Placopterus

Placopterus
Placopterus thoracicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cleridae
Subfamily:	Clerinae
Genus:	Placopterus Wolcott, 1910

Placopterus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are at least four described species in Placopterus.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Placopterus:

• Placopterus cyanipennis (Klug, 1842)
• Placopterus haagi (Chevrolat, 1876)
• Placopterus subcostatus (Schaeffer, 1917)
• Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

References

1. "Placopterus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Placopterus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Placopterus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links

• Media related to Placopterus at Wikimedia Commons