Platytarus
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Platytarus is a genus of beetle
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
- Platytarus boysii (Chaudoir, 1850)
- Platytarus bucculentus Andrewes, 1935
- Platytarus bufo Fabricius, 1801
- Platytarus compsus Andrewes, 1936
- Platytarus congobelgicus Basilewsky, 1961
- Platytarus dicraeus Andrewes, 1935
- Platytarus faminii (Dejean, 1826)
- Platytarus gracilis (Dejean, 1831)
- Platytarus planulatus (Bates, 1892)
- Platytarus porcatus Andrewes, 1923
- Platytarus reichei Chaudoir, 1875
- Platytarus tesselatus (Dejean, 1831)