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Genus Platyomus

Platyomus flexicaulis (Schaeffer) - Platyomus flexicaulis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Naupactini

Genus Platyomus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudocyphus Schaeffer 1905

Explanation of Names

Platyomus Sahlberg 1823

Numbers

A single species in our area(1)

Range

neotropical group ranging into so. TX(2)(1)

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.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 February, 2009 - 11:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 4:50am

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