Species Platysoma leconti

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

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

Species leconti (Platysoma leconti)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853

=Hister glabratus: Melsheimer, 1806

=Hister planus: Melsheimer, 1806

=Hololepta depressa var. gamma: Paykul, 1811

=Platysoma depressum: J. E. LeConte, 1845

=Platysoma lecontei: Marseul, 1862

=Hister lecontei: Horn, 1873

=Platysoma tabella Casey, 1893

=Platysoma pinorum Casey, 1916

often spelled lecontei

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 November, 2006 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Joyce Gross, Phillip Harpootlian, Chuck Entz
Last updated 2 June, 2007 - 11:14pm

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