Platambus

Platambus
Platambus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Colymbetinae
Tribe:	Agabini
Genus:	Platambus Thomson, 1859

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.^[1]

It contains the following species: ^[2]

• Platambus americanus (Aubé, 1838)
• Platambus angulicollis (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 (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 (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

1. 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.
2. Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.