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subgenus Cylister

Platysoma punctigerum - Platysoma punctigerum

Histerid - Platysoma? - Platysoma punctigerum

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.

Contributed by v belov on 20 January, 2012 - 7:37am
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 10:02am

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