Platerodrilus
| Platerodrilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Genus: | Platerodrilus Pic, 1921 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Duliticola Mjöberg, 1925 | |
Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae. They commonly appear in the literature under the name Duliticola, which is an obsolete junior synonym.[1] The females stay in the larval form and are about 40–80 mm in length. They have a flat dark body with large scales over the head, resembling trilobites, hence the informal names Trilobite beetle, Trilobite larva or "Sumatran Trilobite larva". The males are much smaller, 8–9 mm, with a beetle-like appearance. Most are found in tropical rainforests, notably in India and South-east Asia.
Species
- "P. paradoxus group"
- Platerodrilus foliaceus Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus paradoxus (Mjöberg, 1925)
- "P. major group"
- Platerodrilus major Pic, 1921
- Platerodrilus ngi Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus wittmeri Masek & Bocak, 2014
- "P. sinuatus group"
- Platerodrilus ijenensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus luteus Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus maninjauensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus montanus Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus palawanensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus ranauensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus sibayakensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus sinabungensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus sinuatus Pic, 1921
- Platerodrilus talamauensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus tujuhensis Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Ungrouped
- Platerodrilus bicolor (Wittmer, 1966)
- =Platerodriloplesius bicolor Wittmer, 1966
- Platerodrilus crassicornis (Pic, 1923)
- =Platrilus crassicornis (Pic, 1923)
- Platerodrilus hirtus (Wittmer, 1938)
- =Platrilus hirtus (Wittmer, 1938)
- Platerodrilus korinchiana
- Platerodrilus robinsoni Blair, 1928
- Platerodrilus ruficollis (Pic, 1942)
- =Falsocalochromus ruficollis Pic, 1942
- =Duliticola hoiseni Wong, 1996[4]
- Platerodrilus bicolor (Wittmer, 1966)
References
- ↑ Michal Masek, Ladislav Bocak. 2013. The taxonomy and diversity of Platerodrilus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) inferred from molecular data and morphology of adults and larvae. ZooKeys 426: 29–63. ISSN 1313-2970
- ↑ Mjöberg, E. 1925. The mystery of the so called "trilobite larvae" or "Perty's larvae" definitely solved. Psyche 32: 119–154, pls. 3–4.
- ↑ Duliticola paradoxa. (eol.org)
- ↑ Wong A.T.C. 1996. A new species of neotenous beetle, Duliticola hoiseni (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharoidea: Lycidae) from Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Vol.41. No.1. P.173–187.
External links
- "Trilobite beetle" picture
- Video of a trilobite beetle in Laos
- Video of a trilobite beetle in Borneo
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