Platynus

Platynus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 190 described species in Platynus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Platynus
Platynus ovipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Tribe:	Platynini
Genus:	Platynus Bonelli, 1810

See also

• List of Platynus species

References

1. "Platynus Bonelli, 1810". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011.
2. "Platynus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. "Platynus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
4. "Platynus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
5. "Browse Platynus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.