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Genus Euplatypus

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The species of Platypus of Florida (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

By Atkinson TH
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. Entomology Circular No. 321: 1-4, 1989

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covers 4 taxa formerly in the genus Platypus:
Platypus quadridentatus (now Oxoplatypus quadridentatus)
Platypus flavicornis (now Myoplatypus flavicornis)
Platypus compositus (now Euplatypus compositus)
Platypus parallelus (now Euplatypus parallelus)

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 28 July, 2020 - 9:43pm

Revision of the genera of Platypodidae (Coleoptera)

By Wood S.L.
Great Basin Naturalist 53: 259-281, 1993

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Contributed by v belov on 22 January, 2015 - 4:06pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae)

Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States.

By Horn, G.H.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 407-469., 1873

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Horn, G.H. (1873). Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 407-469.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 September, 2025 - 5:44pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae)

First record of the Palearctic root weevil Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the US...

By Hoebeke E.R., Griffin S.R.
Col. Bull. 69: 679-687, 2015

Full title: First record of the Palearctic root weevil Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the United States and additional records of other adventive weevils occurring on the Isles of Shoals (Maine and New Hampshire)
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Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2019 - 10:57am

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New Rhynchophora III.

By Schaeffer, C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16: 213-222., 1908

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Schaeffer, C. 1908. New Rhynchophora III. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16: 213-222.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 February, 2017 - 10:10am

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A Catalog of the Scolytidae and Playpodidae, Part 1 Bibliography

By Stephen L. Wood
Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 11, 1987

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Part 2 is Taxonomic Index(1).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 January, 2017 - 12:18pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae)

A Catalog of the Scolytidae and Playpodidae, Part 2 Taxonomic Index

By Stephen L. Wood
Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 13, 1992

In two volumes:
Volume A Full text
Volume B Full text

Part 1 is Bibiliography(1).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 January, 2017 - 12:17pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae)

New Rhynchophora. I. (Coleoptera, Anthribidae and Curculionidae).

By Sleeper, E.L.
The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(2): 117-125., 1954

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Sleeper, E.L. 1954. New Rhynchophora. I. (Coleoptera, Anthribidae and Curculionidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(2): 117-125.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 May, 2016 - 8:02pm

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