''Platambus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
native to the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
, including
Europe
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, the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
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
''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 // Определител ...
'' (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
''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 // Определител ...
'' (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
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly ac ...
'' (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
External links
''Platambus'' at Fauna Europaea
Footnotes
Dytiscidae
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