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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Platytomus micros
Species
Platytomus micros
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
Species
micros
(Platytomus micros)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platytomus micros
(Bates)
Orig. Comb:
Psammodius micros
Bates, 1887
Range
s US (CA to FL, OK) / Mex. to C. Amer.
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Works Cited
1.
An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
2.
A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.
List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 28 January, 2008 - 10:33pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 June, 2016 - 1:45pm