Beetle, Pinhole Borer - Euplatypus compositus

Moved

… v belov, 27 April, 2010 - 9:22pm

Moved

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 28 December, 2007 - 1:25am

Curculionidae

According to the guide, Platypodidae is now considered not a separate family but a subfamily (Platypodinae) of Curculionidae.

… Jim McClarin, 19 March, 2006 - 3:45pm

ID error

Thanks Jim, I have made the adjustment.

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 19 March, 2006 - 5:25pm

Not really an error

These changes in nomenclature [family vs. subfamily] seem to happen on a regular basis - will probably go back to being treated as a family in 20 yrs. I would have said this is Platypus w/o question, but it appears new genera have been proposed for at least some of our spp., like Myoplatypus in the FAMILY Platypodidae! This is of course at odds with the volumes selected as a standard for Bugguide nomenclature, so ...
Great work.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 21 March, 2006 - 11:32am

no more Platypus in NA

Replaced for the NA fauna with four genera (Wood 1993) - from the key in American Beetles, it appears that it might be easier to key to species and place to genus after that! Still only about a half dozen spp. in subfamily.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 23 March, 2006 - 6:55am

Euplatypus

Almost certainly Euplatypus sp., male

… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 July, 2006 - 12:51pm