Platystethus

Platystethus
Platystethus arenarius
Scientific classification
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

• 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 8 February 2018.
2. "Platystethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. "Platystethus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

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 (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 .