotini. [1] [2] [3] [4] Representatives of this group are distributed across various biogeographic regions, [5] including North and South America (Asiopus, Opatrinus), the southern Palaearctic (Zidalus), the Afrotropical region (e.g., Gonopus), and the Indomalayan realm (e.g., Platynotus).

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Morphologically, members of Platynotini can be distinguished from other tribes within the subfamily Blaptinae by the presence of a stridulatory gula, which is used for sound production. [6] Additionally, the monophyly of the tribe has been strongly supported by recent molecular phylogenetic studies. [1]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Platynotini:

References

  1. 1 2 Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 . PMC   5799738 . PMID   29416389.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 . hdl: 10261/250214 . PMC   8328949 . PMID   34385881.
  3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
  4. Lumen, R.; Kamiński, M. J. (2024-01-02). "Redefining generic boundaries in subtribe Eurynotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): taxonomy of the Schyzoschelus generic group". The European Zoological Journal. 91 (1): 122–141. doi:10.1080/24750263.2023.2300723.
  5. Kamiński, Marcin Jan (September 2015). "Phylogenetic reassessment and biogeography of the Ectateus generic group (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotina): Phylogeny of the ectateus generic group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (1): 73–106. doi:10.1111/zoj.12263.
  6. Lumen, Ryan; Kamiński, Marcin J (2024-06-03). "Revision of the darkling beetle genus Eurynotus (Blaptinae: Platynotini) and new records of ovovivipary in Tenebrionidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 358–386. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad146. ISSN   0024-4082.

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