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Species Platysoma aurelianum

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Platysomatini
Genus Platysoma
No Taxon (subgenus Platysoma)
Species aurelianum (Platysoma aurelianum)
Explanation of Names
Platysoma aurelianum (Horn 1873)
Size
3.2-3.8 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-SK to FL-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)
Habitat
under bark of dead trees, primarily deciduous; also reported from mushrooms(1)
Remarks
rare in collections(1)
Type Locality: New Orleans, Louisiana
See Also
Closely allied to Lecontii, but more depressed and differing as follows: Thorax not punctured at the sides. Elytra with three entire dorsals, fourth very short, apical, fifth obsolete, sutural entirely absent. (Horn, 1873)
Print References
Horn, G.H. (1873) Synopsis of the Histeridae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13.
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 9 November, 2007 - 7:09pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 December, 2023 - 3:49pm

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