Platysoma gracile

Platysoma gracile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Histerinae
Tribe: Platysomatini
Genus: Platysoma
Species:
P. gracile
Binomial name
Platysoma gracile
J. E. LeConte, 1845

Platysoma gracile is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Platysoma gracile Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Platysoma gracile Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  • Bousquet, Yves, and Serge Laplante (2006). "Coleoptera Histeridae". The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 24, xiii + 485.
  • Mazur, Slawomir (1999). "Preliminary studies upon the Platysoma complex (Col. Histeridae)". Annals of Warsaw Agricultural University-SGGW, Forestry and Wood Technology, no. 49, 3-29.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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