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Genus Platytomus

Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Platytomus longulus

Platytomus micros (Bates) - Platytomus micros

Platytomus longulus (Cartwright) - Platytomus longulus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)

Tribe Psammodiini

Genus Platytomus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pleurophorus in the older NA literature

Explanation of Names

Platytomus Mulsant 1842

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1)

Size

1.8―3.3 mm(2), among the smallest scarabs in the New World(3)

Identification

key to spp. in (4)

Range

worldwide, widespread in NA(2)

Print References

Pittino R., Mariani G. (1986) Revision of the Old World species of the genus Diastictus Muls. and its allies (Platytomus Muls., Pleurophorus Muls., Afrodiastictus n. gen., Bordatius n. gen.) (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae, Psammodiini). Giornale Italiano di Entomologie 3: 1–165.

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Skelley P.E. (2008) Aphodiinae. In: Generic guide to New World scarab beetles

3.	A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Smith, A.B.T. and P.E. Skelley. 2007. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.

4.	The American species of Pleurophorus (Coleopera: Scarabaeidae) Cartwright O.L. 1948. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 74: 131–145.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 December, 2007 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 4:48pm

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