Platysoma gracile
| Platysoma gracile | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ "Platysoma gracile Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ 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.