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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema excavata

Species Platydema excavata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Platydema excavatum (Say) - Platydema excavata Darkling beetle - Platydema excavata Neomida bicornis? - Platydema excavata Platydema excavatum (Say) - Platydema excavata Darkling beetle 10.04.23 (2) - Platydema excavata Darkling Beetle - Platydema excavata - male Darkling beetle July 12 - Platydema excavata small, dark horned beetle - Platydema excavata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Platydema
Species excavata (Platydema excavata)
Explanation of Names
Platydema excavata (Say 1824)
Size
3.4‒5.8 mm(1)
Range
e NA to AZ (NB‒FL to ON‒MN‒SD‒TX‒AZ) to S. America; W. Indies(2)(3)
Habitat
on fungi, on logs with fungi, under bark, in leaf litter(1)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae
Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y. 2012. Zookeys 179: 257-277.
3.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 January, 2008 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 5:54pm

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