''Platystethus'' is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family
Staphylinidae
The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...
. There are about 6 described species in ''Platystethus''.
Species
* ''
Platystethus americanus''
Erichson, 1840
* ''
Platystethus archetypus''
Scudder, 1900
* ''
Platystethus arenarius''
(Geoffroy, 1785)
* ''
Platystethus carcareus''
Scudder, 1900
* ''
Platystethus degener''
Mulsant & Rey, 1878
* ''
Platystethus spiculus''
Erichson, 1840
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Oxytelinae
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