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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

Genus Platydema

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 americana - Platydema americana
Species cyanescens - Platydema cyanescens
Species elliptica - Platydema elliptica
Species erythrocera - Platydema erythrocera
Species excavata - Platydema excavata
Species flavipes - Platydema flavipes
Species inquilina - Platydema inquilina
Species laevipes - Platydema laevipes
Species mexicana - Platydema mexicana
Species micans - Platydema micans
Species nigrata - Platydema nigrata
Species oregonensis - Platydema oregonensis
Species picilabrum - Platydema picilabrum
Species ruficollis - Platydema ruficollis
Species ruficornis - Platydema ruficornis
Species sexnotata - Platydema sexnotata
Species subcostata - Platydema subcostata
Species teleops - Platydema teleops
Species wandae - Platydema wandae
No Taxon Immatures
No Taxon elongate americana-like exemplars

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