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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Platysomatini » Platysoma » subgenus Cylister (Platysoma subgenus Cylister) » Platysoma coarctatum

Species Platysoma coarctatum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Platysoma (Cylister) coarctatum (J.E. LeConte 1844) - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Clown - Platysoma coarctatum Clown - Platysoma coarctatum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Platysomatini
Genus Platysoma
No Taxon (subgenus Cylister)
Species coarctatum (Platysoma coarctatum)
Explanation of Names
Platysoma coarctatum J.E. LeConte 1844
Size
2.7-3.5 mm(1)
Range
Widely distributed, from NS to BC, north to NT, south to OK and northern FL(1)
Habitat
under bark of dead coniferous trees, esp. pines and spruces(1)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
2.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 4 December, 2007 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 9:13am

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