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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 micans

Species Platydema micans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Coleoptera - Platydema micans unknown 2 - Platydema micans Unidentified - Platydema micans Platydema micans Beetle - Platydema micans Rounded, dark brown beetle - Platydema micans Darkling Beetle - Platydema micans Beetle - Platydema micans
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 micans (Platydema micans)
Explanation of Names
Platydema micans Horn 1870
Size
3.4-4.4 mm(1)
Range
se US (MD-FL to KS-TX) to Brazil; W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)
Life Cycle
collected en masse in black light trap(1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 2 June, 2009 - 10:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 March, 2022 - 1:18pm

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