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Genus Platynus

BG2587 E3345 - Platynus cincticollis Carabid - Platynus ovipennis Ground Beetle - Platynus cincticollis Beetle G - Platynus cincticollis Platyninae? - Platynus ovipennis Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Platynus angustatus Platynini - Platynus cincticollis Platynus cazieri? - Platynus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Harpalitae
Tribe Platynini
Genus Platynus
Explanation of Names
Platynus Bonelli 1810
Numbers
23 spp. in 6 subgenera in our area, probably >800 spp. worldwide(1)
Identification
keys: to NA spp. except P. daviesi in(2); to eastern spp. in(3)
Range
Holarctic, Oriental, and Neotropical regions; by far more diverse in the Southern Hemisphere; in our area, 12 spp. in 2 subgenera in the east (of which 2 transcontinental), 4 subgenera in the west only (mostly sw. US)(1)