''Platambus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
native to the
Palearctic
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Th ...
, including
Europe
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, the
Near East
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and
North Africa
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. It distinguished by a wide
epipleuron. The ventral surface has spot markings.
[Бей-Биенко Г. Я. 1 // Определитель насекомых европейской части СССР в пяти томах. Жесткокрылые и веерокрылые.. — Москва—Ленинград: «Наука», 1965. — Т. II. — С. 83. — 668 с.]
It contains the following species:
Dytiscidae Species List
at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
* '' Platambus americanus'' (Aubé, 1838)
* '' Platambus angulicollis'' (Régimbart, 1899)
* '' Platambus apache'' (Young, 1981)
* '' Platambus astrictovittatus'' (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
* '' Platambus ater'' (Falkenström, 1936)
* '' Platambus aztec'' (Larson, 2000)
* '' Platambus balfourbrownei'' Vazirani, 1965
* '' Platambus biswasi'' Vazirani, 1965
* '' Platambus confusus'' (Blatchley, 1910)
* '' Platambus coriaceus'' (Régimbart, 1899)
* '' Platambus dabieshanensis'' Nilsson, 2003
* '' Platambus dembickyi'' Brancucci, 2006
* '' Platambus denticulatus'' Nilsson, 2003
* '' Platambus excoffieri'' Régimbart, 1899
* '' Platambus fimbriatus'' Sharp, 1884
* '' Platambus flavovittatus'' (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
* '' Platambus fletcheri'' Zimmermann, 1928
* ''Platambus glabrellus
''Platambus'' is a genus of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Near East and North Africa. It distinguished by a wide epipleuron. The ventral surface has spot markings.Бей-Биенко Г. Я. 1 // Определитель ...
'' (Motschulsky, 1859)
* '' Platambus guttulus'' (Régimbart, 1899)
* '' Platambus heteronychus'' Nilsson, 2003
* '' Platambus ikedai'' (Nilsson, 1997)
* '' Platambus incrassatus'' Gschwendtner, 1935
* '' Platambus insolitus'' (Sharp, 1884)
* '' Platambus johannis'' (Fall, 1922)
* '' Platambus kempi'' (Vazirani, 1970)
* '' Platambus khukri'' Brancucci, 1990
* '' Platambus koreanus'' (Nilsson, 1997)
* '' Platambus lindbergi'' Guéorguiev, 1963
* '' Platambus lineatus'' Gschwendtner, 1935
* '' Platambus lunulatus'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829)
* '' Platambus maculatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Platambus maya'' (Larson, 2000)
* '' Platambus mexicanus'' (Larson, 2000)
* '' Platambus micropunctatus'' Nilsson, 2003
* '' Platambus nepalensis'' (Guéorguiev, 1968)
* '' Platambus obtusatus'' (Say, 1823)
* '' Platambus optatus'' (Sharp, 1884)
* '' Platambus pictipennis'' (Sharp, 1873)
* '' Platambus planatus'' (Sharp, 1882)
* '' Platambus princeps'' (Régimbart, 1888)
* '' Platambus punctatipennis'' Brancucci, 1984
* '' Platambus regulae'' Brancucci, 1991
* '' Platambus satoi'' Brancucci, 1982
* '' Platambus sawadai'' (Kamiya, 1932)
* '' Platambus schaefleini'' Brancucci, 1988
* '' Platambus schillhammeri'' Wewalka & Brancucci, 1995
* '' Platambus sculpturellus'' (Zimmermann, 1919)
* '' Platambus semenowi'' (Jakovlev, 1897)
* '' Platambus semivittatus'' (LeConte, 1852)
* '' Platambus sogdianus'' (Jakovlev, 1897)
* '' Platambus spinipes'' (Sharp, 1882)
* '' Platambus stagninus'' (Say, 1823)
* '' Platambus strbai'' Hendrich & Balke, 1998
* '' Platambus striatus'' (Zeng & Pu, 1992)
* '' Platambus stygius'' (Régimbart, 1899)
* '' Platambus texovittatus'' (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
* '' Platambus ussuriensis'' (Nilsson, 1997)
* '' Platambus wangi'' Brancucci, 2006
* '' Platambus wewalkai'' Brancucci, 1982
* '' Platambus wittmeri'' Wewalka, 1975
* '' Platambus wulingshanensis'' Brancucci, 2005
* '' Platambus yaanensis'' Nilsson, 2003
References
External links
''Platambus'' at Fauna Europaea
Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae genera
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