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subgenus Cylister

Histerid - Platysoma coarctatum Platysoma punctigerum  - Platysoma punctigerum Histerid - Platysoma parallelum Which Histeridae is this? - Platysoma punctigerum Clown Beetle - Platysoma punctigerum Histerid - Platysoma? - Platysoma punctigerum Platysoma punctigerum? - Platysoma Platysoma? - Platysoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Platysomatini
Genus Platysoma
No Taxon subgenus Cylister
Explanation of Names
Cylister Cooman 1941
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(1), 12 total
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.