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Platyhydnobius Peck & Cook

Description

Genus Platyhydnobius Peck & Cook

Platyhydnobius Peck & Cook, 2009: 51. Type species: Hydnobius arizonensis Horn (orig. des.).

Key: to species in Peck & Cook, 2009: 51.

Distribution: Western U.S.A., across southern Canada, and Mexico and Central America.

Biology: Probably subterranean fungi feeders.

Notes

Published as part of Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (" Latin America ": Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 4741 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3772899

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Leiodidae
Genus
Platyhydnobius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Peck & Cook
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Peck, S. B. & Cook, J. (2009) Review of the Sogdini of North and Cental America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera. Zootaxa, 2102 (1), 1 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2102.1.1