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Genus Platysoma

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3.2mm histerid - Platysoma leconti Clown Beetle - Platysoma leconti histerid - Platysoma leconti beetle - Platysoma leconti Histerid - Platysoma gracile Histerid - Platysoma aequum P. le*contei? - Platysoma leconti P. le*contei? - 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)
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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