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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Platysomatini » Platysoma

Genus Platysoma

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Histerid - Platysoma aurelianum Histerid - Platysoma gracile Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Histerid - Platysoma gracile Platysoma leconti Platysoma leconti Platysoma leconti
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Platysomatini
Genus Platysoma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Don Chandler, University of New Hamshire prof. and curator of entomology, says Clystix is a synonym for Platysoma.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 December, 2005 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ
Last updated 29 May, 2006 - 9:58am

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