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]

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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.
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