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Genus Platysoma

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

Species aequum - Platysoma aequum
Species aurelianum - Platysoma aurelianum
Species coarctatum - Platysoma coarctatum
Species gracile - Platysoma gracile
Species leconti - Platysoma leconti

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