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Platydema
Platydema is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 60 described species in Platydema.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red-horned Darkling Beetle
speciesPlatydema ruficornis

Orange-banded Darkling Beetle
speciesPlatydema elliptica

Platydema excavata
speciesPlatydema excavata

Platydema violacea
speciesPlatydema violacea

Platydema subfascia
speciesPlatydema subfascia

Platydema flavipes
speciesPlatydema flavipes

Platydema micans
speciesPlatydema micans

Platydema dejeanii
speciesPlatydema dejeanii

Platydema americana
speciesPlatydema americana

Platydema marseuli
speciesPlatydema marseuli

Platydema erythrocera
speciesPlatydema erythrocera

Platydema europaea
speciesPlatydema europaea

Platydema fumosa
speciesPlatydema fumosa

Platydema nigroaenea
speciesPlatydema nigroaenea

Platydema unicornis
speciesPlatydema unicornis
Platydema oregonensis
speciesPlatydema oregonensis

Platydema aries
speciesPlatydema aries

Platydema tibialis
speciesPlatydema tibialis

Platydema sexnotata
speciesPlatydema sexnotata

Platydema recticornis
speciesPlatydema recticornis

Platydema guatemalensis
speciesPlatydema guatemalensis

Platydema nigrata
speciesPlatydema nigrata

Platydema waterhousei
speciesPlatydema waterhousei

Platydema sericea
speciesPlatydema sericea

Platydema subcostata
speciesPlatydema subcostata

Platydema tricuspis
speciesPlatydema tricuspis

Platydema plana
speciesPlatydema plana

Platydema reibnitzi
speciesPlatydema reibnitzi

Platydema pallidicollis
speciesPlatydema pallidicollis

Platydema kurama
speciesPlatydema kurama

Platydema transversa
speciesPlatydema transversa

Platydema limacella
speciesPlatydema limacella

Platydema nigropicta
speciesPlatydema nigropicta

Platydema laevipes
speciesPlatydema laevipes

Platydema jacobsoni
speciesPlatydema jacobsoni

Platydema teleops
speciesPlatydema teleops

Platydema fasciata
speciesPlatydema fasciata

Platydema tristis
speciesPlatydema tristis

Platydema picilabrum
speciesPlatydema picilabrum

Platydema sylvestris
speciesPlatydema sylvestris

Platydema bimaculata
speciesPlatydema bimaculata

Platydema venusta
speciesPlatydema venusta

Platydema miyakei
speciesPlatydema miyakei

Platydema celata
speciesPlatydema celata

Platydema lyncea
speciesPlatydema lyncea

Platydema wandae
speciesPlatydema wandae

Platydema cruenta
speciesPlatydema cruenta

Platydema duponti
speciesPlatydema duponti

Platydema cyanescens
speciesPlatydema cyanescens

Platydema undata
speciesPlatydema undata

Platydema flavopicta
speciesPlatydema flavopicta

Platydema ootsuboi
speciesPlatydema ootsuboi
Platydema endroedyi
speciesPlatydema endroedyi
Platydema foveiceps
speciesPlatydema foveiceps
Platydema raharizoniai
speciesPlatydema raharizoniai
Platydema setipes
speciesPlatydema setipes
Platydema inquilina
speciesPlatydema inquilina
Platydema neglecta
speciesPlatydema neglecta
Platydema brevispina
speciesPlatydema brevispina
Platydema flavomaculata
speciesPlatydema flavomaculata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 179323.