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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema excavatum

Species Platydema excavatum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Beetles - Platydema excavatum 5016870 - Platydema excavatum - male Neomida bicornis? - Platydema excavatum Small Horned Black Beetle - Platydema excavatum beetle under bark - Platydema excavatum Darkling Beetle - Platydema excavatum - female Darkling Beetle - Platydema excavatum - male Darkling Beetle - Platydema excavatum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Platydema
Species excavatum (Platydema excavatum)
Explanation of Names
Platydema excavatum (Say 1824)
Size
3.4-5.8 mm(1)
Range
e NA to AZ (NB-FL to ON-AZ) to S. America / W. Indies(2)(3)(4)
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.Revision of Diaperini of American north of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn, C.A. 1965. Proceedings of the United States National Museum No. 3515, 117: 349-458.
3.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.
4.The Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 690-713.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 January, 2008 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2018 - 6:00pm

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