Placopterus

Genus of beetles

Placopterus
Placopterus thoracicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Clerinae
Genus: Placopterus
Wolcott, 1910

Placopterus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are at least four described species in Placopterus.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Placopterus:

  • Placopterus cyanipennis (Klug, 1842)
  • Placopterus haagi (Chevrolat, 1876)
  • Placopterus subcostatus (Schaeffer, 1917)
  • Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

References

  1. ^ "Placopterus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Placopterus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Media related to Placopterus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Placopterus


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